VIZO URANUS external Enclosure
Introduction
If you read our previous review we were talking about how popular eSATA hard drive enclosures are becoming and the benefits you can gain from this new technology. If you missed the review have a read by reading our Apiotek’s DUAL eSATA II express card review. With storage becoming ever cheaper it makes more sense to have large portable storage devices than copying data to CD’s all the time. Hard drive enclosures that come out today expand on the mere basic features that were offered in the early designs, with current models offering more connectivity options, basic backup functions and they look a lot sleeker as well.
Today we bring to you quite a stylish hard drive enclosure from VIZO called the URANUS. We hadn’t heard about VIZO until recently but after having seen their products it certainly has impressed us all. They manufacture a wide range of PC peripherals and it’s good to see the great care they put into their products.
The URANUS is an external hard drive enclosure for 3.5” SATA drives supporting USB 2.0, eSATA standards.
Features and Specifications
| Compatible with 3.5″ SATA Hard Drive |
| Support 480Mbps High Speed USB 2.0 |
| Support 3.0Gbps High Speed external Serial-ATA( eSATA ) |
| Dual One-touch Backup buttons for file and system (only under USB2.0 host) |
Functions of the backup feature:
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| Sleek and elegant design |
| Aluminum housing for excellent heat dissipation |
| Built in fan for better system cooling |
| Support plug and play & hot swappable
* Must be attached to SATA 3.0G/eSATA 3.0G hot swappable compliant host to enable hot swappable function |
| Technical Details |
| Housing: Aluminum |
| Host Interface: 480Mbps USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) 3.0Gbps High Speed external Serial-ATA ( eSATA ) |
| HDD Type: 3.5 ” SATA HDD |
| One Button Backup: Backup / Restore / Synchronize file and system (ONLY under USB2.0 host) |
| Power Supply: AC/DC POWER Adapter (AC input: 100~ 240Vac, DC output: +5V/+12V) |
| Indicators: Blue for POWER on / Purple for file access |
| Weight: 400g (without HDD) |
| Dimensions: 210(L) x 125 (W) x 34 (H) mm |
| SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
| For USB 2.0: Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista or Mac 10.2 above |
| One USB port available for USB Host |
| For eSATA : Windows 2000/XP/Vista or Mac 10.2 above |
| Proper SATA/eSATA port or SATA card available for eSATA host |
| Must have SATA 3.0G/eSATA 3.0G hot swappable compliant host to enable hot swappable function |
| PACKAGE INCLUDES |
| 3.5″ SATA HDD external enclosure |
| Stand |
| USB Cable |
| eSATA cable |
| SATA to eSATA adapter cable w/bracket |
| Power Adapter |
| Power Cable |
| Cleaning cloth |
| User manual and driver CD |
