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- Page 1 USB 3.0 WiFi Hard Drive Sky Share H10 User Manual ...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
1. Introduction.......................3 2. Spec and System Requirements ................5 3. Sky Share H10 Overview ...................6 4. Sky Share Web UI Overview ..................8 5. Sky Share App Overview ..................11 6. Sky Share Wi‐Fi Security..................13 7. Setting up Sky Share Device..................13 8. Regarding File format....................16 9. How to play and view your media files ..............17 10. Downloading Content to Your WiFi Device or Computer........23 11. Uploading Content to Sky Share from Your WiFi Device or Computer....24 12. Sky Share Setup Page ....................25 13. How to delete files stored in Sky Share..............31 14. How to safely disconnect Sky Share from your computer ........31 15. Troubleshooting ....................32 ... -
Page 3: Introduction
1. Introduction Sky Share H10, a portable Wi‐Fi hard drive available in 500GB and up, breaks the storage limits for all Smart handheld devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablets, windows mobile phone…etc. and can also support Notebook, PC, and Mac. More than a traditional portable hard drive’s functions, H10 is capable of having up to 8 users to share and stream media content simultaneously with wireless connection. Its USB 3.0 interface provides up to 5Gbs high speed access in portable hard drive mode. The built‐in 2T2R antenna and re‐chargeable Lithium battery provides wireless transfer speed up to 300Mbs and up to 5 hours streaming per single charge. Sky Share H10 also provides iPhone App, iPad App, Andorid App, and Web UI (Web browser User Interface) to support the various WiFi devices mentioned above. The compact size design makes Sky Share H10 easy to carry and it is also designed for wireless and cableless operation, providing bigger capacity to support your Smartphone and tablet as a wireless portable media library. The package is including‐ USB Wall adapter x 1 pcs (The adapter type is dependant on the country where unit is purchased.) (Australia/ New Zealand) (EU, Iran, Russia...etc) ... - Page 4 (Japan, Taiwan, USA...etc) (UK...etc) USB to DC Jack x 1pcs Sky Share x 1 pcs USB 3.0 cable x 1pcs Quick Guide including arranty card x 1pcs w ...
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Page 5: Spec And System Requirements
2. Spec and System Requirements Capacity: 500GB, 1TB Dimension: 133 x 86 x 23.5 mm Weight: 255g +/‐ 5% WiFi Interface: IEEE 802.11b/g/n Standard Build‐in 2T2R Antenna, up to 300 Mbs Build‐in USB 3.0 (Compatible with USB 2.0), up to 5Gb/s Transfer rate (USB 3.0 Mode) WiFi connection: up to 8 users Connection range: up to 100 Feets Power Supply: DC 5V/2A (Power supplied through AC‐to‐DC adapter) Battery: Build‐in Lithium Battery for up to 5 hours multimedia streaming (1 device) Operating Temperature: 5℃ ~ 45℃ Storage Temperature: ‐10℃ ~ 70℃ Wireless security: WPA+WPA2 Operation system: Support Win 7, Win XP, Win Vista, Mac OS X (10.5.X+), iPhone 3GS (iOS 4.2+), iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod nano, iPad, ipad2, the new ipad, Anroid 2.3+ smart phones and Tablets Browsers: Support Safari 5 or later version, Webkit (Android), Internet Explorer 8 or later version, Firefox, and Google Chrome File system: FAT32/NTFS Supporting file types: You can store any file in Sky Share H10, but need your WiFi device to support the file format and resolution you want to play or view. Sky Share iPhone/iPad App: you can play or view the following file types.‐ Video: .m4v, mp4, .mov Photo: JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF Music: MP3 Document: DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF For other file types, you can find them in Home Directory and play them if it’s supported by your device application. (For example, .m4a played by Quick Time Player and .wma played by Windows Media Player) Sky Share Web UI: ... -
Page 6: Sky Share H10 Overview
3. Sky Share H10 Overview Fig. 1 Sky Share H10 Overview Power button (1): Once pressing the power button, Sky Share H10 is turned on and will automatically go in to WiFi Mode in one minute. Power button LED (2): Solid Green: Full battery Blinking Orange: Half full Solid Red: Low battery, c harging is required Solid Orange: Charging Note: It takes about 1.5 hours for the battery without activation and about 4 hours for the battery with activation to charge from low to full status by the wall adapter. Data/WiFi Access LED (3): The LED indicates the data access in both of PHDD (portable hard drive) mode an d WiFi mode. WiFi mode (Power on) Blinking Purple: During setup olid Blue: Ready for access linking Blue: WiFi accessing olid Red: System error ... - Page 7 PHDD mode (Connected to the computer by USB ca ble) Fast Blinking Blue: During setup olid Blue: Ready for access Blinking Blue: Data Access LED off: Hard drive Safety removal USB 3.0 Micro B (4): Connects Sky Share H10 to your computer and then Sky Share will perform like a portable hard drive (PHDD). Note: No power charge in this connection. All charging is required to go through DC Jack (5) of Sky Share H10. DC Jack (5): Connects Sky Share via the USB to DC Jack power cable and its wall charger for charging. You can charge first and then stream the content as a portable media library wirelessly. In addition, you can stream the content while charging. Reset Pin (6): a). Press the pin lightly and release it immediately. The system will be rebooted. b). Press and hold the pin for about 3 seconds and then release the pin. The system will be reset to factory default setting. During this reset process, all data stored in Sky Share H10 will be still remaining. ...
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Page 8: Sky Share Web Ui Overview
4. Sky Share Web UI Overview Sky Share Web UI provides u sers a solution to play and view files stored in Sky Share by accessing the users WiF i device’s web browser. After connecting to Sky Share, open web browser, and type www.skyshare.com or 192.168.49.73 in the URL (uniform resource locator) column and Sky Share Web UI will be displayed. (Referring to the Fig. 2 below) Fig. 2 Sky Share Web UI Overview ‐ 1 Home: Home page of Sky Share Web UI All stored files can be viewed in the home directory. Default Media Folders: Video, Photo, Music, Document Sky Share avoids sorting the whole hard drive during each power‐on. This can save user’s time during each device power‐on when he stores a large number of files in Sky Share. Instead, it is necessary for users to store video, photo, music, and document files in the respective default video, photo, music, and document folder. These four default folders are located under the folder of Sky Share. Sky Share\ The default folders on the left side of the screen will display the supported video, photo, music, and document files only. If you happen to mix your file types and cannot find them in these four default folders, you can go to “Home” to view a ... - Page 9 complete list of all the files that have been stored. Search: Input keyword in the search column. Sky Share w ill display all files associated with the keyword. Sort: The files can be sorted by the file type, file si ze, creation date, or alphabetically, . Select/Cancel: Click “select” button to select media files for play, upload, or download. Once clicking cancel, all selection will be deselected. Folder View: Display the files in a file list and folder structure Thumbnail view: Display the files in thumbnail size Setup: You can setup Sky Share device from “Setup” page. The detail functions will be described later. (Referring to Section 12 –Sky Share Setup page) Help: Help page provides some tips for frequently asked questions. Upload icon: Click to upload files from your computer to Sky Share Create Folder icon: Click to create a new folder other than the default folders. Fig. 3 Sky Share Web UI Overview ‐ 2 ...
- Page 10 Download icon: You can click to download the selected files from Sky Share to your computer. Play icon: After you select one or multiple files, you can click play icon to play the selected media files. . ...
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Page 11: Sky Share App Overview
5. Sky Shar e A pp Overview Sky Share iPhone and iPad apps are available on Apple store for free download. For the download and setup instructions, please refer to the section 7, Sky Share device setup . Fig 4. Sky Share App Overview Home: Home page of Sky Share App You can view all files stored in Sky Share H10 in home directory. Default Media Folders: Video, Photo, Music, Document Sky Share avoids sorting the whole hard drive during each power‐on to have a quick setup. Instead, a user is necessary to organize files into the respective folder. Default folders are located under the folder of Sky Share. Sky Share\ Video, Photo, Music, and Document folder on the left side of the screen will display the supported video, photo, music, and document files only. If you mix your file types and cannot find them in these four folders, you can go to “Home” to view a complete listing of stored files. Search: Same as Web UI function Sort: Same as Web UI function ... - Page 12 Tool/Cancel: Tap “Tool” button to select media fil es for play, upload to Sky Share, or download to iPhone/iPad local folder. Tap “Cance l” button to cancel the selection function. Select all: Tap “Select all” and then all files will be selected. Deselect all: Tap “Deselect all”, all selections will be cleared. Operation: After selecting the files, you can tap “operation” to have a further operation. 1). For the files stored in Sky Share, you can tap “operation” to select: “download to local folder”: allow you to download your selected files to local folder from Sky Share. “Attach to email”: allow you to attach one file to email. “Delete”: allow you to delete the selected files. In case of photo, you can have one more function below: “download to photo album”: allow you to download your selected files to the photo album of iPhone or iPad. 2). For the files stored in local folder, you can tap “operation” to select: “Upload to Sky Share”: allow you to upload your selected files to Sky Share. “Attach to email”: allow you to attach one file to email “Delete”: allow you to delete the selected files. In case of photo, you can have one more function below: “Upload from photo album”: tap local folder and then tap “upload from photo album”. Camera roll of iPhone or iPad will pop up. Once you tap the photo, the photo will be uploaded to Sky Share automatically. Folder View: View the files pres ented in a file list and folder structure from your omputer. Thumbnail view: View the files prese nted in thumbnail size. ...
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Page 13: Sky Share Wi-Fi Security
6. Sky Share Wi‐Fi Security Sky Share H10 is a wireless broadcasting device with a range up to 30 Meters/100 Feet. Note: The signal range is related to the environment where you use Sky Share. When you are using Sky Share, be aware that your files are visible to any device connected to your Sky Share. You can set a password to restrict access to Sky Share. (Refer to section 12, Sky Share setup page), you may limit access to your files stored in Sky Share based on your privacy settings. 7. Setting up Sky Share Device This setting up procedure is also provided in User Quick Guide. If you have already compl eted the installation process, you may skip this section. Step 1: Fig. 5 Connect Sky Share to your computer by USB 3.0 cable Plug in USB 3.0 cable into USB port (compatible with USB 2.0 device) to your computer to have faster data transfer in Portable Hard drive mode (PHDD Mode). ... - Page 14 Step 2: Fig. 6 Copy files to Sky Share from your computer in PHDD mode In PHDD mode, you can find video/photo/music/document sub‐folders under Sky Share directory. Copy your video, photo, music, document files into the respective default folders. Note: You can copy any file to the Sky Share, but the device you use to connect Sky Share will only play or view the file formats it supports. There are some software applications to convert video files into different formats. You may want to convert the files into the formats compatible with your device before copying them to Sky Share. Step 3: Remove USB cable, and press on the power button on the Sky Share. Once you power on Sky Share, the system will automatically go into WiFi mode. After pressing the power button, the data/WiFi access LED wil l blink in purple for bout 1 min. Once the status is ready for use, this LED will turn blue. ...
- Page 15 During the product shipment, the build‐in battery of Sky Share is partially charged to enable Sky Share access. When the power button turns red, please charge your Sky Share with the included USB to DC cable and USB Wall adapter. In order to use the battery efficiently, it’s recommended to activate the battery. For battery activation, you will need to charge the battery from low to full for 3 to 5 cycles. After battery activation, you can have a longer battery hour, but will need to take longer hours (up to 4 hours) to charge the battery from low to full status. Step 4: Fig. 7 Connect your WiFi device to Sky Share For iPhone/iP ad 1. Install Sky Share app (search for “Sky Share” on the app store and install it free of charge.) Keyword: Sky Share 2. On the iPhone/iPad, Select Settings > Wi‐Fi and then select Sky Share from the wireless network list. 3. Tap the Sky Share app to open the application from iPhone/iPad h ome screen. ...
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Page 16: Regarding File Format
For Android Smartphone/Tablet: 1. Install the Sky Share ap p (you can search “Sky Share” on the Android Market and install free of charge). 2. On the Android Smartphone/Tablet, Se lect settings and then enable WiFi 3. Select and connect Sky Share from the wireless network list 4. Tap the Sky Share app to open the application from Android smartphone/tabl et home screen or Other Tablets, Smartphones and Computers 1. Enable WiFi 2. Select and connect Sky Share from your device’s wireless network list. 3. Launch your device’s Web browser and type 192.168.49.73 or www.skyshare.com on URL column. The Web UI (user interface) will pop up for your use. Safari of iPhone/iPad and Web kit of Android smartphone/tablet are also supported if Sky Share app is not installed. 8. Regarding File format The Sky Share hard drive is formatted to FAT32 format, a Windows standard. FAT32 file system can only support the file size up to 4GB. If you want to play the file bigger than 4GB, you can format Sky Share into NTFS file system, remove USB cable, power‐on Sky Share, and then the default folders will be automatically created. Both of NTFS and FAT32 are supported by Sky Share. But, Mac OS will only be able to read NTFS files. In order to write NTFS files in Mac OS, a 3 party NTFS driver will be ... -
Page 17: How To Play And View Your Media Files
9. How to play and view your media files Sky Share Web UI is availab le for any wireless‐enabled tablet, computer, or smartphone with recommended web browsers. You can play and view your m edia files by Sky Share Web UI. In addition, Sky Share app for iPhone and iPad is available for free download now. Section 7 has desc ribed how to link to Sky Share Web UI and how to download and unch Sky Share app. This section further provides instructions for playing videos, music and viewing photos and documents by usin g the Sky Share app and the Web UI. Playing Videos 1. Connect to Sky Share 2. Op en the Sky Share app or a Web UI. 3. Select the Video tab on the left side of the screen 4. Tap the video you want to w atch and then the video will play. rowser only: Some browsers download the entire video before the video can be played. The download time is subject to the ac tual file size. If a video you copied to the Sky Share device ca nnot be played, it may be related to the file format not supported by your media player. To pause a video: For the app: Tap the screen and then tap the pause icon. For a browser: Tap the pause button in your media player. To stop playback of a video: For the app: Tap the screen and then select the Done button in the upper left corner. or a browser: Close the media player. Playing Music 1. Connect to Sky Share 2. Open the Sky Share app or a Web UI. 3. Select the Music tab on the left side of the screen 4. Tap the music file you want to listen to and then the music will start. If a music file you copied to the Sky Share device cannot be played, it may be related ... - Page 18 selected music file or select “empty” to remove all music files from the play lis t. Fig. 8: Music play list : Tap this icon to repeat selected music file play : Tap this icon to repeat all selected music files play in playlist : Tap this icon to play the music file / Tap again to pause the file : Tap this icon to stop the file To pause music: For the app: Tap the screen and then tap the pause ic on. For a browser: Tap the pause button in your media player. To stop playback of music: For the app: Tap the screen and then tap the stop butto n of the playlist. For a browser: Close the media player. ...
- Page 19 Viewing Photos 1. Connect to Sky Share 2. Open the Sky Share app or a Web UI. 3. Select the Photo tab on the left side of the screen 4. Tap the Photo you want to view and then the photo will be displayed. If a photo file you’ve copied to the Sky Share device cannot be displayed, it may be related to the file format not being supported by your media player. 5. You can also tap “Select” button on the top of the screen. Once the “select” button is tapped, the check box will be displayed. You can select one or multiple photo files you want to play and then tap the “Play” button to view photo slide show. For the app only, during the photo slide show, you can tap the screen and then tap the slide show button displayed in upper right corner to select the different transition effects of the slide show and also decide the interval time in‐between each slide. (Refer to Figure 9) Fig. 9 Transition Effect of Photo Slide Show ...
- Page 20 To stop playback of a photo slide show: For the app: Tap the scre en and then tap the Done button in the upper left corner. For a browser: Close the current picture or tap the back arrow Viewing Documents 1. Connect to Sky Share 2. Open the Sky Share app or a Web UI. 3. Select the Document tab on the left side of the screen 4. Tap the Document you want to view and then the documen t will open. If a document file you copied to the Sky Share device cannot be opened, it may be related to the file format is not supported by the device you use to connect to Sky Share. Please check your device’s specification for its supported document types. Viewing Content Sky Share provides both “Folder view” and “Thumbnail” view in App and Web UI for Photos. older View: Lists your files in folder structure. Thumbnail View: Lists your files and folders in thumbnail pictures You can switch “Folder view” or “Thumbnail view”. Please refer to the screen below: Fig.10 Folder view of Web UI ...
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