SanDisk Connect User manual

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SanDisk Connect™Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch i
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 App Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Common 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

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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

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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
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
Upigrade 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
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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Maintenance and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Standard Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Long Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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
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.
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.
System Requirements
• Mobile devices running iOS version 5.0 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 10.5.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 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 Wi-
Fi 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:
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
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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
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
turned on.
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.
On a Mac: On a PC:

2. Getting Started Loading Content on the Media Drive
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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:
• 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 naviga-
tion 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:
Navigation
Bar

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5. Tap the iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) photo album containing the photos you
want to upload, then tap the Select icon :
6. Tap photos to select them for upload, then tap Add To at the bottom of the screen
and tap Media Drive Upload to load the photos onto your Media Drive:
7. When all photos have been uploaded, switch back from iPad (or iPhone or iPod
touch) to Drive to find the content you’ve uploaded to the Media Drive:

2. Getting Started Loading Content on the Media 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.

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, and view photos and
documents stored on your Media Drive, your mobile device, or an inserted memory
card.
Media Drive Application Overview
Media Drive Main Screen
When you launch the Media Drive app, the main screen displays whatever content
was selected when you last closed the app. The example below shows a Photo main
screen.
All Media Drive settings and content are accessed through the Navigation Bar and
the Media Drive screen icons:
• 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.
Media Drive
settings icon
Select icon used to
Content
folders
identify files to be
moved, shared, or
Toggle between
displaying all photos
Toggle between showing and
hiding Navigation Bar
Navigation
Bar
at once and displaying
photos by album
deleted
Help icon Toggle between Drive files
and iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) files
Search window
Photo Screen:

3. Working with Media Files Common App Actions
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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 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.
Table 2: Media Drive Icons
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

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2. Tap the Select icon , then tap the content you want to select:
3. Tap a button at the bottom 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.
Uploading Multiple Files
To upload files from your iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) to the Media Drive or an
inserted memory card,

3. Working with Media Files Common App Actions
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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:
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:
Navigation
Bar

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3. Navigate to the pictures you want to upload and tap the Select icon :
4. Tap photos to select them for upload (you’ll see a red check on selected items),
then tap Add To at the bottom of the screen to display the Upload options:
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 App Actions
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•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 Select icon , and choose whether
to add the file to the Media Drive or to a memory card inserted in the Drive:
Downloading Multiple Files
To download files from the Media Drive or from an inserted memory card to your iPad
(or iPhone or iPod touch),