LaCie 2big Network 2
• DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON
Accessing & Transferring Files
User Manual
page 27
3.4.1. STEP 1: Connecting the USB cable
IMPORTANT INFO:
You must allocate space to USBShare before
connecting the drive to your computer. See
4.11. Dashboard: Drive
Information
.
1. Attach one end of the USB cable to an available USB 2.0 port
on your computer (
Fig. 26
).
2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB port (type B;
see
Fig. 26
) on the back of the 2big Network 2.
3. Move on to the next step,
3.4.2. STEP 2: Turn On the Drive
.
TECHNICAL NOTE:
The 2big Network 2 USBShare is formatted
in MS-DOS (FAT32) for use with PCs and Macs. You can reformat
the drive in MS-DOS (FAT32) using the Dashboard (see
4.11. Dash-
board: Drive Information
for details). To format the USBShare into a
different file format (NTFS or HFS+), refer to the documentation for
your operating system’s disk management application.
TECHNICAL NOTE:
By default the capacity accessible when you
connect the 2big Network 2 to your computer is 0 GB. This quota
can be adjusted but it cannot be more than 500 GB (ex. for a 2big
Network 2 with 2TB of storage, 500GB will be the maximum dedi-
cated for access via USB) (see
4.7. Dashboard: Users
for details).
Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Cables And Connectors
See
Fig. 27
for an illustration of the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable used
to connect your LaCie 2big Network 2 to your computer. USB is a
serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to
a computer or to each other. Your LaCie drive is shipped with a
Hi-Speed USB cable to ensure maximum data transfer performance
when connected to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. The cable will also
work when connected to a USB 1.1 port, but drive performance will
be limited to USB 1.1 transfer rates.
Fig. 26
Fig. 27 – Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable ends
