User manual APRICORN AEGIS NETDOCK

[. . . ] Auto "ON" and "OFF" Feature The Aegis NetDock's power efficient design automatically powers the NetDock when connected to your computer and powers down when disconnected. NOTE: The two ALWAYS ON ports remain powered even when the NetDock is powered down as long as the unit is receiving power from the included AC Adapter. Great for connecting to your USB peripherals Whether you received your Aegis NetDock with or without a hard drive installed, the easy open design means that you can change out your hard drive in a snap. Please make sure that the Aegis NetDock is not connected to the AC Adapter or your computer when attempting the below. [. . . ] The Aegis NetDock will be usable in your system, however we recommend that you reformat the hard drive in the following ways for the following operating systems: To Reformat in Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7 (NTFS File System): Caution: Reformatting your hard drive will destroy any data on the hard drive. Backup any data before you continue with the reformatting of the Aegis NetDock hard drive. Your Macintosh will restart and you will get the following message: "This disk is unreadable by this computer Do you want to initialize the disk?From the drop down list, select Mac OS Extended and click the Initialize button. After the drive is initialized the drive named Aegis NetDock will appear on your desktop. Backup any data before you continue with the reformatting of the Aegis NetDock hard drive. This will allow you to see your Aegis NetDock hard drive if you boot to Mac OS 9. The Aegis NetDock hardware is compatible with all Mac DVD/CD authoring software and media playing software To install these programs, place the included software CD into your Aegis NetDock. From here you can click on the BurnAware, VLC or SyncToy options to download the programs to your computer or download the latest product manual. Follow the installation prompts on each of the programs to install on your computer Boot up your computer into Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. After the installation, Aegis NetDock will appear under a new drive letter in `My Computer' (2000/XP) or `Computer' (Vista/7). If Aegis NetDock does not appear in `My Computer' or does not work properly, right click on `My Computer' and click on `Manage' then under `System Tools' you will click on `Device Manager' and check whether the devices are installed as indicated below. installed Device Drivers USB Mass Storage Device Slimtype DVDRW Location Installed under 'Universal Serial Bus Controllers'. Installed under 'DVD/CD-ROM drives' (the drive listed in the figure may differ from your Aegis NetDock drive). If the `Device Manager' entries are correct and Aegis NetDock still does not appear in `My Computer', you may need to reassign the `Drive Letter'. This is typically because you have mapped network drives and the Aegis NetDock has assigned the same `Drive Letter' as one of the mapped drives. To reassign the drive letter right click on `My Computer' and click on `Manage' then under `Storage' you will click on `Disk Management'. Right click here to change drive letter then refer to Step 8 On the lower half of the window scroll down to see the CD-ROM Drives listed in numerical order. You are looking for a CD-ROM with DVD and a duplicate drive letter or no drive letter at all. Now click the down arrow next to the `Drive Letter' to open the drop down menu and choose a new `Drive Letter'. Make sure to choose a `Drive Letter' that does not conflict with any of the mapped network drives. Click on the OK button to assign the new `Drive Letter' and close all the windows. [. . . ] If you receive an error message that says "The device cannot be stopped right now. " Close all Windows and Programs that are using files from the drive, then repeat the procedure. Apricorn's Technical Support Specialists are available from 8:00 a. If you need to return or replace your Aegis NetDock, Apricorn requires that you perform the following steps: 1. [. . . ]