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PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC Other Media Players Following are general steps for setting up devices such as digital picture frames, Blu Ray players, network-connected TVs, and digital media adapters: 1. Make sure that your My Passport Wireless drive is connected to your home's Wi-Fi network or to a hotspot, or is shared. 2. Make sure the drive is powered on. 3. Follow the user instructions provided with your media player to proceed through any initial setup or installation of drivers. 4. Using the navigation feature on your player, scan and detect your My Passport Wireless drive on your network. 5. Depending on the player you have, you may need to access a Settings/Network Setup page in the user interface to establish connection so that your player can link to your My Passport Wireless drive. Please refer to your player's user guide for specific instructions. Using the Drive with a DLNA-Enabled Mobile App The My Passport Wireless drive has a DLNA media server built in. Mobile apps with DLNA support from the Apple App store or Google Play can see and access the content stored in the drive. 1. Connect to the My Passport Wireless drive. 2. Open a third party application. (See Knowledge Base Article ID 11736 for a list of apps.) 3. Search for media servers and select. 4. Stream the media. 41 MY PASSPORT WIRELESS USER MANUAL

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PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC
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MY PASSPORT WIRELESS
USER MANUAL
Other Media Players
Following are general steps for setting up devices such as digital picture frames, Blu Ray
players, network-connected TVs, and digital media adapters:
1. Make sure that your My Passport Wireless drive is connected to your home’s Wi-Fi
network or to a hotspot, or is shared.
2.
Make sure the drive is powered on.
3.
Follow the user instructions provided with your media player to proceed through any
initial setup or installation of drivers.
4.
Using the navigation feature on your player, scan and detect your My Passport Wireless
drive on your network.
5.
Depending on the player you have, you may need to access a Settings/Network Setup
page in the user interface to establish connection so that your player can link to your My
Passport Wireless drive. Please refer to your player’s user guide for specific instructions.
Using the Drive with a DLNA-Enabled Mobile App
The My Passport Wireless drive has a DLNA media server built in. Mobile apps with DLNA
support from the Apple App store or Google Play can see and access the content stored in
the drive.
1. Connect to the My Passport Wireless drive.
2.
Open a third party application. (See Knowledge Base Article ID 11736 for a list of apps.)
3.
Search for media servers and select.
4.
Stream the media.