SanDisk Connect Wireless media drive User Manual

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SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Contents

1. Introduction ............................................................................ 1

Media Drive Overview ........................................................................ 1

Features .............................................................................. 1

System Requirements ......................................................................... 2

Supported File Formats ....................................................................... 2

Laptops, Tablets, and Smart Phones ............................................. 2

Hardware Specifications ..................................................................... 2

2. Getting Started ....................................................................... 3

Charging the Media Drive ................................................................... 3

Battery LED .................................................................................... 3

Downloading the Media Drive App ...................................................... 4

Connecting to the Media Drive ............................................................ 4

Loading Content on the Media Drive ................................................... 4

From a Computer ........................................................................... 5

From a Mobile Device .............................................................. 5

3. Working with Media Files ....................................................... 9

Media Drive Application Overview ................................. 9

Media Drive Main Screen .............................................................. 9

Common In-App Icons ................................................................. 10

Common In-App Actions .................................................................. 10

Selecting Files .............................................................................. 10

Moving Files ................................................................................. 11

Uploading Multiple Files ......................................................... 11

Uploading a Single File ................................... 14

Downloading Multiple Files ............................ 14

Downloading a Single File ...................................................... 15

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Sharing Your Files ................................................................ 16

Allowing Access to your Media Drive ..................................... 16

Sending Files to Others .......................................................... 17

Deleting Files and Folders ........................................................... 18

Deleting Files ............................................................................... 18

Deleting Folders ..................................................................... 19

Searching Files ............................................................................ 20

Unsupported File Formats ................................................................. 21

Working with Photos .......................................................................... 21

Photo Screen Icons ..................................................................... 22

Viewing Photos .............................................................. 22

Playing Slideshows ...................................................................... 23

Editing Photos .............................................................................. 24

Rotating a Photo ..................................................................... 25

Enhancing a Photo ................................................................. 25

Correcting Red-eye ................................................................ 25

Cropping a Photo ................................................................... 25

Creating a New Album ............................................................ 26

Streaming Videos .............................................................................. 28

Using the Media Drive with iTunes .................................................... 29

Playing Music .................................................................................... 31

Sorting Music ............................................................................... 32

Playing a Song ............................................................................. 33

Using the Music Song Controls ................................................... 34

Using Playlists .............................................................................. 34

Creating a Playlist ................................................................... 34

Adding Songs to a Playlist ........................................................... 37

Controlling Music from Outside the Play Screen ......................... 38

Managing the Files Folder ................................................................. 40

Deleting Folders ........................................................................... 42

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Sorting Files ................................................................................. 43

Opening Documents .................................................................... 43

Using a Memory Card ....................................................................... 45

Getting Help ...................................................................................... 46

4. Managing the Media Drive ................................................... 47

Using the Power Button ....................................................................... 47

Managing Auto-shutdown ................................................................... 47

Restarting the App .............................................................................. 48

Media Drive Settings Overview ........................................................... 49

General Settings ............................................................................ 49

Admin Settings ............................................................................... 50

Status Gauges ............................................................................... 50

Using Admin Settings .......................................................................... 51

Admin Login/Logout ....................................................................... 51

Change Admin Password .............................................................. 52

Wi-Fi Settings ................................................................................. 53

Change Wi-Fi Name ................................................................. 53

Set/Change a Wi-Fi Security Password ................................... 55

Connect to/Disconnect from the Internet ....................................... 56

Connecting ............................................................................... 56

Disconnecting ........................................................................... 58

Upgrade Media Drive ..................................................................... 59

Restore Factory Settings ............................................................... 62

Format Drive .................................................................................. 63

USB Access ................................................................................... 64

5. Product and Safety Information .......................................... 65

Product Specifications ......................................................................... 65

Regulatory Information ........................................................................ 65

Safety and Care .................................................................................. 67

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Cleaning ......................................................................................... 68

Maintenance and Storage .............................................................. 68

Standard Maintenance ................................................................... 68

Long Term Storage ........................................................................ 69

Recycling ....................................................................................... 69

Index ......................................................................................... 70

1. Introduction

Media Drive Overview

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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1. Introduction

Media Drive Overview

The SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive stores, shares, and streams digital content wirelessly across multiple mobile devices.

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Micro-USB po

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Internet LED:

Drive is connected to Internet Wi-Fi®

network

Memory card slot

(SD™/SDHC™/SDXC™)

Wi-Fi LED: Drive is broadcasting its Wi-Fi signal

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Battery LED:

Power/Reset button:

Press 3 seconds: Turn On and Off

Green = Sufficient power for usage Red = Power below 10%

Light blinks while charging

Press 10 seconds: Restore default Admin and Wi-Fi

(until all lights blink) passwords

Press 25 seconds: Hard restart to force unresponsive

Drive to reboot

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Features

These are some of the things you can do with the Media Drive:

• Share media with others. The Media Drive functions as a mobile Wi-Fi Access Point. Up to eight people at one time can select the Media Drive Wi-Fi network on their mobile devices and view media stored on the Drive. Up to five people can watch high definition videos simultaneously. Got three kids who want to watch three different movies on a plane trip? No problem.

• Browse the Internet while accessing content from the Media Drive. In areas where Wi-Fi is available, you can stream content from the Media Drive and access the Internet at the same time.

1. Introduction

System Requirements

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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• Use the Media Drive to connect two mobile devices to a Wi-Fi network. Rather than paying two separate fees to connect a smart phone and a tablet to a hotel Wi-Fi network, you can connect your Media drive to the hotel Wi-Fi and then connect two mobile devices to the Media Drive.

System Requirements

• Mobile devices running iOS version 6.0 or higher or other Wi-Fi-enabled devices with a web browser

• Computers running Windows® 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista®, Windows XP or Mac OS 10.6, or later operating systems

• Supported web browsers include Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari

Supported File Formats

Laptops, Tablets, and Smart Phones

• Any file formats supported by the device

Hardware Specifications

• Drive Capacity: 32 GB or 64 GB

• USB 2.0 port

• Battery: Non-user replaceable lithium-ion battery

• Battery Life: Up to 8 hours of continuous streaming

• Maximum Wi-Fi range: 150 feet (45 meters)

• Media Drive Internal Memory File System: exFAT

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1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less.

Based on streaming 720p content at 2mbps to one device; actual life and performance may vary depending upon usage and settings; battery not replaceable.

2. Getting Started

Charging the Media Drive

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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2. Getting Started

Charging the Media Drive

Although the Media Drive is shipped with a charged battery, we urge you to fully charge the Drive before you begin to use it. (This can take up to three hours.)

Battery LED

The battery indicator light on the front the Media Drive indicates the current battery strength and tells you whether the Drive is charging when it’s connected to an outlet:

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Table 1: Battery LED States

Battery Strength

LED In Use

LED While Charging

Below 20%

Steady red

Blinking Red

Above 20%

Steady green

Blinking Green

2. Getting Started

Downloading the Media Drive App

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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Downloading the Media Drive App

After your Media Drive is charged, download the free Media Drive app from the App store onto each mobile device you want to use with the Drive.

1. Download the Media Drive app.

2. Find the Media Drive app icon on your mobile device and tap it to open the Media Drive app.

Connecting to the Media Drive

Once the app has been installed, connect your mobile device to the Media Drive WiFi network.

1. Make sure your Media Drive is turned on and its Wi-Fi network is connected. The power and Wi-Fi LEDs on the Drive should both be lit.

2. In your mobile device Wi-Fi settings, select the Wireless Drive network from the list of available Wi-Fi networks. It appears as SanDisk MediaXXXX (in the example below, SanDisk Media1234:

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Loading Content on the Media Drive

You can load content in two ways:

• Connect your Media Drive to your computer and drag and drop content onto it.

• Use the Media Drive app to transfer content via Wi-Fi from a mobile device to your Media Drive.

2. Getting Started

Loading Content on the Media Drive

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

From a Computer via USB

You can transfer content between your Media Drive and your computer using a USB connection.

1. Connect your Media Drive to your computer and open the Media Drive window.

2. Drag and drop music, videos, photos, and documents from your computer into the Media Drive window. You can drop your files anywhere on the Media Drive or you can create folders and add content to them; for example, the Music, Photos, Videos, and Documents folders in the windows below:

On a Mac: On a PC:

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You can also drag content from the Wireless Drive window onto your computer to move files between your mobile devices and your computer.

Note: If you’ve connected your Media Drive to your computer but the computer doesn’t see

the Drive, go to the Media Drive Admin Settings and make sure USB Access is turned on.

From a Computer Wirelessly (web access)

1. On your computer’s Network Settings, connect to the Media Drive’s Wi-Fi network

2. Open one of the supported web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari)

3. Type in mediadrive.sandisk.com or 192.168.11.1

4. You can now access your content to and from your computer and the Media Drive.

2. Getting Started

Loading Content on the Media Drive

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

From a Mobile Device

1. In your mobile device Wi-Fi settings, connect to the Media Drive Wi-Fi network.

2. Launch the Media Drive app.

3. In the Navigation Bar, select the type of files you want to upload, then tap iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) at the bottom of the screen to access the files to be uploaded from your mobile device to the Media Drive:!

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Navigation

Bar

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• You can upload videos, photos, or documents, but not music files, from your mobile device to the Media Drive.

• If you’re uploading photos, you can select Photos or Albums for easier navigation to the pictures you want to upload

In the example below, photos are being uploaded to a Media Drive.

4. Tap Photos or Albums at the top of the screen and navigate to the pictures you want to upload to the Media Drive:!

2. Getting Started

Loading Content on the Media Drive

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

5. Tap the iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) photo album containing the photos you

want to upload, then tap Select:!

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6. Tap photos to select them for upload, then tap the upload icon at the top of the screen and tap Save to Media Drive to load the photos onto your Media Drive:

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7. When all photos have been uploaded, switch back from iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) to Drive

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The files have been uploaded to the Media Drive Upload folder in

Photos.

Note: For more detailed information on using photo, music, and video files, see Chapter 3,

Working with Media

Files.

2. Getting Started

Loading Content on the Media Drive

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

From an SD Card

1. Insert an SD card into the Media Drive.

2. Open up the Media Drive app.

3. Ensure that Drive is selected.

4. Select the Media type and browse the content (e.g. any photos on the SD Card

would be located under Photos in the Navigation Bar.)!

5. You can also use the SD Card slot to expand the Wireless Media Drive memory

Note: When inserting an SD card, if you do not see the content from the memory card, you can refresh the screen by selecting a different media type in the navigation bar.

3. Working with Media Files

Media Drive Application Overview

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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3. Working with Media Files

Easily access your content on the SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive with the SanDisk Media Drive app. Just download the app from your app store and instantly play songs, stream movies, and view photos and documents stored on your Media Drive or SD card.

Media Drive App Overview

Media Drive Home Screen

When you launch the Media Drive app, the Home screen displays the content that was last viewed prior to closing the app. The example below shows Photos.

All Media Drive content and settings are accessed through the Navigation Bar and in-app icons:!

Photo Screen:

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Content folders

Settings icon

Help icon

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Navigation Bar

Select icon used to identify files to be moved, shared, or deleted

Toggle between displaying all photos at once and displaying photos by album

Search window

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• To view all your photos, videos, music, and documents at once, select Files in the Navigation Bar.

The Files folder contains all the content stored on the Media Drive and provides access to the files stored on an SD™, SDHC™, or SDXC™ card inserted in the Drive.

Toggle between showing and hiding Navigation Bar

Toggle between Drive files and iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch)

3. Working with Media Files

Common In-App Actions

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Common In-app Icons

These icons are used throughout the Media Drive app. They function in the same way no matter where in the application you’re working.

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Table 2: Media Drive Icons

Common In-app Actions

A few basic actions are performed in the same way throughout the Media Drive app regardless of the type of content you’re working with or where you are in the app:

• Selecting Files

• Moving (Uploading, Downloading, or Sharing) Files

• Deleting Files

Selecting Files

You select files in order to move, share, or delete them. Whether you’re working with videos, photos, songs, or documents, the selection process is the same.

1. Navigate to the content you want to select.

Open Media Drive settings

Select files to move, share, or delete

Toggle between showing and hiding the Navigation Bar

Get answers to questions or problems with the app

Toggle between files on your Media Drive and files on your iPad or iPhone or iPod touch

Save/upload selected files

Delete files

3. Working with Media Files

Common In-App Actions

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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2. Tap Select or Select All, then tap the content you want to select:!

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3. Tap the upload icon or trash icon at the top of the screen to move (add to), share, or delete the selected content.

Moving Files

Files can be moved in three ways:

• Upload files from a mobile device to your Media Drive or to a memory card

inserted in your Drive.

• Download files from your Media Drive to a mobile device or a memory card.

• Share your files with others directly from the Media Drive mobile app.

3. Working with Media Files

Common In-App Actions

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Uploading Multiple Files

To upload files from your iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) to the Media Drive or an inserted memory card:

1. In the Navigation Bar, select the type of files you want to upload, then tap iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) at the bottom of the screen to access the files to be

uploaded. In this example, photos are being uploaded:

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Navigation Bar

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2. At the top of the screen, tap Photos to display all the pictures stored on your mobile device at one time or Albums to display specific photos:

Toggle between Drive files and iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch)

3. Working with Media Files

Common In-App Actions

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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3. Navigate to the pictures you want to upload and tap Select:!

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4. Tap photos to select them for upload (you’ll see a red check on selected items), then tap the upload icon at the top of the screen to display the Upload options:

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5. Choose whether to add the files to the Media Drive or to a memory card inserted in the Drive:

• Media Drive Upload: Upload files from your mobile device to the Media Drive Upload folder on your Drive.

3. Working with Media Files

Common In-App Actions

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

• Media Drive Card Upload: Upload files from your mobile device to the Media Drive Card Upload folder on the memory card currently inserted in your Drive.

6. When all photos have been uploaded, switch back from iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) to Drive at the bottom of the screen to find the content you’ve uploaded.

Uploading a Single File

To upload a single file from your iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) to the Media Drive or an inserted memory card,

• Open the photo to be uploaded, tap the upload icon and choose whether to

add the file to the Media Drive or to a memory card inserted in the Drive:

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3. Working with Media Files

Common In-App Actions

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Downloading Multiple Files

To download files from the Media Drive or from an inserted memory card to your iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch):

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1. Navigate to the files you want to download, then tap Select:!

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2. Tap the files to be downloaded, tap the upload icon at the top of the screen to open the Download options:!

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3. Tap Save to iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) to start the download.

The selected files are downloaded to the Camera Roll album.

3. Working with Media Files

Common In-App Actions

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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Downloading a Single File

To download a single file from the Media Drive or an inserted memory card to your iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch)!

• Open the file you want to download, tap the upload icon , and choose Save to

iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) to download the file:!

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Sharing Your Files

You can share media content in two ways:

• Give others Wi-Fi access to your Media Drive so they can connect to the content on your Drive from their mobile devices.

• Send files via email, social media, messaging, or Bluetooth. The methods available vary depending upon the features provided on your mobile device.

Allowing Access to your Media Drive

You can allow others to connect directly to your Media Drive so they can view your files and download them to their mobile devices.

People sharing your content must install the free Media Drive app on their mobile devices. They do not need to own their own Media Drives.

Suppose you want to share your content with a friend:

1. Make sure she’s downloaded the Media Drive app from her mobile device application store.

2. Turn on your Media Drive and place it within range (150 feet/45 meters) of your friend.

3. Tell her the Wi-Fi network name of your Drive so she can find it in the list of available networks in Wi-Fi settings on her mobile device.

4. If your Drive is password-protected, give her the password.

3. Working with Media Files

Common In-App Actions

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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When your friend’s mobile device has connected to your Media Drive, she can open the Media Drive app on her mobile device and see your main screen. Now she can view your media content and download it to her mobile device.

Sending Files to Others

You can share content by sending it to others in a variety of ways: email, social media, messaging, and Bluetooth, to name a few. The available methods vary depending upon the features provided by your mobile device and the apps installed on the device.

Note: Make sure your mobile device is connected to the Internet before you try to share your

files. For instructions on how to connect your mobile device to the Internet while you use the Media Drive app, see Connecting to the Internet in Chapter 4, “Managing the Media Drive.”

The sharing process is the same no matter what type of media content you’re sharing. You can share multiple files at one time or share a single file.

1. In the Media Drive app, open a photo you want to share, tap the upload icon ,

to display the Share options:!

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3. Working with Media Files

Common In-App Actions

SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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Open an album, tap Select, select photos to share, and tap the upload icon , to display the Share options:!

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2. Select a method to share your photo and provide the required information (the options available on your mobile device vary).

Deleting Files and Folders

You can use the Media Drive app to delete files and folders stored on your Media Drive or memory card, but not those stored on your iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch).

Deleting Files

You delete multiple files or a single file in the same way:

1. Open the file or files to be deleted.

2. Tap the Select icon and select the files to be deleted.

3. Tap the Trash icon (at the top in tile view, at the bottom in single view):

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