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  • Page 2   SanDisk is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. SanDisk Connect is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Downloading Multiple Files ......14   Downloading a Single File ............15   ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch...
  • Page 4 Adding Songs to a Playlist ............37   Controlling Music from Outside the Play Screen ......38   Managing the Files Folder ..............40   Deleting Folders ................42   ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch...
  • Page 5 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   Upgrade Media Drive ..............59  ...
  • Page 6 Maintenance and Storage .............. 68   Standard Maintenance ..............68   Long Term Storage ................ 69   Recycling ..................69     Index ..................70   ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    1. Introduction Media Drive Overview       Introduction     Media Drive Overview   The SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Media Drive stores, shares, and streams digital content wirelessly across multiple mobile devices.         Micro-USB port    ...

  • Page 8: System Requirements

    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.

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    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 ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 10: Downloading 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.

  • Page 11: From A Computer

      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;...
  • Page 12 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. 3. In the Navigation Bar, select the type of files you want to upload, then tap iPad (or...
  • Page 13 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.   ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 14 Note: When inserting an SD card, if you do not see the content from the memory card, you can refresh the screen by selecting a different media type in the navigation bar. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 15: Working With Media Files

        Easily access your content on the SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive with the SanDisk Media Drive app. Just download the app from your app store and instantly play songs, stream movies, and view photos and documents stored on your Media Drive or SD card.

  • Page 16: Common In-App Icons

    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. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 17: Moving Files

    • 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.   ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 18: Uploading Multiple Files

    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: ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 19 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. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 20: Uploading A Single File

    Media Drive or to a memory card inserted in the Drive:                                       ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 21: Downloading Multiple Files

    3. Tap Save to iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) to start the download.   The selected files are downloaded to the Camera Roll album.   ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 22: Downloading A Single File

      Allowing Access to your Media Drive   You can allow others to connect directly to your Media Drive so they can view your files and download them to their mobile devices.   People sharing your content must install the free Media Drive app on their mobile devices.

  • Page 23: Sending Files To Others

    Make sure your mobile device is connected to the Internet before you try to share your files. For instructions on how to connect your mobile device to the Internet while you use the Media Drive app, see Connecting to the Internet in Chapter 4, “Managing the Media Drive.”...

  • Page 24: Deleting Files And Folders

    2. Tap the Select icon and select the files to be deleted.   3. Tap the Trash icon (at the top in tile view, at the bottom in single view): ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 25: Deleting Folders

                      3. Tap the Trash icon and confirm that you want to delete these files and folders. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 26: Searching Files

                                          2. Your search results are displayed: ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 27: Unsupported File Formats

              Tap Open in to activate app selection window Select compatible 3 party app to playback files APP   APP   ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 28: Photo Screen Icons

    Show/hide navigation Bar and iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) files Photos Screen: Select photos                     Search photos ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 29: Viewing Photos

    You can play a slideshow from any photo screen, whether you’re displaying a single photo or a screen full of thumbnails.   To play a slideshow,   1. Open a photo or photo screen and tap Slideshow: ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 30: Editing Photos

      • Rotate a photo   • Enhance a photo   • Correct Red-eye   • Crop a photo   To display the photo controls, ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 31: Rotating A Photo

      Cropping a Photo   1. Tap the Crop icon   A black box appears around the photo. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 32: Creating A New Album

    Media Drive or on the mobile device itself.     Note: This feature is supported only on the iPad in Version 1.0 of the Wireless Media Drive app. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 33 3. Working with Media Files Working with Photos       To do that, you must connect the Media Drive to your computer and create the new folder in the Drive window.   To create a new album on your mobile device,  ...

  • Page 34: Streaming Videos

      You can use the Media Drive app to stream videos stored on your mobile device as well as those stored on the Media Drive. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 35: Using The Media Drive With Itunes

      Phone, iPad, or iPod touch Note: This feature is supported on the i Media Drive app version 2.4 and above. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 36 Don't steal music.     2. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer. 3. Drag and drop the music, movie, and TV show files from the iTunes library on your PC or Mac to your Media Drive:  ...

  • Page 37: Playing Music

                • By artist:                                 ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 38                             • By song:                 ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 39             • By genre:                                 ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 40: Playing A Song

    To create a new playlist, use the Playlist view.   • To add music to an existing playlist, open the playlist itself.   Creating a Playlist   To create a new playlist, ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 41   2. Tap Playlist in the Music screen view options, then tap the icon. If you haven’t created any playlists yet, the screen is blank: ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 42                                 5. Click OK in the Playlist Saved confirmation window. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 43: Adding Songs To A Playlist

                                              Your Song list opens. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 44: Controlling Music From Outside The Play Screen

    Media Drive app or outside it on your mobile device.   1. Start the music playing.   2. Leave the music Play screen. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 45                                               ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 46: Managing The Files Folder

    Delete folders stored on your Media Drive or on an inserted memory card   • Open documents   To access the contents of the Files folder, ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 47                 You now have access to all the music, videos, photos, and documents stored on your Media Drive. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 48: Deleting Folders

                                    3. Confirm that you want to delete the folders. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 49: Sorting Files

    You can use the Media Drive app to view documents stored on the Drive. The Media Drive app displays links to other apps on your mobile device that can open the document you want to view. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 50     2. Tap the icon for the program you want to use to open the document: APP   APP   ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 51: Using A Memory Card

        • To remove the card, use your fingernail to push the card in and release it. It will pop out of the slot. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 52: Getting Help

    1. In the middle of the Navigation Bar, underneath Settings, tap the Help icon   2. Tap Getting Started Guide to open the Media Drive Quick Start Guide on your mobile device or Online Support to connect to a support tech.    ...

  • Page 53: Managing The Media Drive

    1. Press the Media Drive power button for 3 seconds to restart it.   2. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi In your mobile device and select your Media Drive from the list of available Wi-Fi networks. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 54: Restarting The App

    4. Double-press the Home button again to close the open app icons.   5. Tap the Media Drive icon on your iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch) home screen to re-open the app. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 55: Media Drive Settings Overview

          General Settings   General Settings can be accessed without logging in as an Admin. They provide basic information about your Media Drive: ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 56: Admin Settings

    SD card memory. • About: Provides access to the SanDisk Privacy Policy and displays the version number of the Media Drive application software currently installed on your mobile device:  ...

  • Page 57: Using Admin Settings

                        3. When you’re ready to log out, return to Admin Settings and tap Admin Logout. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 58: Change Admin Password

                                                3. Tap Done. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 59: Wi-Fi Settings

    1. In the Change Wi-Fi window, tap the current Wi-Fi name to display the keyboard, replace the current Wi-Fi name with a new one, and tap Done: ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 60       3. On your iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch), go to Settings > Wi-Fi, tap the new name of your Media Drive Wi-Fi in the list of available networks, and connect to it:        ...

  • Page 61: Set/Change A Wi-Fi Security Password

    The default Wi-Fi security setting is no password. We recommend that you set a Wi- Fi password so that your Drive contents can’t be accessed by strangers in areas where the Drive might automatically connect to an available Wi-Fi network.  ...

  • Page 62: Connect To/Disconnect From The Internet

    Note: Some wireless networks might block this functionality.     Connecting   1. In Admin Settings, tap Connect to Internet.   2. In the Connect to Internet window, turn on Wi-Fi, then tap a Wi-Fi network under Choose Wi-Fi Network:       ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 63 4. On your mobile device, go to Settings > Wi-Fi and reconnect to the Media Drive Wi-Fi network.   5. Stop and then restart the Media Drive app. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 64: Disconnecting

    Using Admin Settings       6. In Admin settings, the Connect to Internet screen now displays the Wi-Fi network that is connecting your mobile device to the Internet even while you are connected to and are using your Media Drive:  ...

  • Page 65: Upgrade Media Drive

        1. Click OK and close the Media Drive app.   2. Connect your Media Drive to your computer via a USB port and open the Media Drive window. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch...
  • Page 66 Using Admin Settings       3. Go to www.sandisk.com/support and download the Media Drive Firmware upgrade file to your computer.   4. Drag the Firmware file into the main Media Drive window, which contains the photos, videos, music, and documents you’ve loaded on the Media Drive:  ...
  • Page 67 Media Drive. When the upgrade is complete, the Media Drive restarts.   8. Relaunch the app, go to Settings, and tap Upgrade Media Drive. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 68: Restore Factory Settings

        Note: Restoring factory settings does NOT delete any content from the Drive. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 69: Format Drive

    You format a Media Drive to erase all content on the Drive and restore factory settings. This is recommended if you plan to recycle your Media Drive.     Note: Formatting a Media Drive DOES delete all content. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 70: Usb Access

    A message confirms that the formatting is complete and instructs you to restart the app.   USB Access   In order for your computer to see the Media Drive when you connect it, you must turn on USB Access in Admin Settings:     ™...

  • Page 71: Product And Safety Information

    B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 72 If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and then on, the user is encouraged to try to connect the interference by one or more of the following measures:  ...

  • Page 73: Safety And Care

          Recycling SanDisk Connect Media Drive: Do not dispose of either the SanDisk Connect Media Drive with your household waste. In some countries or regions, collection systems are set up to handle electrical and electronic waste items. Contact your regional authorities for more details.

  • Page 74: Cleaning

    We do not recommended keeping the Media Drive plugged in. For the best battery life, we recommend charging and discharging the Media Drive battery at least once a month. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 75: Long Term Storage

    When the Media Drive has reached the end of its useful life, return it to a recycling station in your community to prevent uncontrolled waste disposal and dispose of the battery properly. ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

  • Page 76: Index

    Media Drive 47 media content deleting files 18 loading 4 deleting files and folders 18 searching 20 deleting folders 19 downloading a single file 15 ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 77 10 adding songs to a playlist 37 sending files to others 17 creating a playlist 34 set/change a Wi-Fi security password 55 ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...
  • Page 78 21 upload files to Media Drive Upload folder 13 cropping 25 uploading a single file 14 viewing 22 uploading multiple files 11 USB access 64 ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch  ...

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