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Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................ 1 Media Drive Overview ........................................................................ 1 Features.............................................................................. 1 System Requirements ......................................................................... 2 Supported File Formats ..................................................
Sharing Your Files ................................................................ 16 Allowing Access to your Media Drive ..................................... 16 Sending Files to Others .......................................................... 17 Deleting Files and Folders ........................................................... 18 Deleting Files ..
Sorting Files ................................................................................. 43 Opening Documents .................................................................... 43 Using a Memory Card ....................................................................... 45 Getting Help .....................................................................
Cleaning ......................................................................................... 68 Maintenance and Storage .............................................................. 68 Standard Maintenance ................................................................... 68 Long Term Storage ........................................................................ 69 Recycling ......................................................................................
1. Introduction Media Drive Overview 1. Introduction Media Drive Overview The SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive stores, shares, and streams digital content wirelessly across multiple mobile devices.
1. Introduction System Requirements • 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.
2. Getting Started Charging the Media Drive 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.
2. Getting Started Downloading the Media Drive App 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.
2. Getting Started Loading Content on the Media Drive 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.
2. Getting Started Loading Content on the Media Drive 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.
2. Getting Started Loading Content on the Media Drive 5. Tap the iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) photo album containing the photos you want to upload, then tap Select: 6.
2. Getting Started Loading Content on the Media Drive 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.
3. Working with Media Files Media Drive Application Overview 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.
3. Working with Media Files Common In-App Actions 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.
3. Working with Media Files Common In-App Actions 2. Tap Select or Select All, then tap the content you want to select: 3. Tap the upload icon or trash icon at the top of the screen to move (add to), share, or delete the selected content.
3. Working with Media Files Common In-App Actions 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.
3. Working with Media Files Common In-App Actions 3. Navigate to the pictures you want to upload and tap Select: 4.
3. Working with Media Files Common In-App Actions • 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.
3. Working with Media Files Common In-App Actions Downloading Multiple Files To download files from the Media Drive or from an inserted memory card to your iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch): 1.
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3. Working with Media Files Common In-App Actions 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.
3. Working with Media Files Common In-App Actions Open an album, tap Select, select photos to share, and tap the upload icon display the Share options: , to 2. Select a method to share your photo and provide the required information (the options available on your mobile device vary).
3. Working with Media Files Common In-App Actions Deleting Folders You can delete files from any screen in the Media Drive app, but the only screen from which you can delete folders is the Files screen. To delete a folder: 1. In the Navigation Bar, tap Files to display the Files main screen: 2.
3. Working with Media Files Common In-App Actions Note: For complete information on how to use the Files folder, see “Managing the Files Folder” in this chapter. Searching Files You can search for files on any of the Media Drive app screens. Your search is limited to the files displayed on that screen. 1.
3. Working with Media Files Unsupported File Formats Unsupported File Formats The Media Drive can open all file formats supported by your mobile device.
3. Working with Media Files Working with Photos Working with Photos You can use the Media Drive app to work with photos stored on your mobile device, an inserted memory card, and the Media Drive itself.
3. Working with Media Files Working with Photos Viewing Photos 1. In the Navigation Bar on the Media Drive main screen, tap Photos. 2. On the Albums screen, navigate to the photo you want to view. 3.
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3. Working with Media Files Working with Photos • Open a photo and tap Edit: Photo editing controls Rotating a Photo • Tap the Rotate icon until the photo is oriented the way you want it. Enhancing a Photo • Tap the Enhance icon to sharpen the image and deepen the color.
3. Working with Media Files Working with Photos 2. Use your fingertip to move and resize the crop box, which turns red as you move it, until it covers the desired area of the photo, then tap Crop: 3.
3. Working with Media Files Working with Photos To do that, you must connect the Media Drive to your computer and create the new folder in the Drive window. To create a new album on your mobile device, 1. On the Photos main screen, select iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) at the bottom of the screen, then tap the + icon: 2.
3. Working with Media Files Streaming Videos 3. Tap the Drive or iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) button at the bottom of the screen to navigate to the pictures you want to add to the new album, then tap photos to select them, and finally, tap Done: A Progress window informs you when the new album has been created. 4.
3. Working with Media Files Using the Media Drive with iTunes 1. In the Navigation Bar on the Media Drive main screen, tap Videos: 2. Navigate to the video you want to stream and tap the thumbnail to start streaming it.
3. Working with Media Files Using the Media Drive with iTunes To play iTunes content, 1. Make sure your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is synced with your iTunes library: • On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, launch the iTunes app and navigate to More > Purchased > Music/Movies/TV Shows. If you see your content, your mobile device is synced with iTunes. Note: Up to 5 devices can be synced with the Apple ID that owns the purchased content.
3. Working with Media Files Playing Music Playing Music You can use the Media Drive app to play music stored on either your Media Drive or your mobile device. You can play music in the background while you’re doing other things both inside the app and outside it on your mobile device.
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3. Working with Media Files Playing Music Playing a Song The way you access the song you want to play depends on how you’ve sorted your music. • • If you’ve sorted by Recent or Songs, tap the song to go directly to the song Play screen: If you’ve sorted by Album, Artist, Playlists, or Genres, navigate to the Album containing the song you want to play and tap the song.
3. Working with Media Files Playing Music 1. In the Navigation Bar, tap Music, then select Drive or iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) at the bottom of the Music screen: 2. Tap Playlist in the Music screen view options, then tap the + icon.
3. Working with Media Files Playing Music 3. Enter a name for the playlist in the New Playlist window and tap Save: A list of all the music stored on the Media Drive or on your iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch), whichever you’re creating the Playlist on, opens.
3. Working with Media Files Playing Music The new playlist is displayed on the Playlists window: Adding Songs to a Playlist To add songs to a playlist, 1.
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3. Working with Media Files Managing the Files Folder 1. In the Navigation Bar, tap Files to display the Files main screen: The Files screen provides access to all files stored on the Media Drive and all files stored on a memory card if one is inserted in the Drive.
3. Working with Media Files Managing the Files Folder Deleting Folders The Files screen is the only screen in the Media Drive app from which you can delete folders. 1. Navigate to the Files screen displaying the folders to be deleted and tap Select: 2.
3. Working with Media Files Managing the Files Folder Sorting Files You can sort the files and folders displayed on any Files screen. To access the Sort options, 1. On any Files screen, tap Sort to display the Sort by options: 2. Select sort options for the content displayed on this screen, then click Done.
3. Working with Media Files Managing the Files Folder 1. Navigate to the document you want to view and tap it: The icons for all the apps on your mobile device that can open the selected document are displayed. The apps you see in this window vary depending on which apps you’ve installed on your mobile device.
3. Working with Media Files Using a Memory Card 2. The document is opened in the selected app: 4. To return to the Media Drive app, tap Done.
3. Working with Media Files Getting Help Getting Help 1. In the middle of the Navigation Bar, underneath Settings, tap the Help icon . 2. Tap Getting Started Guide to open the Media Drive Quick Start Guide on your mobile device or Online Support to connect to a support tech.
4. Managing the Media Drive Using the Power Button 4. Managing the Media Drive Using the Power Button Power Button s Turns the Drive on and off s Resets the Admin and Wi-Fi password s Forces a hard restart to reboot an unresponsive Drive The power button performs three functions, depending on how long you hold in the button.
4. Managing the Media Drive Restarting the App Restarting the App If your Media Drive becomes unresponsive, you can force it to restart. 1.
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4. Managing the Media Drive Media Drive Settings Overview • Battery Level: Displays the strength of the charge remaining in your Media Drive battery. • Status Gauges: Media Drive status gauges are located at the bottom of the navigation bar providing easy access to information about your drive including available battery, internal memory and SD card memory.
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4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings Change Admin Password To change the Admin password, 1. In Admin Settings, tap Change Admin Password: 2.
4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings Wi-Fi Settings Use Wi-Fi Settings to change the name of your Media Drive Wi-Fi network and to set or change a Wi-Fi security password.
4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings The Media Drive reboots. A Setting Changed message confirms that your name change has been saved and indicates that once the Media Drive has restarted, you must reconnect to it under its new name. 2. Click OK: 3.
4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings Set/Change a Wi-Fi Security Password The default Wi-Fi security setting is no password. We recommend that you set a WiFi password so that your Drive contents can’t be accessed by strangers in areas where the Drive might automatically connect to an available Wi-Fi network. 1.
4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings 5. Stop and then restart the Media Drive app. Note: Creating a Wi-Fi password allows you to limit access to your Drive when connecting directly to it. But the Wi-Fi password does not limit access when your Drive is connected to an Internet Wi-Fi network, where anyone who has installed the Media Drive app can access your Drive.
4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings A message informs you that the Media Drive is resetting and instructs you to reconnect to the Media Drive after the Drive has reset: 3. Click OK. When the Drive restarts, the Wi-Fi LED on the front of the Drive shines green to indicate that your mobile device is now connected to the Internet. 4.
4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings 6. In Admin settings, the Connect to Internet screen now displays the Wi-Fi network that is connecting your mobile device to the Internet even while you are connected to and are using your Media Drive: You're now connected to both the Media Drive and the Internet.
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4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings 3. Go to www.sandisk.com/support and download the Media Drive Firmware upgrade file to your computer. 4.
4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings A Firmware Upgrade window details the upgrade process and confirms the upgrade: 7. Tap Upgrade.
4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings A Firmware Upgrade notice informs you that you are running the latest version of the Firmware. Note: If you choose not to upgrade the Firmware right away, you can go to Settings > Upgrade Media Drive and start the process whenever it’s convenient for you.
4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings 1. In Admin Settings tap Restore Factory Settings: 2. In the Restore Factory Settings window, select the settings you want to restore to factory defaults and tap Done. A message confirms that the selected defaults have been reset. 3.
4. Managing the Media Drive Using Admin Settings 1. In Admin Settings, tap Format Media Drive: 2. In the Format Media Drive window, tap OK if you’re certain you want to proceed. A message confirms that the formatting is complete and instructs you to restart the app.
5. Product and Safety Information Product Specifications 5. Product and Safety Information Product Specifications Dimensions 66.01x66.01x13.80mm Weight 70.8g Memory Card SD/SDHC up to 32GB SDXC up to 64GB Battery Type 3.7V/1500mAh Li -polymer Operating Duration Up to 8 hours Battery Charging Over USB 2.0 powered connection (500mA) or AC adaptor (3 hours to charge) USB Connectivity USB 2.
5. Product and Safety Information Regulatory Information 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.
5. Product and Safety Information Safety and Care Recycling SanDisk Connect Media Drive: Do not dispose of either the SanDisk Connect Media Drive with your household waste. In some countries or regions, collection systems are set up to handle electrical and electronic waste items. Contact your regional authorities for more details. If collection systems are not available, please return unwanted accessories to any SanDisk Approved Service Center in your region.
5. Product and Safety Information Cleaning plastic enclosure. Cold temperatures can also shorten the life of the Drive by damaging the battery, causing the plastic enclosure to crack, or causing moisture to condense on or inside the device. Keep the Media Drive dry. Water or other liquids can damage it. In addition, high humidity can cause condensation to form.
5. Product and Safety Information Maintenance and Storage Long Term Storage If the Media Drive will not be used, it is best to keep the battery around 50% charged. To charge the battery to approximately 50%, fully discharge the Media Drive until it turns itself off, then let it charge for 1 hour. Store the Media Drive at a temperature between 20° C and 45° C (4° F and 113° F) at a relative humidity of 65% ± 20%.
Index downloading multiple files 14 downloading the Media Drive app 4 E editing photos 24 A accessing all media content in one place 40 adding to a playlist 37 admin login/logout 51 enhancing a photo 25 F files deleting 18 admin settings 50, 51 moving 11 change admin password 52 opening documents 43 change Wi-Fi name 53 searching 20 connecting to the Internet 56 selecting 10 Firmware upgrade 59 format drive 63 login/logout 51 restore factory settings
Media Drive admin settings 50 playing 31 allowing access 16 playing from outside the play screen 38 auto-shutdown 47 song controls 34 battery LED 3 sorting 32 charging 3 common in-app actions 10 common in-app icons 10 connecting to 4 downloading the app 4 using playlists 34 O opening documents 43 P photo features 1 enhancing 25 Firmware upgrade 59 photo screen icons 22 general settings 49 photos getting started 3 correcting red-eye 25 hardware specifications 2 creatin
settings using a memory card 45 admin 50 using app icons 10 general 49 using the music song controls 34 overview 49 using the power button 47 sharing files 16 V slideshows 23 viewing photos 22 sorting files 43 W sorting music 32 Wi-Fi settings 53 streaming videos 28 Wireless Drive supported file formats 2 cleaning 68 system requirements 2 maintenance and storage 68 U product specifications 65 unresponsive Drive 48 recycling 69 unsupported file forma
