Owner manual

HP Data Vault User's Guide
Enjoy your digital media experiences
Centralize your digital life for sharing with friends and family
Easy, automatic backup of your digital memories
 Set it and forget it! Your home server automatically manages many important activities (daily
backup, media collection, and power management) for you behind the scenes.
 The HP Data Vault will automatically backup multiple computers in your home including both
Windows PCs (Microsoft’s Windows Home Server Backup) and Macs (Apple's Time Machine)
and allows you to easily retrieve your digital media—music, photos, and videos—so they are
never lost.
 Easy internal expandability with tool-free expansion bays allowing you to add additional internal
SATA disk drives. Or expand your storage capacity externally using the 4 USB ports and the fast
eSATA port.
 Automated PC backup software provides efficient backups to help save disk space and time.
Enjoy your digital media experiences
 Extend your digital media experiences by conveniently streaming photos, music and videos to
your TVs, through gaming consoles such as Xbox 360 or PLAYSTATION3, and computer's
within your home.
 Eliminate the frustration of trying to play your videos on different devices! The HP Video
Converter automatically converts your library of videos (including unprotected DVDs) into a
video format that can be played in your home and remotely on PCs and/or Macs and streamed to
popular media devices such as xBox 360s and PS3s. Plus, you control how your videos are
converted by selecting the device your video will be played on or specify the video settings
yourself.
 Take your videos with you… The HP Data Vault creates a mobile version of your videos that you
can download and play on your iPod, iPhone, PlayStation Portable (PSP), Zune and other popular
mobile devices.
 The HP Data Vault supports iTunes and Windows Media Player devices so you can enjoy your
music libraries throughout your home.
Centralize your digital life for sharing with friends and family
 The HP Data Vault will automatically centralize your digital media for sharing with family and
friends, and enable you to enjoy your digital media while at home or away.
 Stream music, photos and video from your server to any Internet-connected computer. Now, all of
your media is just a fingertip away! The MediaSmart Server iPhone app lets you stream all your
media to your iPod touch or iPhone!
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