Western Digital WDTV Media Player User Manual - Page 41

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WD TV Media Player User Manual (b) To map the drive manually, click No. Click on the name of the attached storage device in the Map Network Share list, then select an available drive letter. Click Yes to complete drive letter assignment. Note: Once the device is mapped to a network drive, automatically or manually, it keeps the same drive letter. 9. Close the WD Discovery Tool. 10. Click or Start and then (My) Computer. The connected storage root displays. You can now drag and drop files and folders into the connected storage device using (My) Computer or Windows Explorer. Using Windows As an alternative to using WD Discovery, access the media player's attached storage as follows: Windows 8.1/8: „ Click Desktop > Computer > Network and locate the media player. Windows 7/Vista: „ Click > Computer > Network and locate the media player. Windows 8.1/8/7/Vista/XP: „ In Windows Explorer or in a Web browser, enter \\wdtv as the address. Using Macintosh 1. Connect the USB hard drive you need for the file transfer to your media player. 2. Turn on your computer and wait for the operating system to load. 3. Open Finder. 4. Click the WDTV icon under SHARED. 5. Drag and drop your media files from your computer to the media player or from the media player to your computer. FINDING YOUR CONTENT - 36

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WD TV Media Player
User Manual
FINDING YOUR CONTENT
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(b)
To map the drive manually, click
No
. Click on the name of the attached
storage device in the Map Network Share list, then select an available drive
letter. Click
Yes
to complete drive letter assignment.
Note:
Once the device is mapped to a network drive, automatically or manually, it keeps the same
drive letter.
9.
Close the WD Discovery Tool.
10.Click
or
Start
and then (
My) Computer
. The connected storage root
displays. You can now drag and drop files and folders into the connected storage
device using (
My) Computer
or Windows Explorer.
Using Windows
As an alternative to using WD Discovery, access the media player’s attached storage
as follows:
Windows 8.1/8:
Click
Desktop > Computer > Network
and locate the media player.
Windows 7/Vista:
Click
> Computer > Network
and locate the media player.
Windows 8.1/8/7/Vista/XP:
In Windows Explorer or in a Web browser, enter \\wdtv as the address.
Using Macintosh
1.
Connect the USB hard drive you need for the file transfer to your media player.
2.
Turn on your computer and wait for the operating system to load.
3.
Open Finder.
4.
Click the WDTV icon under SHARED.
5.
Drag and drop your media files from your computer to the media player or from
the media player to your computer.