After we have connected with the provided cable the enclosure in a spare USB 2.0 port, we can see that the LCD screen has been powered up and shows us some useful information. On the top left corner we can see a small lock, which tells us if the enclosure is in the locked (writing or deleting files is not permitted) or unlocked position (unlimited access); the circle when appears tells us that an image has been mounted; the small D after it represents Dual Mode and on the right corner we can see the current HDD temperature and a small V sign which tells us that the HDD status is good. On the left we can also see displayed the current image that has been mounted. In the Dual Mode, the enclosure will be seen by the computer as a normal HDD, but we will also see an extra disk drive appearing, where the ISO image of our choice will be mounted:

With the jog, we can navigate through the available images (which must be placed inside an _iso folder, manually created by us, on the HDD); they will be displayed in alphabetic order and when we reach the end, an “End of List” message will appear:

By using the jog, we can also display some extra information on the LCD display, like the HDD code name, HDD serial number, enclosure serial number or the firmware version:

To get the latest fixes, we can download the newest firmware from the Zalman website; the firmware is also an ISO file, but it will be recognized correctly by the enclosure and flashing will start right away, when the file is mounted:

To confirm that the flash has been successfully completed, we can check the firmware version, which has changed compared to the original:

By using the jog, we can also go into HDD – Mode; in this mode the computer will see the enclosure like a normal HDD, without the extra virtual drive:

In the ODD mode, we will see only a small circle pictogram and we can navigate through the available ISO images; by pressing the jog, we can mount any one of them:

The enclosure has also a MODE SELECT option available and with its help, we can navigate between the available operating modes (Dual Mode, HDD Mode, ODD mode). However, the device can be started in a mode of our choice, before connecting the USB cable, by holding the jog in a certain position ( dual mode with the jog pushed, HDD mode with the wheel down and ODD mode with the wheel up):

When connecting the enclosure on eSATA, we must first connect the eSATA cable, and after that the USB cable to provide power to the device; however, in eSATA mode we won't be able to choose the special functions, and only eSATA MODE will appear on the LCD display.