Xmultiple FlashPoint ShareDrive Quick Start Manual

Congratulations on your purchase of the Xmultiple
FlashPoint ShareDrive

1. Package contents:

Your package contains one each of the following items:

- FlashPoint ShareDrive with Battery Pack

- Cap - Neck Strap

- USB Cable - Quick Start Manual

Cap

USB Cable

FlashPoint

Neck Strap

Battery Pack

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Back Cover

2. Function Keys

向上

Power/ Confirm

Up

Down

Next Layer / Select

Previous Layer / Cancel

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3.You must charge your ShareDrive

Simply insert the ShareDrive into a personal computer or
notebook to charge. The initial battery charge should be at
least 6-8 hours. After the ShareDrive is fully charged, you
must “format” it before using.

z Full-charge time: About 2 hours.
z Recharge time: 1 hour (60%)
z T ransfers: Approximately 50,000 data transfer cycles

NOTE:

1. ShareDrive will not be charged when the Personal
Computer or Notebook is under “Standby Mode” , “Power
Saving Mode” or “Suspend Mode”. Therefore, please
charge your ShareDrive while your Personal Computer
or Notebook is in use.

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2. FlashPoint ShareDrives are not compatible with USB
hubs

CAUTION: NEVER HALF INSERT YOUR SHAREDRIVE INTO A

PERSONAL COMPUTER OR ANY OTHER USB DEVICE.
SHOULD YOU RUN INTO ROOM LIMITATIONS, MAKE
SURE YOU USE YOUR USB EXTENTION CABLE.

z IF YOU NEED TO USE ANY EXTERNAL CHARGERS OTHER

THAN A PERSONAL COMPUTER or NOTEBOOK TO CHARGE
THE FLASHPOINT SHAREDRIVE, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO
USE XMULTIPLE’S PROPRIETARY FLASHPOINT SHAREDRIVE
CHARGERS ONLY.

(Using another manufacture’s charger may cause damage to
your ShareDrive therefore voiding your warran t y )

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4. Formatting the FlashPoint ShareDrive

Step 1:

Insert your ShareDrive into a Personal

Computer or Notebook.

Step 2:

Locate your ShareDrive in My computer. Then

Highlight ShareDrive and right click. Select “Format”

Step 3:

Click “Start” to proceed formatting. Your
ShareDrive will be ready to use when the process is
completed.

Step 4:

Create a folder named “Share”. If the

FlashPoint ShareDrive already has a “Share” folder
created, then simply click to operate the SHARE

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function to copy all the files in the “Share” folder to the
connected device. If the FlashPoint ShareDrive does
not have a “Share” folder created, then click into the
next layer of the menu to select the folder(s) or file(s)
to be copied to complete the transferring.

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5. Using your USB ShareDrive

Plug your FlashPoint ShareDrive into your Personal
Computer or Notebook for data transferring and
deleting. If the data is unreadable, please remove
your ShareDrive from your Personal Computer or
Notebook, and then repeat this process.

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6. Transferring data to and from your ShareDrive

In both cases, before you can transfer data, y ou must
do the following:

*Make sure your ShareDrive’s capacity in memory is

ALW AYS greater than the thumb drive to be used for
LOAD. Do the same process for SHARE, make sure
you have enough memory in your thumb drive when
operating SHARE as well. If not, the data transfer
will be unsuccessful.

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Menu

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How to operate

1. Power On/Off

Hold the POWER button for three seconds.

2. File Manager

◎2.1 SHARE

When connected to the USB device, an USB
symbol will appear on the screen. Simply click
to operate the SHARE function to copy all the
files in the “Share” folder to the connected
device. Or click into the next layer of the menu,
and select the file(s) to be copied with just one
click to complete the transferring.

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◎2.2 Load

When connected to the USB device, an USB icon
will appear on the screen. If the connected
device already has a “Load” folder created then
simply click to operate the LOAD function to
copy all the files in the “Load” folder to the
FlashPoint ShareDrive. If the connected device
does not have a “Load” folder created, then click
into the next layer of the menu to select the
folder(s) or file(s) to be copied to complete the
transferring.

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◎2.3 Delete

Deletion is ONLY accessible to the files saved in
the FlashPoint ShareDrive.

※ Important: Please note that when you

confirmed the deletion of the selected file, the
deleted file will be UNRECOVERABLE

◎2.4 Capacity

This function allows you to view the free
memory capacity space of the FlashPoint
ShareDrive and the connected device.

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3. Setting

◎3.1 Automatically Power Off Setup

3.1.1 On/Off
To turn On or Off the Automatically Power Off

function.

3.1.2 Automatically Power Off Timer
Use the up/down keys to adjust the timer for
Automatically Power Off.

◎3.2 Battery Capacity

To view the available percentage of the
battery capacity remaining.

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◎3.3 Language

English and Traditional Chinese interface are
available for selection.

◎3.4 Firmware Version

Provides the information of the firmware version
being used.

◎3.5 Firmware Update

Have the new firmware code saved in an empty
thumb drive and connect to the ShareDrive for
updating. When updating in progress shall
never power off the ShareDrive nor remove the
thumb drive, this act will damage the product
and the data stored. The ShareDrive will power

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off automatically for update completion.
The latest firmware code will be available at our
website www.sharedrives.com

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6. How to operate “Reset” function

Reset Pinhole

For complete User’s Manual, please go to our website

www.sharedrives.com.

Should you ever
encounter a problem
while transferring data,
simply reset your
ShareDrive by
accessing the “Reset
Pinhole” on the right
hand side of your
ShareDrive.

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