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Index 1 Preface ........................................................................................................................................... 5 2 About your DataSt ation® pocke t air ..................................................................................... 6 3 Specifi cation s .............................................[...]
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12.2.2 Storag e Info rmation ............................................................................................ 15 12.2.3 Network Inf ormation ........................................................................................... 15 12.3 S ettings .......................................................................................[...]
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16 Discon necti ng the Da taStat ion® f rom the co mpute r (USB) ....................................... 30 17 Turni ng off th e Dat aStation® ................................................................................................ 30 18 Resett ing / L oad d efault s ettings ................................................................[...]
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1 Preface We wish you a lot of fun with t he TrekStor DataStation pocket air. Please read the following instruction s carefully so th at you can become acquain ted with the functions of this pr oduct and it s use. The manu al de scribes t he op eratio n of th e device a s an e xample. Due to the va riety of exte rnal d evices w ith diff eren t oper[...]
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2 Abou t your DataS tati on® p ock et air The TrekS tor DataStation pocket air is a n externa l hard driv e with the Wi - Fi featu re, USB 3.0 interf ace an d network co nnection . The d evice o ffers w ireles s acc ess to f iles and strea ms mu sic, vid eo a nd pictu res to y our ta blet, s martpho ne or no teboo k. The integra ted ba ttery does [...]
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3 Speci fica tion s Dimensio ns (W x H x D) 82 mm x 2 5 mm x 129 mm W eight About 285 g , depending on H DD used Housin g Plastic Colour Whit e LED 4 (Power, HDD, WI - FI , In ternet) Capacity 500 GB or 1.000 GB Built - in s torage dev ice SATA - HDD 2,5" (6, 35 cm ) f orm fa c tor, 9,5 mm height Processor Ra lin k RT5350, 360 MHz Wi- Fi 802.1[...]
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4 Packag e con ten ts • TrekStor DataStation poc ket air • USB 3.0 c ab l e (USB - A / Micro - USB ) • Quick guide • Softw are Pocke tAirFi nder (Windows / Mac) on HDD • PocketAir App (via Download) 8[...]
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5 Safet y ins tructi ons It is ess entia l to obs erve th e follo wing safety instruct ions! a Technica l work o n th e prod uct ca n be perfo rmed only by qualifi ed persons. T he produ ct may n either be open ed no r change s be ca rried out to it. The compon ents can not be servic ed by the us er. 5.1 Battery a Charge t he batt ery on ly in a t [...]
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6 Get to k now your D ataS tati on 6.1 Control elements and con necto rs 10[...]
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A) USB- A femal e for us ing the P ower - Ba nk fu nction B) Battery s tatus LED C) HDD s tatus LED D) Wi - Fi s ta t us LED E) Internet connection s tatus LED F) On /O ff swit ch / Netw ork fu nctio n G) M icro - USB - B 3.0 f emal e H) Reset I) RJ - 45 LA N port 7 Starti ng up for th e fir st ti me You mu st charge the DataStation before initial [...]
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8 Using the DataSt ation as an external USB hard drive Ensure that the DataStation is tu rned o ff. Connect your Data S tation via the in clude d USB 3.0 cable to a co mputer. I n activity, th e HDD status LED l ights up white (USB 2 .0 connectio n) or blu e (USB 3 .0 con nection) . The DataStation is now shown as an externa l drive "T REK S T[...]
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• Open th e folder by do uble cl icki ng. You s ee the contents of y our DataStation . Now you can manage files and folder s , a s you ar e accust omed to from an exter nal hard d rive. 10 Setting up the Da taSta tion ® for W i - Fi a ccess The int egrated web ma nageme nt softw are is an HTM L - based utilit y. It re quires no software installa[...]
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• To sta rt the p rogram , please conf irm the appear ing window with "Y ES " . • After a short t ime the name of your DataStat ion appears with an IP addre ss , assign ed by y our rou ter for t he L AN conne ction . Further more, w i th activ e and connected Wi - Fi , the IP a ddres s of t he DataStation is also displa yed . i Note: [...]
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12 " My P ocke t A ir " Web Management 12.1 Explorer F un c tion “My Po cketAi r” allows you to upload or down load file s to your PC, Mac, Tablet or Smartp hone. Y ou can even create, co py, cu t, dele te and rename f olders and f ile names - just as known from your PC or Mac . 12.2 I nfor mation Detail ed info rmatio n about hard wa[...]
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12.3 S ettin gs The defa ult s ettings can be c han ged here. Plea se note tha t in corr ect ent ries may lead to mal function of DataStat ion . In this case you have to load default se ttings (Cha pter 12.3.5. 4). 12.3.1 Use r Clic k th e “U SER ” thumbnail. This window will all ow you to modify the admin passwo rd. Th e passw ord shou ld be a[...]
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Channel : The defau lt settin g is " AUTO " . There are 13 channel s avai lable to be sel ected . Passwo r d: Here yo u can create a new pass word for yo ur wirel ess co nnect ion (defau lt 111 11111) . Use minimum 8 to maxi mum 63 charac ters . Securi ty: Available settings are None, WPA - PSK, WPA2 - PSK, WP A2 - PSK mixed (standar d). [...]
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Selectin g Wirele ss Access SSID: Type - in t he SSID na me or click the “S CAN ” button to au tomatically search for the avail able w irele ss netw orks . To v iew it, cl ick t he arrow icon i n the SS ID ent ry fi eld. The avail able Wi - Fi con nectio ns are d isplay ed. S elect yo ur pref erred network . Passwo rd: Type in the correct pass [...]
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12.3.5 Sys tem 12.3.5.1 Time Settings The time o f the d evic e can be set au tomatica lly , over th e inte rnet u sing NTP (Netw ork Time P rotoc ol) s erver o r by hand setti ng. Dep endin g on the locat ion, select the tim e zone f rom the d rop - d own list . If the clock is set v ia the Internet, se lect the "ON/OFF" button and enter[...]
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12.3.6 Wi zard Using th e wizard y ou can easily and conven iently ma ke the necessa ry setti ngs. Simply follow the in struct ions fo r Int ernet ac cess, W i - Fi sett ing s and u ser sett ings. After t hat "My Pocket Air" restarts and you can log in with the new setti ngs . 12.4 Help Here y ou will f ind the integra ted help fo r My Po[...]
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13 Abo ut Po cket Air a pp The "Pocke tAir" App is a software ap plication to g ain access from sm artphones and tablets to the DataStation . Please download th e app from Google P lay Store for Android devi ces or fro m AppSto re for Apple d evice s . 1. Turn on Wi - Fi on the DataStation by pressing t he ) - butt on (F) . The Status LED[...]
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13.2 Th e PocketAi r m en u In the low er part o f the me nu, yo u can sw itch betw een the DataStation "M Y P OCKET A IR " and you r mobile d evice "M Y D EVICE " . Tap the 3 - point i con to view stat us infor mation in ot her sub - menus at your fingert ips. • "V ERSION I NFO " shows informati on about the f irmwa[...]
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13.2.1 The " My P ocket A ir " m en u This men u shows the app functions for operatin g and managing the files on your DataStation . It also shows the fold er fo r the f iles on y our Da taStatio n. Th e pres entatio n can be differ ent depe nding o n th e model, manuf actur er and o peratin g sy stem . Home Tap on the "H OME "-[...]
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13.2.2 The " My Devi ce " m en u This men u shows the app functions for operatin g and managing the files o n your mobile d evice . It also sh ows the fold er s fro m the dir ectory "W DISK " for do cument s, mus ic, photo s and videos, a s well as th e folder for t he data memory o f you r mobile dev ice and any existin g memor[...]
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Home Tap on the "H OME "- button to retu rn to th e Home sc reen . View You can se lect b etween i con and list view. Back Tap "B ACK " if you are i n a fold er or su bmenu t o be back aga in one level higher . Manage In this m enu i tem yo u can se lect files ind ividu ally, u pload th em to the DataStation or de lete th em ( U[...]
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13.4 Media pl ayba ck With the "Pocket A ir" App you ca n open su pported aud io, video and ima ge fil es fro m your DataStat ion and direct ly pl ay o r display . Locate the r espect ive fil e and t ap it . i Note: The presentations may vary dependin g on the model, manufact urer and operating system of your m obile device . 13.4.1 Audio[...]
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13.4.2 Ph otos Represent able photo s are a ccompani ed by a n icon of its conte nt. T ap the i con to display the i mage. An image v iewer w ill ope n. Tap the image to see th e menu bar. By defa ult, on ly the t apped image i s disp layed . Tap the “ Play ” icon. It dis plays all the image s in the folder as a slideshow. Furth ermore a n aud [...]
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13.4.3 Videos Videos a re dis played with a styliz ed movie icon. T ap t he desir ed mo vie icon a nd the video st arts w ith th e defau lt play er for yo ur mo bile dev ice. i Note: The operation and settings of your video playbac k vary, depending on which movie player is installed on your mobile device. Please r ead the manual of your respective[...]
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14 Using t he DataStation® for Wi - Fi I ntern et acce ss (Ho tsp ot) Using a route r with i nterne t acce ss, but w ithou t Wi - Fi, you can c onnect you r devic e via the W i - Fi f eature of your DataStation to the inte rnet. • Connect the DataSt ation to the router with a RJ - 45 Ethernet netw ork cabl e. • Switch the DataStation Wi - Fi f[...]
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16 Disc onnecting the Dat aStation® fr om the co mp uter ( US B) a Atten tion: Pleas e follo w the recomme nded lo g - off procedure to avoi d damages to the de vice or data loss ! Windows® 8/ 7/Vis ta™/XP L eft - click to the symbol "S AFELY REMOVE HARD WARE " at the bot tom right corner of the task bar. Click in the popu p menu o n [...]
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19 Copyrig hts an d tra dema rk no tice Copyri ght laws prohibit cop ying any data of this pr oduct or the contents of t his manual (illustra tions, relat ed doc uments etc.) i n whole o r in pa rts withou t the permis sion of the copy right ho lder. Addit ionally, the u se of t he data of this produ ct or the cont ents o f this ma nual a re not al[...]
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20 Battery di spo sal Reportin g req uiremen t accor ding to the Ba ttery Di rectiv e (Batt V) Batter ies are not pa rt of t he dom estic wa ste. The consu mer is o blig ed to retu rn no longer used bat teries prop erly. P lease d ispos e of them by a sp ecia lized trad e or a battery collection point . Hereby yo u make a n importa nt cont ribu tio[...]
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22 Suppor t infor mati on If yo u have an y quest ions re gard ing you r TrekSto r p roduct, p leas e proceed as follows: • Check the feat ures as well a s the functio ns of your d evice ( appar ent on the packag ing), in o rder to use t he co rrect s ettings . • Read the manual carefully. • Inform y ours elf on our webs ite www.t reksto r.de[...]