Page 2 - GoFlex SatelliteTM User Guide
GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide © 2012 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Wave logo, FreeAgent, GoFlex, GoFlex Satellite and GoFlex Media are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC, or one of its affiliates. iPod, iPad, iPhone, Time Mach...
Page 7 - Contents
GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide vii Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GoFlex Satellite Features . . . . . . ....
Page 9 - About This Guide; GoFlex Satellite; Features
1. Introduction About This Guide GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 1 1. Introduction Your GoFlex Satellite™ mobile wireless storage device is a portable hard drive that broadcasts a wireless signal. You can store your digital media on the device and then stream content to an iPad ® , iPhone ® , iPod ® to...
Page 10 - Product Specifications; Supported Devices
1. Introduction Product Specifications GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 2 Note : If you’re viewing high-resolution video, you may experience less than five hours of streaming. • Do more . While you’re listening to music or viewing movies or photos on your iPad, iPhone, Android tablet or smartphone, you ...
Page 11 - Supported File Types; For iPads; Hardware Specifications
1. Introduction Product Specifications GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 3 • Internet Explorer ® 8 or later (Windows) • Firefox ® • Google Chrome™ Supported File Types For iPads • Video: H.264 video, MPEG-4, Motion-JPEG • Audio: AAC, MP3, M4a, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV • Docume...
Page 12 - About GoFlex SatelliteTM Wi-Fi Security
1. Introduction About GoFlex Satellite™ Wi-Fi Security GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 4 About GoFlex Satellite™ Wi-Fi Security Since your GoFlex Satellite device is a wireless broadcasting device, it can be “seen” by any Wi-Fi device within its range (up to 45 meters/147 feet). You can set a password ...
Page 13 - Unpacking Your Box
2. Setting up the GoFlex Satellite™ Device Unpacking Your Box GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 5 2. Setting up the GoFlex Satellite™ Device This chapter explains each step of the installation process in more detail than what is shown in the Quick Start Guide . Unpacking Your Box Before you begin to set ...
Page 14 - Step 2: Setting up Your Device and Loading Content; Set up Your Device
2. Setting up the GoFlex Satellite™ Device Step 1: Connecting Your GoFlex Satellite™ Device to Your Computer GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 6 Step 1: Connecting Your GoFlex Satellite™ Device to Your Computer The GoFlex Satellite device comes with a USB 3.0 adapter and cable. This USB 3.0 system provid...
Page 15 - Step 3: Disconnecting and Powering On; Step 4: Connecting to Your; Network
2. Setting up the GoFlex Satellite™ Device Step 3: Disconnecting and Powering On GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 7 You can also install Seagate Media Sync™ software to help you copy your files and synchronize them once they are on your GoFlex Satellite device. Review “Synchronizing Your Files with Seag...
Page 17 - Connecting to the GoFlex Satellite Network from a Smartphone
2. Setting up the GoFlex Satellite™ Device Step 4: Connecting to Your GoFlex Satellite Network GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 9 1. Select Apple > System Preferences . 2. Under Internet and Network, select Network . 3. Select AirPort from the list of network connection services. 4. Select GoFlex Sat...
Page 18 - and Music; Installing GoFlex Satellite apps; Installing the GoFlex Media app; Installing Seagate Media Sync; Viewing and Playing Your Media
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Installing GoFlex Satellite apps GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 10 3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Seagate provides two free software applications that can help you enjoy and manage your digital media library: • GoFlex Media ™ app. This application...
Page 19 - Searching for Files; Playing Videos
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Viewing and Playing Your Media GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 11 Note: Some features are accessed and perform differently in a Web browser. Sections that describe browser-only functionality are clearly marked. Searching for Files If you have a lot of files st...
Page 21 - Viewing Photos
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Viewing and Playing Your Media GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 13 • From a browser: Click the pause button available in your media player. Tip : When you pause a movie, the app automatically puts a bookmark in your movie. When you return to the movie, you will...
Page 23 - Playing Music
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Viewing and Playing Your Media GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 15 Playing Music 1. Select the Music viewTo play song(s) • To play one song, select the music file. • To play multiple songs, tap the Options button, select the songs you want to play and then sele...
Page 25 - Viewing Documents
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Viewing and Playing Your Media GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 17 • To skip to the next song in the selection, tap the button. • To go back to the previous song in the selection, tap the button. • To move forwards or backwards within the currently playing song...
Page 26 - Viewing Content in Folders; Viewing Files on a Partitioned Drive
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Viewing and Playing Your Media GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 18 Viewing Content in Folders This feature is available in the GoFlex Media app only. The Folder View provides another way to view your content stored on your GoFlex Satellite device, showing your ...
Page 27 - Rearranging Files in the app; Downloading Content to Your Media Device or Computer
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Viewing and Playing Your Media GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 19 Rearranging Files in the app You can rearrange the files currently shown on-screen into a different order by selecting one of the following options from the Sort by menu: Name A-Z, Name Z-A, Dat...
Page 28 - Wirelessly Uploading Content From a Computer Your; Device; Synchronizing Your Files with Seagate Media Sync; Copying and Synchronizing Files Using a Mac Computer
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Synchronizing Your Files with Seagate Media Sync GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 20 3. Select the Download button. The files begin to download to your device. To stop downloading of a file, select the X on the icon of a downloading file. The files you download...
Page 29 - Using Automatic Sync
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Synchronizing Your Files with Seagate Media Sync GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 21 Make sure that the device appears in the left panel of the Seagate Media Sync window. If more than one device is connected to your computer, select the appropriate device for s...
Page 30 - Copying and Synchronizing Files Using a Windows Computer
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Synchronizing Your Files with Seagate Media Sync GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 22 Automatic Sync is turned off by default. If you want your drive synchronized automatically while it’s connected, you can turn on the Automatic Sync feature. Copying and Synchro...
Page 32 - Managing Your Connected Drives
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Synchronizing Your Files with Seagate Media Sync GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 24 Managing Your Connected Drives The My Drives window provides a central point from which to manage your connected drives. You can get to the My Drives window by clicking the My ...
Page 33 - Viewing Device Information; Changing the Seagate Advisor Setting
3. Enjoying Your Videos, Photos, and Music Synchronizing Your Files with Seagate Media Sync GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 25 Note: All NTFS- and FAT32-formatted USB external drives are automatically detected and listed in the My Drives window. It can take a few seconds for the software to detect your...
Page 34 - Managing Your GoFlex SatelliteTM; Resetting Your GoFlex Satellite Device
4. Managing Your GoFlex Satellite™ Device Resetting Your GoFlex Satellite Device GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 26 4. Managing Your GoFlex Satellite™ Device Once your GoFlex Satellite™ device has been set up, you may want to adjust its settings, upgrade its software (when available), create a password...
Page 35 - Shutting Down the GoFlex Satellite Device; Restoring GoFlex Satellite to its Original Settings
4. Managing Your GoFlex Satellite™ Device Shutting Down the GoFlex Satellite Device GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 27 Your GoFlex Satellite device safely shuts down and restarts. When it is fully powered on and broadcasting wirelessly, it appears in the list of wireless networks on your device. You wi...
Page 36 - Updating GoFlex Satellite Software; Setting a Password
4. Managing Your GoFlex Satellite™ Device Updating GoFlex Satellite Software GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 28 Updating GoFlex Satellite Software From time to time, new software is available for your GoFlex Satellite device. To check if new software is available, go to www.seagate.com/support/goflexsa...
Page 37 - Changing the Language of the; TM app; Disconnecting Your GoFlex Satellite Device From Your; Deleting Content from Your GoFlex Satellite Device
4. Managing Your GoFlex Satellite™ Device Changing the Language of the GoFlex Media™ app GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 29 3. Type your password and then click Next . The password must be at least eight characters long and no more than 64 characters. All ASCII characters are acceptable. Most of these ...
Page 38 - Understanding the Components of Your; GoFlex
5. An Overview of Your GoFlex Satellite Device Understanding the Components of Your GoFlex Satellite Device GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 24 5. An Overview of Your GoFlex Satellite Device This chapter provides an overview of your GoFlex Satellite device (powering on the device, charging, understandin...
Page 40 - Charging the Battery
5. An Overview of Your GoFlex Satellite Device Understanding the Components of Your GoFlex Satellite Device GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 26 Charging the Battery The GoFlex Satellite device uses a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. A fully charged battery provides up to five hours of continuous stream...
Page 41 - Common Problems and Solutions; Can’t connect wirelessly to the GoFlex Satellite Device
6. Troubleshooting Common Problems and Solutions GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 27 6. Troubleshooting The GoFlex Satellite™ device is a plug and play device. However, in certain situations, the setup process and product usage may require extra attention. Below is a list of troubleshooting tips to assi...
Page 42 - A song, video or other file won’t play
6. Troubleshooting Common Problems and Solutions GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 28 A song, video or other file won’t play • Make sure that your device supports the file format. You can copy any file to the GoFlex Satellite drive, however, the device to which you stream your media files will only play ...
Page 43 - The GoFlex Satellite device beeps when I plug it in to my computer; Finding More Help
6. Troubleshooting Finding More Help GoFlex Satellite™ User Guide 29 I know the GoFlex Satellite device is broadcasting, but I can’t connect to it Three or more wireless-enabled devices can stream from the GoFlex Satellite device at one time.To see how many devices are currently connected to the GoF...
