User manual
Table Of Contents
- WD TV™ HD Media Player
- Table of Contents
- Important User Information
- Important Safety Instructions
- WD Technical Support
- Important: Should you encounter any problem, please do not return this product to the store before carefully reading the user manual. You can also find answers to your technical support questions through our knowledge base or e-mail support service a...
- Accessing Online Support
- Contacting WD Technical Support
- Recording your WD Product Information
- Registering your WD Product
- Accessories
- Product Overview
- Features and Functions
- Features
- Audio/Video Interface
- Multiformat Content Playback
- Multiformat is a file type that groups other files of the same digital content but may be encoded in different digital formats. For example, a single video file may actually include a few components such as video, audio, and photo grouped together. W...
- Plug-n-Play USB 2.0 Support*
- USB Storage File System Support
- Connections
- LED Indicators
- Remote Control
- Features
- Getting Started
- Operating the HD Media Player
- Watching Video
- Playing Music
- Viewing Photos
- Settings and Advanced Features
- Settings Navigation Buttons
- Audio/Video
- Music
- Movie
- Photo
- System
- Media Library
- A note about metadata
- Editing metadata
- Enabling/Disabling the Media Library
- Media Library Categories
- You can manually search for a media file by navigating to the specific media section and browsing through the available file folders. This method is recommended if there are only a limited number of files to search through. Otherwise, it is better to...
- Locating Media Content
- System Maintenance
- Appendix
- Index
WD TV HD Media Player
User Manual
GETTING STARTED – 18
Step 4 - Connecting a USB Device
The HD media player has two USB ports that support playback from WD USB
external drives.*
* For a list of supported WD external drives, see article #2581 in or knowledge base at
support.wdc.com.
The use of USB hubs is not supported. Not all features are available on drives that are preformatted for HFS+
Journaling, such as My Book Studio and My Passport drives. HFS+Journaling must be disabled prior to
connecting your external drive to your HD media player. For information on disabling HFS+Journaling, see Article
# 2615 in our knowledge base at support.wdc.com.
To connect the USB device:
1. Connect the USB device to either of the HD media player’s USB ports.
2. Wait for a few moments while the HD media player scans the USB device for
media files. (Scanning is enabled by default. If you want to turn off automatic
scanning, go to “Enabling/Disabling the Media Library” on page 53.)
This may take several minutes, depending on the storage capacity of the USB device
and the number of available media files. When the USB device is detected, the status
LED turns on and the Home screen displays the new USB directory icon . If the
HD media player does not detect any storage devices, “No storage present” appears
on the screen. You can still navigate within the folders, but the folders will be empty.
For Apple Users
For HFS, Journaling must be disabled on the storage device connected to the HD
media player. For information on disabling Journaling, see page 7.
My Book external drive
(sold separately)
My Passport portable
drive (sold separately)