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  • Page 2 SanDisk is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. SanDisk Connect is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Downloading Files ........21 ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch...
  • Page 4 Standard Maintenance ....... . .46 ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch...
  • Page 5 Index ......... . . 48 ™ SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    1. Introduction Wireless Flash Drive Overview Introduction Wireless Flash Drive Overview The SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Flash Drive stores, shares, and streams digital content wirelessly across multiple mobile devices. Features • Share files with others. The Wireless Drive creates its own wireless network. Up to eight mobile devices can be wirelessly connected and access files on the Drive at the same time.

  • Page 7: System Requirements

    Wireless Drive Memory Card Format: FAT32 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less. Based on streaming 720p content at 2mbps to one device; actual life and performance may vary depending upon usage and settings; battery not replaceable. SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iOS...

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    USB AC adaptor. If you want to use the Drive while it’s plugged into an adaptor, be sure to turn it on before you plug it in. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 9: Understanding The Wireless Drive Leds

    2. Find the Wireless Drive app icon on your mobile device and tap it to open the Wireless Drive app. Connecting to the Wireless Drive You can connect to the Wireless Drive Wi-Fi network on your mobile device in two ways: •...

  • Page 10: Connecting Via Wi-Fi

    2. Launch the app: Accessing the Drive without the App You can connect to the Wireless Drive Wi-Fi network on your mobile device, PC, or Mac without downloading the Wireless Flash Drive app, then access the Wireless Drive using a web browser.

  • Page 11: Loading Content On The Wireless Drive

    2. Getting Started Loading Content on the Wireless Drive 1. In your mobile device Wi-Fi settings, connect to the Wireless Drive Wi-Fi network. It appears in the list of available networks as SanDisk Flashxxxxxx (for example, SanDisk Flash123456). 2. Launch an Internet browser and go to www.sandisk.com/wfd to connect to the...

  • Page 12: From A Pc

    3. Drag and drop music, videos, photos, and documents from your computer into the Wireless Drive window. You can drop your files anywhere on the Wireless Drive ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 13: From A Mobile Device

    From a Mobile Device 1. In your mobile device Wi-Fi settings, connect to the Wireless Drive Wi-Fi network. 2. In the Navigation Bar on the left side of the Wireless Drive main screen, navigate...
  • Page 14 Videos to display the content available for upload from this mobile device: 4. Select the Album whose content you want to upload to the Wireless Drive: ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...
  • Page 15 Tap to display only photos 6. Tap on thumbnails to select them for upload. (You can tap Select All to select all photos at once.) Then tap Upload: ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...
  • Page 16 The files are uploaded to the location displayed in the Navigation Bar. Note: For more detailed information on using photo, music, and video files, see Chapter 3, Working with Content. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 17: Working With Files

    Wireless Flash Drive and your mobile device. It also contains a Help link: Files previously downloaded from a Settings a Wireless Drive to this device Files stored on the Wireless Drive ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 18: Using Wireless Drive Main Screen

    Wireless Drive Application Overview Using Wireless Drive Main Screen Once you’ve selected your Wireless Drive (in the examples here, SanDisk Flash123456) in the Navigation Bar, you can access the files stored on your Drive and the app icons you use to move around in the app:...

  • Page 19: Viewing Photos

    1. In the Navigation Bar on the Wireless Drive opening screen, select either the Downloads folder under Saved on iPad (or Saved on iPhone or Saved on iPod touch) or your Wireless Drive under Wireless Flash Drives: ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...
  • Page 20 Note: The Photos folder used here is simply an example of one way to organize pictures on your Drive. Photos can be stored anywhere you like on the Drive. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 21: Streaming Videos

    1. In the Navigation Bar on the Wireless Drive opening screen, select either the Downloads folder under Saved on iPad (or Saved on iPhone or Saved on iPod touch) or your Wireless Drive under Wireless Flash Drives: ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...
  • Page 22 Note: The Videos folder used here is simply an example of one way to organize videos on your Drive. Videos can be stored anywhere you like on the Drive. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 23: Using The Wireless Flash Drive With Itunes

    1. In the Navigation Bar on the Wireless Drive opening screen, select either the Downloads folder under Saved on iPad (or Saved on iPhone or Saved on iPod touch) or your Wireless Drive under Wireless Flash Drives ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...
  • Page 24 3. Swipe from right to left across a song screen to return to a previous song or left to right to move to the next song. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 25: Controlling Music From Outside The Music Play Screen

    In the Wireless Drive app, you use the Navigation Bar on the left side of the screen either to select files to be downloaded or to select the destination at which files will be ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 26: Downloading Files

    1. In the Navigation Bar, navigate to the content you want to download to the mobile device, tap the Download icon , select the files to download, and tap Download: ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...
  • Page 27 3. You’re informed of the progress of the download and are informed when it’s successfully completed: To download a file while you’re viewing it, ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 28: Uploading Files

    (folder or album) to upload to or you can create a new folder on the Drive and upload content into it. Displaying the Upload Options To upload content from a mobile device to your Wireless Drive, ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 29: Uploading Photos And Videos

    To upload photos and videos from your mobile device to the Drive, 1. In the Navigation Bar, select the destination folder for the files to be uploaded. 2. Tap the Upload icon to display the Upload options. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 30: Uploading Files From Your Iphone, Ipad, Or Ipod Touch

    2. In the Upload options, tap Upload Files from iPad (or Upload Files from iPhone or Upload Files from iPod touch), then select the folder containing the files to be ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 31: Creating A New Folder

    Creating a New Folder To create a new folder and then upload files into it, 1. In the Navigation Bar, navigate to the destination for the new folder. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 32: Sharing Your Files

    In addition to handing someone your Wireless Drive to plug into a computer USB port, you can share content stored on your Drive in two ways: ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 33: Allowing Access To Your Wireless Drive

    Allowing Access to your Wireless Drive You can allow others to connect directly to your Wireless Drive Wi-Fi network so they can view your content and download it to their mobile devices. People can share your files in two ways: •...

  • Page 34: Deleting Files And Folders

    2. Select a method to share your photo and provide the required information. (The options available on your mobile device vary.) Deleting Files and Folders To delete a file you’re viewing, 1. Open the file you want to delete. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...
  • Page 35 To delete a file or a folder in the Navigation Bar, 1. Swipe to the right on the item in the Navigation Bar: 2. Tap the Delete button. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 36: Unsupported File Formats

    The Wireless Drive app can open all file formats that are supported by your mobile device. If you try to open an unsupported file format, a message informs you that this file type is not supported: ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 37: Managing The Wireless Drive

    1. Tap the App Store icon: 2. Install the update. 3. Connect your mobile device to the Wireless Flash Drive Wi-Fi network and launch the app. A popup message prompts you to update the Firmware on the Drive: 4.

  • Page 38: Updating The App

    Updating the App The new Firmware is copied to the Drive: 5. Follow the on-screen instructions to turn off the Drive and connect it to a USB charger or a computer: Both the blue and the amber LEDs blink rapidly.
  • Page 39 2. In the App Store, tap the Wireless Flash Drive app icon: 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to reconnect to the Wireless Drive Wi-Fi network after the app update. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 40: Managing Wireless Drive Settings

    Wireless Flash Drive app and information about the Drive and the app. The Settings screen is accessed by tapping the Settings icon Changing the Wireless Drive Network Name Your Wireless Drive Wi-Fi network comes uniquely identified as SanDisk Flash xxxxxx (in the example, SanDisk Flash FBAODA).You can change the network name.
  • Page 41 Note: The new Wi-Fi network name will not appear in the list of available Wi-Fi networks until you have turned the Drive off and back on. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 42: Creating/Changing A Password

    2. Turn on Protect my Wireless Flash Drive, enter and verify a new password, and choose whether to show your password as you enter it. Then tap Save: ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 43: Restoring Factory Settings

    4. Managing the Wireless Drive Managing Wireless Drive Settings Note: Creating a Wi-Fi password allows you to limit access to your Drive when you connect directly to it. But the Wi-Fi password does not limit access when your Drive is connected to an Internet Wi-Fi network, where anyone who has installed the Wireless Flash Drive app can access your Drive.
  • Page 44 Preferred Network, it will automatically find your Wireless Drive so you can surf the Internet while you access the content on the Drive. 3. On your mobile device, go to Settings > Wi-Fi and connect to the Preferred Network you selected in the app.

  • Page 45: Setting The Power Save Timer

    Tap Quick Start Guide for information about setting up your Wireless Drive. About The About support link provides information about your mobile device, your Wireless Drive, and your Wireless Flash Drive software: ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...
  • Page 46 - How much free memory remains on your mobile device • Connected Drives: - Wireless Drive Details - Memory Card Details • Software Details: - App Version - License Agreement ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 47: Legal Information

    4. Managing the Wireless Drive Managing Wireless Drive Settings • Legal Information • SanDisk Privacy Policy ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 48: Product And Safety Information

    Dimensions 78mm x 27mm x14mm (3.1'' x 1'' x 0.5'') Weight 27gr (0.95 oz) Memory Card SanDisk Ultra microSDHC™ up to 32GB 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less. Battery Type Built-in, non-replaceable rechargeable lithium polymer battery Operating Duration Up to 4 hours of continuous usage Battery Charging Over USB 2.0-powered connection (500mA) (up to 2 hours...
  • Page 49 If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and then on, the user is encouraged to try to connect the interference by one or more of the following measures: •...

  • Page 50: Safety And Care

    5. Product and Safety Information Safety and Care Recycling SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive: Do not dispose of either the SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive with your household waste. In some countries or regions, collection systems are set up to handle electrical and electronic waste items.

  • Page 51: Cleaning

    Drive discharge. We do not recommend keeping the Wireless Flash Drive plugged in. For the best battery life, we recommended charging and discharging the Wireless Flash Drive battery at least once a month. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

  • Page 52: Long Term Storage

    When the Wireless Flash Drive has reached the end of its useful life, return it to a recycling station in your community to prevent uncontrolled waste disposal and dispose of the battery properly. ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...
  • Page 53 21 downloading the app 4 navigation bar 20 factory reset 4 password files create or change 37 downloading 21 password reset 38 moving 20 ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...
  • Page 54 Power Save Timer 40 accessing files 12 settings cleaning 46 changing the Wireless Drive network name 35 connect to 4 compressing videos during transfer 40 connecting via Wi-Fi 5 connecting the Wireless Drive to the Internet 38 connecting without the app 5...
  • Page 55 Wireless Drive settings 35 working with files 12 ™ Wireless Flash Drive User Manual for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch SanDisk Connect...

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