Other media players, Using the drive with a dlna-enabled mobile app – Western Digital My Passport Wireless User Manual 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.

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