Cambridge Audio StreamMagic 6 - NAS Drive Setup Guide; What is a NAS Drive?

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What is a NAS drive...?
Setting up a NAS drive allows
your
your computer
isn’t switched on.
A NAS
(Network Attached Storage)
As the term indicates, NAS drives are used for data storage. You can share music, photos, movies
your data with any
network client (such as the Stream
NAS drive
acts as a UPnP server and
Stream Magic product
to detect
In this example we are going
to set up a
This will differ slightly
from NAS drive
Mac, Windows 7)
. NAS manufacturers are awar
operating system.
The supplied
manufacturer software is intended to make the NAS drive easy to install and quick to
access. However, if
you don’t wish to install the NAS software on your computer and know the name of
the NAS you can type in “\\”
into the
of the MyBook it is simply ‘\\
mybook’
your
digital music to be played
through the Stream Magic product
isn’t switched on.
(Network Attached Storage)
drive
is essentially a hard disk drive with a built in network interface.
As the term indicates, NAS drives are used for data storage. You can share music, photos, movies
network client (such as the Stream
Magic product)
on that particular
acts as a UPnP server and
is directly connected to the network
via the router allowing the
to detect
it in it’s UPnP servers list/menu.
to set up a
Western Digital MyBook NAS drive
on a Windows XP computer
from NAS drive
to NAS drive,
and from operating system to operating system (e.g.
. NAS manufacturers are awar
e of this and do provide a basic set
manufacturer software is intended to make the NAS drive easy to install and quick to
you don’t wish to install the NAS software on your computer and know the name of
into the
windows
address bar followed by the NAS drive name, in the case
mybook’
.
Firstly you will need to make sure
properly co
nnected before you can proceed correctly.
After this an initial set-
up menu wil
For the ‘My
Book’ it is an application installer. There is a
list of
three options. You would need to select the first
option, ‘WD Discovery Tool’
Set-up guide
NAS drive set
-
up guide
through the Stream Magic product
, even if
is essentially a hard disk drive with a built in network interface.
As the term indicates, NAS drives are used for data storage. You can share music, photos, movies
and
on that particular
network. The
via the router allowing the
on a Windows XP computer
.
and from operating system to operating system (e.g.
e of this and do provide a basic set
-up guide for each
manufacturer software is intended to make the NAS drive easy to install and quick to
you don’t wish to install the NAS software on your computer and know the name of
address bar followed by the NAS drive name, in the case
Firstly you will need to make sure
that everything is
nnected before you can proceed correctly.
up menu wil
l appear on screen.
Book’ it is an application installer. There is a
three options. You would need to select the first