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My Book Live Duo Personal Cloud Storage Product Features Your media and files on your own personal cloud Create your own personal cloud, without the monthly fees and mysterious location of your data. Store your media and files on the drive and access them securely over the Internet. Or, use WD's mobile apps for easy access with your tablet or smartphone. It's like having up to 8 TB of extra storage for your mobile device. Maximum storage capacity or double-safe backup Out-of-the-box, this two-drive system combines both drives into one large volume, serving as one drive for maximum capacity. Or, set this system to data protection mode (also known as mirrored mode or RAID 1) and the capacity is divided in half. Half of the capacity is used to store your data and the other half is used for a duplicate copy. Complete out-of-the-box solution My Book Live Duo comes complete with two desktop hard drives offering high-capacity, low power consumption and cool, quiet operation. Shared storage for all your computers The perfect dual-drive solution for centralizing and sharing data on your wired or wireless network. Connect My Book Live Duo to your wireless router to share and access videos, music, photos and important files with any PC or Mac computer on your network. Speed without compromise A built-in, high-powered 800 MHz CPU gives you the horsepower you need for the most demanding applications and best-in-class read speeds faster than traditional USB 2.0 drives. Stream media seamlessly and transfer files without skipping a beat. Now streaming to your HDTV The built-in media server streams music, photos and videos to any DLNA®-certified multimedia device such as a WD TV® Live™ streaming media player, Blu-ray Disc™ player, Xbox 360®, PlayStation® 3 and connected TV. DLNA 1.5 & UPnP™ certified. Serve up your music with iTunes® The drive includes iTunes server support so you can centralize your music and video collection and stream it to any PC or Mac computer with iTunes. Automatic, wireless backup for all your computers Protect your precious memories and wirelessly back up all your PC and Mac computers on your network to one reliable location using WD SmartWare™. Everytime you save something, it's instantly backed up. Mac users can utilize all the features of Apple® Time Machine® backup software to protect their data. Easy to set up, easy to find on your network In just a few minutes, you're up and running. Mac, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista® computers will automatically find your My Book Live Duo in seconds. If you're running Windows XP, our simple discovery software makes it easy to set up the drive. USB expansion port Connect a USB 2.0 drive to the USB port on the My Book Live Duo to instantly add even more shared storage on your home network. Access stored photos and files with apps for iPad,® iPhone,® iPod touch,® Android,™ BlackBerry® and Windows® smartphones and tablets. WD 2go™ app WD Photos™ app Product Specifications Interface Gigabit Ethernet Dimensions Height: 6.5 in (165 mm) Depth: 6.2 in (157 mm) Width: 3.9 in (99 mm) Weight: 4.98 lb (1.09 kg) Kit Contents Network drive Ethernet cable AC adapter Quick Install Guide Downloadable software installation Supported Browsers Internet Explorer® 8.0 or higher Safari® 4.0 or higher Firefox® 12 or higher Google® Chrome™ 14.0 and later on supported Windows and Mac OS® platforms System Compatibility Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP (SP3), Mac OS® X Mountain Lion,™ Lion,™ Snow Leopard® or Leopard® Capacities and models 8 TB WDBVHT0080JCH 6 TB WDBVHT0060JCH 4 TB WDBVHT0040JCH DLNA/UPnP devices for streaming Internet connection for remote access Limited Warranty 2 years Pan Am 2 years EMEA 3 years APAC 3 years Japan Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book, WD TV, and Put Your Life On It are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries; My Book Live, WD TV Live, WD SmartWare, WD Photos, and WD 2go are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Pictures shown may vary from actual products. Not all products may be available in all regions of the world. All product and packaging specifications subject to change without notice. The term of your limited warranty depends on the country in which your product was purchased. Please visit our web site at http://support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for a list of the specific countries in these regions. © 2012 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. As used for storage capacity, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second. 4178-705284-A03 Nov 2012

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Your media and files on your
own personal cloud
Create your own personal cloud,
without the monthly fees and
mysterious location of your data. Store
your media and files on the drive and
access them securely over the Internet.
Or, use WD’s mobile apps for easy
access with your tablet or smartphone.
It’s like having up to 8 TB of extra
storage for your mobile device.
Maximum storage capacity or
double-safe backup
Out-of-the-box, this two-drive system
combines both drives into one
large volume, serving as one drive
for maximum capacity. Or, set this
system to data protection mode (also
known as mirrored mode or RAID 1)
and the capacity is divided in half. Half
of the capacity is used to store your
data and the other half is used for a
duplicate copy.
Complete out-of-the-box
solution
My Book Live Duo comes complete
with two desktop hard drives offering
high-capacity, low power consumption
and cool, quiet operation.
Shared storage for all
your computers
The perfect dual-drive solution for
centralizing and sharing data on your
wired or wireless network. Connect
My Book Live Duo to your wireless
router to share and access videos,
music, photos and important files
with any PC or Mac computer on
your network.
Speed without compromise
A built-in, high-powered 800 MHz CPU
gives you the horsepower you need
for the most demanding applications
and best-in-class read speeds faster
than traditional USB 2.0 drives. Stream
media seamlessly and transfer files
without skipping a beat.
Now streaming to your HDTV
The built-in media server streams
music, photos and videos to any
DLNA
®
-certified multimedia device
such as a WD TV
®
Live
streaming
media player, Blu-ray Disc
player,
Xbox 360
®
, PlayStation
®
3 and
connected TV. DLNA 1.5 &
UPnP
certified.
Serve up your music
with iTunes
®
The drive includes iTunes server support
so you can centralize your music and
video collection and stream it to any PC
or Mac computer with iTunes.
Automatic, wireless backup for
all your computers
Protect your precious memories and
wirelessly back up all your PC and Mac
computers on your network to one
reliable location using WD SmartWare
.
Everytime you save something, it’s
instantly backed up. Mac users can
utilize all the features of Apple
®
Time
Machine
®
backup software to protect
their data.
Easy to set up, easy to find on
your network
In just a few minutes, you’re up and
running. Mac, Windows 8,
Windows 7 and Windows Vista
®
computers will automatically find
your My Book Live Duo in seconds. If
you’re running Windows XP, our simple
discovery software makes it easy to
set up the drive.
USB expansion port
Connect a USB 2.0 drive to the
USB port on the My Book Live Duo
to instantly add even more shared
storage on your home network.
Access stored photos and files
with apps for iPad,
®
iPhone,
®
iPod touch,
®
Android,™
BlackBerry
®
and Windows
®
smartphones and tablets.
MY BOOK
LIVE DUO
Personal Cloud Storage
Product Features
Product Specifications
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book, WD TV, and Put Your Life On It are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries; My Book Live, WD TV Live, WD SmartWare, WD Photos, and WD 2go are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be
mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Pictures shown may vary from actual products. Not all products may be available in all regions of the world. All product and packaging specifications subject to change without notice. The term of your limited warranty depends on the
country in which your product was purchased. Please visit our web site at http://support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for a list of the specific countries in these regions.
© 2012 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
As used for storage capacity, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion
bits per second.
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INTERFACE
DIMENSIONS
SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY
CAPACITIES AND MODELS
Gigabit Ethernet
Height:
Depth:
Width:
Weight:
6.5 in (165 mm)
6.2 in (157 mm)
3.9 in (99 mm)
4.98 lb (1.09 kg)
Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista
or Windows XP (SP3),
Mac OS
®
X Mountain Lion,
Lion,
Snow Leopard
®
or Leopard
®
DLNA/UPnP devices for streaming
Internet connection for remote access
8 TB
6 TB
4 TB
WDBVHT0080JCH
WDBVHT0060JCH
WDBVHT0040JCH
KIT CONTENTS
SUPPORTED BROWSERS
LIMITED WARRANTY
Network drive
Ethernet cable
AC adapter
Quick Install Guide
Downloadable software installation
Internet Explorer
®
8.0 or higher
Safari
®
4.0 or higher
Firefox
®
12 or higher
Google
®
Chrome
14.0 and later on
supported Windows and Mac OS
®
platforms
2 years
2 years
3 years
3 years
Pan Am
EMEA
APAC
Japan
WD PHOTOS
app
WD 2GO
app