Introduction
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LaCie DVD Dual Drive
User’s Manual
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1.2. What Is USB?
USB 2.0
USB Icons
These icons will help you easily identify the USB interfaces.
They appear on USB cables and next to the USB port
connectors on certain computers.
1.3. What Is FireWire?
FireWire/IEEE 1394
FireWire Icons
These icons will help you easily identify the FireWire interface.
They appear on FireWire cables and next to the FireWire port
connectors on certain computers.
The new USB 2.0 standard provides higher bandwidth for
high-speed peripherals such as external hard drives, high-
speed scanners and CD-RW drives. USB 2.0 delivers transfer
rates up to 480Mb/s, while conveniently maintaining
backward compatibility with USB 1.1 devices.
USB 2.0 can still be used to connect lower-speed USB 1.1
ports and devices like digital cameras, scanners, modems,
keyboards, mice, joysticks and printers. In the USB 2.0 system,
existing USB peripherals do not have to be upgraded, and
lower-speed devices will not require additional performance,
instead operating as USB 1.1 devices.
FireWire is Apple's implementation of IEEE 1394, and is
capable of transferring large amounts of data between
computers and peripherals at a high rate of speed. The
FireWire standard defines 100, 200 and 400Mb/s devices
and can support multiple speeds on a single bus.
With FireWire, there is no need for terminators, device IDs,
screws, or complex setup, and the standard supports free-form
daisy chaining for peer-to-peer implementations. A fast, cross-
platform serial bus, FireWire is ideal for use with multimedia
peripherals and high-speed devices such as digital video
cameras and hard drives.
USB 1.1 icon
USB 2.0 icon
FireWire Icon
DV Icon
iLink Icon