Seagate Central SRN01C, User Manual

Page 1: ...Seagate Central User Guide Model SRN01C...

Page 2: ...referring to hard drive capacity one gigabyte or GB equals one billion bytes and one terabyte or TB equals one thousand billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity In addition some of the lis...

Page 3: ...the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful in...

Page 4: ...judiciable et 2 ce dispositif doit accepter tout brouillage re u y compris un brouillage susceptible de provoquer un fonctionnement ind sirable IMPORTANT NOTE For mobile device use Radiation Exposure...

Page 5: ...Access a private folder on a Windows computer 8 Access a private folder on a Mac 9 Edit a private folder 9 Delete a private folder 9 4 Backing Up Content 11 Manually Backing Up Content on Your Compute...

Page 6: ...16 Delete Facebook archiving 16 7 Remotely Accessing Content 17 Set up Seagate remote access 17 Set up remote access with the Seagate Media app 17 Set up remote access with a web browser 18 Share file...

Page 7: ...me console and tablet and on an Internet connected mobile device while on the road With Seagate Central you can keep your digital life centralized and organized System Requirements Router with an avai...

Page 8: ...2 Hardware Specifications Drive capacity 2TB 3TB 4TB or 5TB USB drive format NTFS HFS or HFS Network connectivity One 10 100 1000 Ethernet port USB connectivity One USB 2 0 port for connecting extern...

Page 9: ...to access content while away from home What s in the Box Make sure that you have these items If not contact Seagate Customer Support Set up Seagate Central The setup process includes connecting Seaga...

Page 10: ...nd Shared in the left panel The Seagate Central device is named Seagate xxxxxx where xxxxxx is a factory assigned number for example Seagate FEC14E If your device doesn t appear go to the Seagate Cent...

Page 11: ...our email for the link to activate your remote access account By completing the setup steps you have created An administrative account with the name that you provided The administrator can create acco...

Page 12: ...r the Seagate Media App iPad iPhone iPod touch running iOS 5 or later Tablets and smartphones running Android 2 3 or later Samsung Smart TV or Blu ray Disc player with Smart Hub 2012 or 2013 Roku app...

Page 13: ...to share with others Only the person who knows the account name and password can access the private folder at home If an email address is associated with the folder the person can access the folder re...

Page 14: ...an email address The email address along with the password provide remote access to the private folder and the Public folder 8 To give administrative privileges to this account check the box next to...

Page 15: ...ndow 4 In the authentication window select Registered User 5 Enter the name and password for the private folder and then click Connect Notes You may not see the authentication window if the name and p...

Page 16: ...ivate folder Seagate Central User Guide 10 Note You cannot delete the account you are currently logged in to 3 Click Delete and confirm the deletion Seagate Central deletes the account the private fol...

Page 17: ...e right and drop them on either the Public folder or the private folder on the left Note When copying iTunes compatible files to the Public folder Seagate Central places them in a specially created mu...

Page 18: ...r Mac computer to your Seagate Central device 1 Open System Preferences and then click Time Machine 2 In the Time Machine window click Select Disk 3 Select your Seagate Central device from the list an...

Page 19: ...mputer 2 Download the Seagate Backup app from your app store 3 Open the app and sign in to your Seagate account using the same sign in information used for Dashboard on your computer 4 Create a Wi Fi...

Page 20: ...in your Seagate Central s Public folder but not in the private folders You can stream content from your private folder using the Seagate remote access web page as described in Set up remote access wit...

Page 21: ...A Certified device with new content When you copy new content to your Seagate Central device the DLNA Certified device needs to scan Seagate Central for new content 1 Sign in to the Seagate Central we...

Page 22: ...ok account Seagate Central creates a Facebook folder in the Public or private folder and starts copying pictures and videos from the Facebook account into the Facebook folder Archiving continues when...

Page 23: ...l device associated with a remote access email To create a private folder see Create a private folder Set up remote access with the Seagate Media app Use the Seagate Media app to view and play content...

Page 24: ...sumes data If you are connecting to your Seagate Central using your mobile data plan check your usage limits Set up remote access with a web browser Use the Seagate remote access web portal to view an...

Page 25: ...link to the shared content to the addresses you provided To access your shared content your friends sign in to the Seagate Remote Access web page using their email address and a password of their cho...

Page 26: ...he right side of the window The Seagate Central Authentication page opens in a web browser 4 Enter the user name and password of the administrative account and click Sign In The Seagate Central page o...

Page 27: ...the initial setup as described in Set up Seagate Central Reset the device with the reset button Anyone can reset the device using the reset button on the bottom of the device 1 Unplug the Seagate Cent...

Page 28: ...ge appears sign in with your user name the same name as you Seagate Central private folder and password 4 Click the Settings tab and then expand Setup on the left 5 Click System on the left and then c...

Page 29: ...your Seagate Central before the initial setup is complete Complete the setup process as described in Set up Seagate Central restart the Seagate Media app and then connect to your Seagate Central again...

Page 30: ...9 Troubleshooting More Help Seagate Central User Guide 24 FAQs To view tutorials sign in to the Seagate Central web page and click View Getting Started on the Home tab...