Seagate Central SRN01C,Central SRN01C User Manual

Seagate Central User Guide

Model

SRN01C

Seagate Central User Guide

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Regulatory Compliance

FCC Class B Information

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver

is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.

IMPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiation Exposure Statement

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

The availability of some specific channels and/or operational frequency bands are country dependent and are firmware programmed at the factory to match the intended destination. The firmware setting is not accessible by the end user.

Note to US model owner: To comply with US FCC regulation, the country selection function has been completely removed from all US models. The above function is for non-US models only.

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Industry Canada

This device complies with RSS-210 of the Industry Canada Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Ce dispositif est conforme à la norme CNR-210 d'Industrie Canada applicable aux appareils radio exempts de licence. Son fonctionnement est sujet aux deux conditions suivantes: (1) le dispositif ne doit pas produire de brouillage préjudiciable, et (2) ce dispositif doit accepter tout brouillage reçu, y compris un brouillage susceptible de provoquer un fonctionnement indésirable.

IMPORTANT NOTE: (For mobile device use)

Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

NOTE IMPORTANTE: (Pour l'utilisation de dispositifs mobiles)

Déclaration d'exposition aux radiations:

Cet équipement est conforme aux limites d'exposition aux rayonnements IC établies pour un environnement non contrôlé. Cet équipement doit être installé et utilisé avec un minimum de 20 cm de distance entre la source de rayonnement et votre corps.

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Contents

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

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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

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

What’s in the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Set up Seagate Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

LED Light Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Using the Seagate Media App to Access Seagate Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Supported Devices for the Seagate Media App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Install the Seagate Media app . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3. Private Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Create a private folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Accessing a Private Folder at Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Access a private folder on a Windows computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Access a private folder on a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Edit a private folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Delete a private folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4. Backing Up Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Manually Backing Up Content on Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Back up content on a Windows computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Back up content on a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Create a backup plan for a Windows computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Create a backup plan for a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Restore content from a Time Machine backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Backing Up Content on a Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Set up your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Set up your mobile device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5. Playing Back Your Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Stream content to your mobile device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Stream content on your Samsung Smart Hub device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Stream Content to DLNA Certified Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Update the DLNA Certified device with new content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Stream iTunes content to your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Change the frequency that Seagate Central scans for iTunes content . 15

6. Archiving Your Facebook Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Set up Facebook archiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Stop Facebook archiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Delete Facebook archiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

7. Remotely Accessing Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Set up Seagate remote access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Set up remote access with the Seagate Media app . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Set up remote access with a web browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Share files with family and friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Disable remote access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

8. Changing Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Administer the Seagate Central device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Resetting Seagate Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Reset the device through the Seagate Central web page . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Reset the device with the reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

9. Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

More Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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1. Introduction

Seagate Central is your personal cloud, providing a centralized location to store your files from your Windows and Mac, mobile devices, and social networks. Play movies and music and view photos from Seagate Central throughout your home on your smart TV, game console, and tablet, and on an Internet-connected mobile device while on the road. With Seagate Central, you can keep your digital life centralized and organized.

System Requirements

• Router with an available Ethernet port (Wi-Fi router required for wireless file access and

backup)

• Windows

• Mac OS

• Internet connection for activation and online file access and sharing

• Internet Explorer

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8, Windows 7, Windows Vista®, or Windows XP

X v10.6 or later

9.x, Firefox® 5.x, Chrome 11.x, Safari® 5, or later Web browsers

1. Introduction Hardware Specifications

Hardware Specifications

• Drive capacity: 2TB, 3TB, 4TB, or 5TB

• USB drive format: NTFS, HFS, or HFS+

• Network connectivity: One 10/100/1000 Ethernet port

• USB connectivity: One USB 2.0 port for connecting external storage devices to the

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2. Getting Started

With minimal setup, you can use Seagate Central straight out of the box to save and access content on the Public folder. To gain the full benefit of Seagate Central, you can create individual user accounts to keep personal files private and be able to access content while away from home.

What’s in the Box?

Make sure that you have these items. If not, contact Seagate Customer Support.

Set up Seagate Central

The setup process includes connecting Seagate Central to your computer and creating an administrative account with a private folder. An administrative account allows you to add user accounts with private folders, enable remote access, and manage the device.

1. Using the supplied Ethernet cable, connect Seagate Central to your Wi-Fi router.

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