How to use ThecusShareTM · After downloading files from your NAS to your iPhone, you can access these at any time from “My iPhone” on the ThecusShare™ homepage without an Internet

How to use ThecusShareTM

Downloading, streaming, and uploading from iPhones and iPads

2011-4-12

Contents

Introduction 3

A. Prerequisites 3B. Necessary Tools 3C. Applicable Reference Tools 3D. Applicable Models 3

Downloading ThecusShare™ 4

Turning on Bonjour from the Thecus UI 5

Connecting to your NAS from ThecusShare™ 6

A. Auto-discovery 6B. Manual IP input 7C. Deleting NAS from your list 7

Streaming Multimedia from your NAS with ThecusShare™ 8

A. Music 8B. Photos 10C. Videos 12

Uploading Photos and Videos to your NAS 14

A. Uploading photos or videos from your albums 14B. Uploading photos directly from your camera 15

Completing Uploading and Downloading Tasks 16

Using ThecusShare™ as a Self-Contained Media Player 17

A. Adding directories (folders) 17B. Managing and moving media and folders with "delete", "copy", "cut" and "paste" 18C. Playing media 18D. Image size reduction 19

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Introduction

Introduction

A. Prerequisites(click links for how-to guide)You have installed and set up TwonkyMedia version 2.0 or higher on your NAS

B. Necessary Tools• One Thecus NAS running firmware V5 or higher• One iPhone or iPad• A local wireless or Internet connection

C. Applicable Reference Tools(click links for how-to guide)How to Access the Thecus User Interface, Web Disk, and Photo Server

D. Applicable ModelsAny Thecus NAS with firmware V5, check the Thecus Download Center for information on specific models.

Note 1: For the purpose of this how-to guide, the images shown will all be from an iPhone, but iPad functionality is identitical and can be used in the same way.Note 2: ThecusShare™ supports the following formats:• Video formats: .mov, .mp4, .mpv, .3pg using H.264 Baseline Profile 3 or

MPEG-4 Part 2 compression.• Image formats: GIF, PNG, TIFF, and JPEG. • Audio formats: AAC-LC and MP3.

With the ThecusShare™ iOS app, users can access their Thecus NAS via the TwonkyMedia module to stream or download video, music, and photos from their NAS, or upload photos to their NAS. This function works over local networks or remote networks as long as your NAS and router are set up correctly.

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Downloading ThecusShare™

Downloading ThecusShare™

Go to the App Store on your iPhone and search for ThecusShare™. Install the app and read the rest of this guide for detailed instructions on use.


Turning on Bonjour from the Thecus UI

Turning on Bonjour from the Thecus UI

This makes your NAS visible on the local network when browsing with ThecusShare™. Without this activated, it is still possible to connect to your NAS by manually inputting the IP address. See the “Connecting to your NAS from ThecusShare™” section of this guide.

1. Select “Bonjour” from System Network in the Thecus UI menu.2. Bonjour Service: Enable this to be able to find your NAS with ThecusShare™ automatically.3. Select “Apply”.

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Connecting to your NAS from ThecusShare™

Connecting to your NAS from ThecusShare™

From the ThecusShare™ homepage, tab “Add”

A. Auto-discoveryA list of all the local NAS with Bonjour activated will appear, select your NAS from the list and continue to the “Streaming Multimedia from your NAS with The-cusShare” section of this guide. *If your NAS is not on the list, you may have to change its IP address or, although unlikely, your phone’s. Check out the IP Address how-to guide for more information.


B. Manual IP input1. Input any name you want for the NAS and the correct IP address (See the IP address how-to

guide for details on setting up your NAS’s IP address).2. Select “Create” to have your NAS added to the NAS list on the ThecusShare™ homepage.3. Your NAS will be saved for easy access in the future.

C. Deleting NAS from your listSwipe the NAS you want to delete and select delete.


Streaming Multimedia from your NAS with ThecusShare™


Select your NAS from the list - You will be brought to Media List page.

Home-return to the NAS listMedia List-Return to this pageMedia Filter-Show only one type of fileUpload-Upload photos to your NASRefresh-Refresh this page

A. Music



1. Downloading – Tab t h e m u s i c i c o n t o have a window pop up with the option to download. Select “Download the file” or the “x” to cancel. The song will then be add-ed to your “Tasks” list, but not downloaded. See the “Completing Uploading and Down-loading Tasks” section of this guide for more information.

2. Streaming – Tab the song title to stream the track directly from your NAS. This will play the song and jump you into the “Current Playlist”.

Current Playlist – Your song list will be decided by what you chose from the category stage, for example if you chose an individual album, it will only play songs from that album.1. Current Song Progress Bar – This bar is visible from

any page in ThecusShare™.2. Toolbar -

Toggle Single Play - Play one song or many.Toggle Random - Play songs in order or random.Go Back - Return to the previous page.


Downloading – Swipe a song to pull up the down-loading option. Tab download to add the song to your “ Tasks” list or tab the to cancel. See the “Complet ing Uploading and Downloading Tasks” section of this guide for more information.

B. Photos



1. Downloading - Tab the photo icon to have a window pop up with the option to download. Select “Download the file” or the “x” to cancel. The photo will then b e a d d e d to yo u r “Tasks” list, but not downloaded. See the “Completing Upload-ing and Downloading Tasks” section of this guide for more infor-mation.

2. Viewing – Tab the photo title to view the photo directly from your NAS without downloading it. This will jump you into full screen mode.

Full Screen Mode – From this mode you can view photos vertically or horizontally and swipe to go to the next or previ-ous photos.



C. Videos

1. Downloading – Tab the film icon to have a window pop up with the option to d o w n l o a d. S e l e c t “Download the file” or the “x” to cancel. The video will then b e a d d e d to yo u r “Tasks” list, but not downloaded. See the “Completing Upload-ing and Download-ing Tasks” section of this guide for more information.

2. Streaming – Tab the title of the video to stream the video directly from your NAS. This will play the video and jump you into full screen mode.



Video Playlist – When you select “Done” from full screen mode, you will be brought to your video playlist. 1.Toolbar -

Toggle Single Play - Play one video or many.Toggle Random - Play videos in order or random.Go Back - Return to the previous page.

2.Downloading – Swipe a video to pull up the downloading option. Tab download to add the song to your “Tasks” list or press the to cancel. See the “Completing Uploading and Downloading Tasks” section of this guide for more informa-tion. Multiple items can be swiped at once.



Uploading Photos and Videos to your NAS


To upload photos to your NAS, Tab the “Upload” button while browsing your NAS in ThecusShare™.

A. Uploading photos or videos from your albums1. Tab “From Albums”2. A list of all the pho-

tos and videos from your iPhone will ap-pear, tab the items you want to select

3. Tab “Done” to add them to your “Tasks” list. See the “Com-pleting Uploading a n d D o w n l o a d -ing Tasks” section o f t h i s g u i d e f o r more information.


B. Uploading photos directly from your camera1. Tab “From Camera”2. The iPhone’s native camera function will appear, allowing

you to take a photo. The iPhone 4’s forward facing cam-era is also supported

3. Once taken, you will have the option to “Use” or “Retake”. 4. Tab “Done” to add them to your “Tasks” list. See the “Com-

pleting Uploading and Downloading Tasks” section of this guide for more information.



Completing Uploading and Downloading Tasks

Completing Uploading and Downloading Tasks

The “Streaming Multimedia from your NAS with ThecusShare™” section of this guide describes how to add files for download to your “Tasks” list by selecting “Download” after either tabbing the file icon in normal view or swiping the file in playlist view. The “Uploading Photos and Videos to your NAS” section describes how to add files for upload to your “Tasks” list by selecting files from your iPhone’s existing albums or directly from your iPhone’s camera.

Avoiding the “Tasks” list: Uploads and Downloads can be turned to “Automatic”, so that once a file is selected for download or upload from within ThecusShare™, it will instantly be transferred from the NAS to the iPhone or from the iPhone to the NAS without needing to activate it in from “Tasks” list. Completing downloads1. From the list of NAS,

s e l e c t t h e “ Ta s k s” menu.

2. From the “Tasks” menu, tab the “Automatic” button to let uploads and downloads pro- ceed.

Note: The “Automatic” button wil l remain in the “On” position until it is tabbed again or The-cusShare™ is closed.


Using ThecusShare™ as a Self-Contained Media Player


After downloading files from your NAS to your iPhone, you can access these at any time from “My iPhone” on the ThecusShare™ homepage without an Internet connection.

A. Adding directories (folders)1. Tab “Add”. This can be done within other folders.2. Enter the name of your new folder and press “OK”.


B. Managing and moving media and folders with “delete”, “copy”, “cut” and “paste”

1. From within a list of items, tab the icon to pull up a list of options.2. Select to remove the file from your iPhone.3. Select and input a new name.4. Select or to add the file to your clipboard. Files that are copied and pasted to another

location are duplicated.5. Select the “Clipboard” button at the location you wish to move the file to. From here you can

“Paste All”, or tab the to paste each item individually. Items are not deleted from the clip-board as they are pasted, you must select “Clear All” to clear the clipboard.

C. Playing mediaThe only significant difference between playing media di-rectly from the iPhone and playing media from your NAS is that the media filter becomes useful because items are grouped according to folder and not type. See the “Streaming Multimedia from your NAS with ThecusShare™” section of this guide for instructions on playing media.



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D. Image size reductionIf an image exceeds 1399x1873, ThecusShare™ will ask you to reduce the size of the image before viewing. Select “OK” to permanently reduce the size of the image.

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