Western Digital My Book Live User Manual - Manual (Page 8)

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MY BOOK LIVE
USER MANUAL
PRODUCT OVERVIEW – 3
Product Overview
About the Drive
Features
About WD’s Online Learning Center
Package Contents
System Requirements
Pre-Installation Instructions
Handling Precautions
Specifications
Product View
About the Drive
Connect this powerful drive to your wireless router for shared storage on your home network
that you can access within and outside the home. Share files with Mac computers and PCs,
stream media to your television through your DLNA-enabled devices, and access your files
remotely with the WD 2go™ apps and web site.
This user manual provides step-by-step installation instructions and other important
information regarding your WD product. Translated versions and updates to this user manual
can be downloaded from
http://products.wdc.com/updates . For more information and
news about this product, visit our website at http://www.wdc.com .
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 3 TB terabytes of extra
storage for your mobile device.
Now streaming to your HDTV— Watch your daughter's birthday party video or show
off your vacation slideshow on your TV. The built-in media server streams music, photos,
and movies to any DLNA
® -certified multimedia device such as a WD TV™ Live™ network
media player, Blu-ray Disc ® player, Xbox 360™, PlayStation ® 3 and connected TV. DLNA 1.5
& UPnP certified.
Shared storage for all your computers— Now you can store your entire family's
movies, music, photos, and important files in one place for everyone in the home to share.
Just plug the drive into your wireless router so you can store and access files with any PC or
Mac in your home.
Automatic, wireless backup for all your computers— Protect your precious
memories and back up all your PCs and Macs wirelessly to one reliable location over your
wireless network using WD SmartWare™. Every time you save something, it's instantly
backed up. Mac users can use all the features of Apple
® Time™ Machine backup software
to protect their data.
Speed without compromise— Built with an 800 MHz CPU for maximum performance
to power all your applications from streaming to remote access. Designed around the most
recent advances in Ethernet chip technology, this product delivers best-in-class read speeds
faster than traditional USB 2.0 drives *.
*Faster speeds can be reached when connected within a wired Gigabit Ethernet network.