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Shutting down Your Drive

To safely shut down your Shared Storage Drive:

Press and hold the button on the front of your drive for 5 seconds.

Figure 6. Shutting down your drive

The button light will change from green to amber, indicating that the drive is

shutting down. When the light goes off, your drive is completely shut down.

Resetting Your Drive

If you can not access your drive after moving it to another network or turning

it on after it has been off for a period of time, it may need to be reset.

To reset your drive:

•With the drive turned on, use a small pointed object, like the tip of a pen

or paperclip, press and hold the reset button on the back of your drive

until the button light turns amber, and then release. (See ﬁgure 7).

• After a few seconds, the drive will reboot.

•When the light changes to green, the reset is complete and your drive

is ready for use.

Figure 7. Resetting your drive

After you reset your Shared Storage Drive, its name will be will be

reset to the original name when you installed it. (Example: MSS-

000335). In addition, the workgroup will be reset to MSHOME.

Media Serving

With the Shared Storage Drive’s Media Serving capabilities, you can view

videos or photos and listen to music on your home entertainment center

without ever turning on your computer. The Media Server feature is disabled

by default on the Shared Storage Drive.

Once your Shared Storage Drive is properly connected to your network, you

can copy music, movies, or videos directly to it. Next, connect an UPnP™

AV compatible digital media adapter (DMA) through your router, and your

home network becomes a home entertainment center.

Press the button.

Press and hold the reset button.

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