Seagate FreeAgent ater User Guide - Page 3

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Contents 1. About Your Media Player 5 This is Your Media Player 5 What You Can Do With Your Media Player 6 Your Media Player Components 6 What Else You Need 7 2. Getting Started 8 Powering On For the First Time 8 Connecting a FreeAgent Drive or External USB Drive 9 Navigating the Media Player Screens and Menus 9 Adding a WiFi Adapter 13 Checking the Network Settings 13 Sharing Media Files Over Your Network 13 Next Steps 13 Finding More Help 14 3. Watching Movies 14 Before You Begin 14 Playing a Movie 15 Finding a Movie to Watch 16 Controlling a Movie's DVD Features 17 Playing a Personal Video from a Digital Camcorder 17 Playing Movies in Slow Motion 18 4. Viewing Photos and Pictures 18 Before You Begin 18 Viewing Pictures 18 Viewing Pictures in a Slideshow 20 Finding Pictures 21 Viewing Pictures from a Digital Camera 22 5. Listening to Music 22 Before You Begin 22 Playing Music 23 Setting Up Continuous Play and Shuffling 23 Finding Music 24 Checking Which Song is Currently Playing 25 6. Accessing Online Media Content 25 Accessing an Internet Service 25 Activating a Paramount® Account (US Only 26 Managing Your Netflix® Account (US Only 27 3

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1. About Your Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
This is Your Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What You Can Do With Your Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Your Media Player Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What Else You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Powering On For the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting a FreeAgent Drive or External USB Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Navigating the Media Player Screens and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adding a WiFi Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Checking the Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Sharing Media Files Over Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Finding More Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. Watching Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Playing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Finding a Movie to Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Controlling a Movie’s DVD Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Playing a Personal Video from a Digital Camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Playing Movies in Slow Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4. Viewing Photos and Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Viewing Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Viewing Pictures in a Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Finding Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Viewing Pictures from a Digital Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5. Listening to Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting Up Continuous Play and Shuffling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Finding Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Checking Which Song is Currently Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6. Accessing Online Media Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Accessing an Internet Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Activating a Paramount® Account (US Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Managing Your Netflix® Account (US Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27