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Power Button
Device Operation
Function
Press and Hold
When the power button is held for at least five seconds, the system will force a
for 5 Seconds
shut down without any consideration for gracefully stopping services or clearing
cache.
Reset Button
On the rear panel of your My Cloud Home device, there is a Reset Button above the
USB port(s). This is a tiny recessed button that requires something similar to the
pointy end of a paper clip to be pressed.
Table 1.4
Reset Button
Device Operation
Function
Press for less
During this function the My Cloud Home device will reboot, momentarily making it
than 1 second
inaccessible. This process does not delete data.
Press for only 5
This function will demote the Device Owner to a Device User in order to change
seconds
ownership of the My Cloud Home device. This does not delete data and each user
still has access to their data. However, when this process occurs, all existing users
are notified that ownership has been revoked, and each user (or any new user) has
the option to take ownership of the device. The first user to take ownership
becomes the new Device Owner.
Press for at
Caution!
least 60
The unit will be reset to factory default settings and will need to be set up using
seconds
your online My Cloud Account
Owner will be set when the next person sets up the device through a My Cloud
account. Reset has completed once the LED has gone through a period of rapid
blinking and returned to a state of solid white.
USB Port(s)
These USB ports are not designed to connect a My Cloud Home device directly to a
host computer system.
– This device comes with one USB Type-A port on the back panel
My Cloud Home
that supports USB 3.0.
My Cloud Home Duo
panel that support USB 3.0.
Ethernet Port
1.
Looking at the Ethernet port, the LED on the top right is the
Activity LED:
"Activity" LED. It describes the activity happening with your connection by
My Cloud Home / My Cloud Home Duo
User Manual
This process will delete all data, Device Users and the Device Owner.
(My Cloud Home Device
– This device comes with two USB Type-A ports on the back
About Your My Cloud Home Device
Setup). A new Device
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