Toshiba Canvio Connect II User Manual

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User’s Manual
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CANVIO CONNECT II
Installing the drive
Some information about bus-powered operation and the supplied USB 
cable:
Your drive is bus-powered. Therefore, there is no need to connect an 
external power supply as all needed current will be supplied by the 
connected USB port(s).
Passive USB hubs or USB connectors like keyboards, mice or similar 
products cannot be used or connected to the drive.
Make sure that the connectors will be inserted correctly.
Never use pressure for connecting the cables. Check the polarity before 
connecting!
Connecting the drive to your 
computer
1. With your computer powered on and fully booted up, plug the USB 3.0 
Standard-A connector into a USB port of your host system, or an active 
USB HUB.
1. USB 3.0 Micro-B connector
3. USB 3.0 host
backward compatible to USB 2.0
2. USB 3.0 Standard-A connector
4. Power/Data indicator light
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You may need USB 3.0 Express Card Host Controller for your computer if 
the computer doesn’t have USB 3.0 port. You also can connect the device 
to USB 2.0 port of your computer, However the transfer rate will be 
downgraded to that of USB 2.0.
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