Lexar Professional FireWire Reader

Q: What is 1394 FireWire?

A: 1394 FireWire is the name of a high-speed and high-performance serial bus, often called FireWire.  

Q: What are the supported data-transfer rates for FireWire?

A: The FireWire serial bus standard defines data rates of 100, 200 and 400MB per second across the cable. 

Q: What type of Compact Flash cards can I use with the Lexar FireWire?

A: You may use Type I and Type II CompactFlash cards

Q: How do I remove the card from the Lexar FireWire Reader?

For Mac: The card must be ejected or unmounted by dragging the disk icon to the “TRASH” before pushing the eject  button on the Lexar FireWire adapter. 
For PC: Just push the eject button to remove the digital film.

Q: What capacities of Lexar CompactFlash cards are supported?

A: The supported capacities are 8MB to 4GB.

Q: Can I use any CompactFlash?

A: Yes, Lexar tests with many different manufacturers of products to insure compatibility.  

Q: Do I need a separate driver for Windows?

A: No, the driver is already included in Windows 98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows Me.

Q: My Mac OS is 8.5 and I can’t install the Lexar Firewire Reader?

A: Make sure the Mac OS is 9.0 or greater and the Apple FireWire Software is 2.4 or greater. If you don’t have the 2.4 drivers installed, go to www.apple.com/support and download the driver.

Q: What is 1394 FireWire?

A: 1394 FireWire is the name of a high-speed and high-performance serial bus, often called FireWire.  

Q: What are the supported data-transfer rates for FireWire?

A: The FireWire serial bus standard defines data rates of 100, 200 and 400MB per second across the cable. 

Q: What type of Compact Flash cards can I use with the Lexar FireWire?

A: You may use Type I and Type II CompactFlash cards

Q: How do I remove the card from the Lexar FireWire Reader?

For Mac: The card must be ejected or unmounted by dragging the disk icon to the “TRASH” before pushing the eject  button on the Lexar FireWire adapter. 
For PC: Just push the eject button to remove the digital film.

Q: What capacities of Lexar CompactFlash cards are supported?

A: The supported capacities are 8MB to 4GB.

Q: Can I use any CompactFlash?

A: Yes, Lexar tests with many different manufacturers of products to insure compatibility.  

Q: Do I need a separate driver for Windows?

A: No, the driver is already included in Windows 98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows Me.

Q: My Mac OS is 8.5 and I can’t install the Lexar Firewire Reader?

A: Make sure the Mac OS is 9.0 or greater and the Apple FireWire Software is 2.4 or greater. If you don’t have the 2.4 drivers installed, go to www.apple.com/support and download the driver.