The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface of your DataStation is fully backwards compatible to
USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports on your computer. Therefore you can use your DataStation
for data transfers with computers that do not have a USB 3.0 port. You can also use
your DataStation with all devices that have a USB 2.0 port, e.g. media players or games
consoles. However, when transferring data to a device without a USB 3.0 port the
speed of the data transfer is limited to the data transfer rate of the older USB standards!
For the maximum benefit from the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology, please read and
observe the following instructions and recommendations:
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Connect the USB 3.0 interface of your DataStation to a USB 3.0 port of your computer.
You can usually recognize USB 3.0 connectors by the blue color used inside the
ports and plugs. Please use only the supplied USB 3.0 cable!
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Please make sure that your operating system supports USB 3.0 and that the drivers
for the USB 3.0 interface of your computer have been installed correctly. If you have
any questions about the installation of the driver for the USB 3.0 interface, please
contact the manufacturer of your computer (or, if a USB 3.0 interface card has
been retrofitted in your computer, the manufacturer of the interface card) or the
manufacturer of your operating system.
It is not necessary to install any special drivers for your DataStation in able to use
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it with a correctly installed USB 3.0 interface. The DataStation is supported by
the standard drivers that are set up during the correct installation of a USB 3.0
interface!
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If your computer or your notebook does not have a USB 3.0 interface, then in many
cases it is possible to upgrate it with a USB 3.0 interface for either the PCI Express
bus of a computer or the ExpressCard slot of a notebook. If you have questions
about the compatibility of a specific interface card with your computer or notebook,
then the manufacturers of the devices can help you.
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Thanks to the downward compatibility of USB 3.0, you can also connect your
DataStation to a USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port of your computer. However, in this case
you will not be able to benefit from the higher data transfer rates that your DataStation
is capable of delivering via USB 3.0. When connecting your DataStation to a USB 2.0
or USB 1.1 port please also use the supplied USB 3.0 cable!
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Should the supplied USB 3.0 cable not be at hand, you can also transfer data to
a computer via a suitable USB 2.0 cable. In this case, the maximum data transfer
speed will be that of USB 2.0, even if you connect your DataStation to a USB 3.0
port of your computer. The possible data transfer rate is always limited by the
weakest link in the connection chain!
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A USB 3.0 hub offers separate connections for USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 devices.
Therefore make sure that you use a USB 3.0 port if you connect your DataStation
to a USB 3.0 hub.
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If you use a USB 2.0 hub, you will only be able to achieve the data transfer rate of
USB 2.0!
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