4. Managing the Media Drive  Using the Power Button
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4. Managing the Media Drive
Using the Power Button
The power button performs three functions, depending on how long you hold in the 
button.
Note:  Resetting the Media Drive or forcing a hard start does NOT delete any content from 
the Drive.
Managing Auto-shutdown
When the Media Drive is not connected to a power source, it automatically shuts 
down after it’s been idle for 10 minutes. When you turn the Drive back on, it searches 
for the strongest available Wi-Fi signal and connects to that network. 
If the strongest Wi-Fi signal belongs to the Media Drive, there’s no need to do 
anything further. But if it’s found another, stronger available Wi-Fi signal, you must 
reconnect to the Drive.
1. Press the Media Drive power button for 3 seconds to restart it.
2. In your mobile device settings, go to Wireless and network > Wi-Fi settings and 
select your Media Drive from the list of available Wi-Fi networks.
Table 3:    Using the Power Button
On/Off Reset Hard Restart
Press and hold for 3 seconds 
to turn the Drive on and off.
Press and hold for 10 seconds to reset 
Admin and Wi-Fi passwords to their 
defaults:
• Admin default = “admin”
• Security default = no password
Press and hold for 25 seconds to 
force a frozen Drive to restart.
 
 Forces a hard restart to reboot an
 Resets the Admin and Wi-Fi password
 Turns the Drive on and off
   Power Button
         unresponsive Drive