SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User manual

USER MANUAL
(For Use with Android™ Mobile Devices)
SanDisk Connect™
Wireless Media Drive

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
From a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
From a Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. Working with Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Media Drive Application Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Media Drive Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Common App Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Common App Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Displaying the Basic Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selecting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Moving Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Uploading and Downloading Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Sharing Your Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Allowing Access to your Media Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Sending Files to Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Deleting Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Deleting Multiple Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Deleting Single Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Unsupported File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Working with Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Viewing Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the Photo Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Zooming In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Starting a Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Displaying Photo Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting a Photo as Wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Cropping a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Rotating a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Streaming Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sorting Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Playing a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Music Play Options and Song Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Album Options: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playing Multiple Albums: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playing a Single Album: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Song Play Controls: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Creating a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Adding to a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Renaming a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Controlling Music from Outside the Play Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Managing the Files Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sorting File Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Searching Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Downloading Files From a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4. Managing the Media Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Managing Auto-shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Media Drive Settings Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Admin Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using Admin Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Admin Login/Logout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Change Admin Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Wi-Fi Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Wi-Fi Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Set/Change a Wi-Fi Security Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Connect to/Disconnect from the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Disconnecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Firmware Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
USB Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Restore Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Format Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5. Product and Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Product Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Safety and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Maintenance and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Standard Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Long Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

1. Introduction Media Drive Overview
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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.
Features
Here 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.
Micro-USB
port
(SD™/SDHC™/SDXC™)
Memory card slot
Press 10 seconds: Restore default Admin and Wi-Fi
(until all lights blink) passwords
Internet LED:
Drive is connected
to Internet Wi-Fi®
network
Wi-Fi LED:
Drive is broadcasting
its Wi-Fi signal
Battery LED:
Green = Sufficient power for usage
Red = Power below 10%
Light blinks while charging Press 25 seconds: Hard restart to force unresponsive
Drive to reboot
Press 3 seconds: Turn On and Off
Power/Reset button:

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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. Your Media Drive can remember
two Wi-Fi networks.
System Requirements
• Mobile devices running Android version 2.3 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 10.5.x+, or later operating systems
Supported File Formats
Laptops, Tablets, and Smart Phones
• Any file formats supported by the device
Hardware Specifications
• Drive Capacity: 32 GB or 64 GB1
• USB 2.0 port
• Battery: Non-user replaceable lithium-ion battery
• Battery Life: Up to 9 hours of continuous streaming; up to 25 hours standby2
• Maximum Wi-Fi range: 160 feet (50 meters)
• Media Drive Internal Memory File System: exFAT
• Media Drive Memory Card File System: FAT32
11GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less.
2Based 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
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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:
.
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
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Downloading the Media Drive App
After your Media Drive is charged, download the free Media Drive app from your
mobile device application 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 Wi-
Fi.
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. On your mobile device, go to Settings and tap Wi-Fi:
3. In Wi-Fi settings,
a. From the list of available Wi-Fi networks, tap your Media Drive network, in the
example below, SanDisk Media7A8F (the number following SanDisk Media
is different for each Media Drive).

2. Getting Started Loading Content on the Media Drive
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b. In the connection window, tap Connect:
Your Media Drive Wi-Fi is now selected on the Wi-Fi networks list.
Loading Content on the Media Drive
You can load media 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.
From a Computer
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

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can create folders and add content to them; for example, the Music, Photos,
Videos, and Documents folders in the windows below:
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
selected.
From a Mobile Device
1. In your mobile device Wi-Fi settings, connect to the Media Drive Wi-Fi network.
2. On the Media Drive main screen, tap the icon for the type of content (Photos,
Videos, Music, or Files) you want to transfer from the mobile device to the Drive.
In the example below, photos are being uploaded:
On a Mac: On a PC:

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3. On the Albums screen, tap Local at the bottom of the screen to access the
photos on your local device:
You can upload the contents of an entire album at once or you can open the album
and select individual photos to upload.
Note: When you upload all album contents at once, the photos are uploaded but the album
folder in which they were contained is not.
4. Tap the Select icon to select the albums or individual photos to be uploaded.

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5. Tap albums or individual photos to select them for uploading. (You can tap the
Select All icon to select all albums or photos at once.) Then tap the Upload
icon :
6. Tap Media Drive Upload to begin the upload:

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7. A Copying window indicates the progress of the upload and then verifies that all
files have been successfully uploaded:
8. When all photos have been uploaded, switch back from Local to Drive to find the
content you’ve uploaded to the Media Drive.
The files are uploaded to the Media Drive Upload folder in Photos on the Media
Drive main screen.
Note: For more detailed information on using photo, music, and video files, see Chapter 3,
Working with Media Files.

3. Working with Media Files Media Drive Application Overview
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3. Working with Media Files
You can use the Media Drive app to play songs, stream videos, or view photos stored
on your Media Drive, your mobile device, or an inserted memory card.
Media Drive Application Overview
Media Drive Main Screen
All Media Drive settings and content are accessed through the Media Drive main
screen:
• To access the Media Drive settings, tap the Settings icon.
• To access photos, videos, or music, tap the appropriate folder.
• To view all your photos, videos, music, and documents at once, tap Files.
The Files folder contains all the content stored in the music, videos, and music
folders and provides access to an SD™, SDHC™, or SDXC™ card inserted in the
Media Drive.
Media Drive
settings
Content folders

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Common 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.
Common 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 Media files
Table 2: Media Drive Icons
Open Media Drive settings
Select files to move, share, or delete
Select all files on a screen at one time
Upload selected files
Download selected files
Share selected files
Options menu (menu items vary according to what you’re
currently doing in the app)
Delete selected files
Toggle between files stored on your Media Drive and files stored
locally on your mobile device

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• Transferring (uploading, downloading, or sharing) files
• Deleting files
Displaying the Basic Menu Options
1. Press down on any album, photo, song, video, or file folder to select it and display
the available options:
2. Tap a menu option.

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Selecting Files
You select files in order to move, share, or delete them. Whether you’re working with
videos, photos, albums, songs, playlists, or documents, the selection process is the
same.
1. Navigate to the files you want to select.
2. Tap the Select icon , then tap the files you want to select.
To select all files on the screen at once, tap the Select All icon .
– OR –
Select
individual
photos
Select
entire
albums

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3. Tap an icon at the bottom of the screen to move, share or delete the selected files.
Moving Files
Files can be transferred in three ways:
• Upload files to your Media Drive from a mobile device or a memory card.
• Download files from your Media Drive to a mobile device or memory card.
• Share your files with others via your Media Drive Wi-Fi network.
Uploading and Downloading Files
You follow the same steps to upload and download files.
1. Open the files you want to move.
Note: Remember to switch to Local at the bottom of the content screen if you want to move
content from your mobile device to your Media Drive or a memory card.
2. Tap the Select icon (or tap the Select All icon ), then tap the files you want
to move.
3. Click the Upload icon to move files from your mobile device to your Media
Drive or a memory card.
Click the Download icon to move files from your Media Drive or a memory card
to your mobile device.