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8. Managing Your Media Player and Connected Devices
8. Managing Your Media Player and
Connected Devices
This chapter explains how to manage and maintain your media player and its included
software. It also explains how to use Seagate Media to manage the drives you connect to it.
Follow the instructions in this chapter to:
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Understand the status LEDs on your media player (see next section).
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Connect a USB or wireless USB keyboard to your media player (see page 43).
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Update the media player firmware (see page 44).
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Update the Seagate Media software (see page 45).
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Create shortcuts to shared files on your network (see page 46).
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Manage your drives with Seagate Media (see page 48).
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Remove a FreeAgent drive from the media player (see page 52).
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Disconnect a USB drive, camera, or camcorder (see page 53).
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Disconnect the media player (see page 53).
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Reset the media player to its factory default settings (see page 53).
Understanding the Media Player's LEDs
This table describes how the LED on your media player indicates status. The LED is on the
front of the media player (see illustrations on page 6 and 7).
When the LED is...
Blinking amber
Solid amber
Solid white
Connecting a Keyboard to the Media Player
You can use a USB or wireless USB keyboard instead of the on-screen keyboard when
you're searching for media files or entering other information. Connect your USB keyboard,
or the USB receiver that came with your wireless keyboard, to the USB port on the media
player.
Media Player User Guide
The media player is...
Starting up
Off/Ready for use
On
Understanding the Media Player's LEDs
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