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Adjust these settings as needed:

•

Monthly Limit

. Traffic limit by MB per month.

•

Day

. The date to restart the counter. Select a number from 1st to 28. This is because

February might have only 28 days.

•

Time

. The time to restart the counter.

•

Traffic Volume Limit

. Select an option: No Limit, Download Only, or

Upload/Download.

5.

When you are finished making changes, tap the

Save

button.

My Media

You can use the My Media feature to play media from devices on your home network on your

mobile device. You can also play media that is located on your phone or iPad on other

devices in your home network. For the genie mobile app to find the network devices, each

device must use Universal Plug and Play (UPnP).

My Media has four different views. The views depend on which item you select at the bottom

of the screen (Source, Player, Playing, Option).

•

Source

. View a list of devices on your network that are sharing media files.

•

Player

. View a list of devices that can play media files over the network.

•

Playing

. View and control media that is currently playing on the selected player.

•

Option

. Go to the Option screen.



To play media on your mobile device:

1.

Tap

My Media

.

2.

Tap the

Source

button to view the UPnP devices on your network.

3.

Tap the device on your home network that is the source for your media files.

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The media folders on that device are displayed.

4.

Tap the folder that you want, and the media file within the folder.

The media file plays on the selected player.

Playing and Controlling Media Files Located on Your Mobile Device

When you play media that is located on your mobile device (Android phone, iPhone, or iPad),

how you control that media depends on which device you are using.

With an Android phone, the media plays in full screen. If you want to control the media, tap

the

Back

button, which stops the media from playing. The Refresh button updates the

playing progress.

Figure 2. Android phone playing media

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iPhones and iPads (iOS devices) use two modes for media: Play mode and Control mode.

Tap to switch

between Play

mode and

Control mode.

Figure 3. iPhone phone, Play mode and Control mode

Tapping the icon at the top right corner switches the mode. In Play mode, you can see the

media playing. If you are playing media files located on a different device on your network,

then Play mode is not available. Control mode is always available, as it shows the playing

media name, play progress, volume, and play controls.

Media Options

To view or change My Media Options, tap the

Option

icon on the My Media screen.

Figure 4. Media Options

The following settings are available:

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Restart media service

. Restart My Media service when a wireless setting is changed or

no player is found.

•

Refresh source folder.

Scan the source device list when no source device is found.

•

Share files in network

. This setting is ON by default. This setting lets you use other

devices on your home network to play media on this phone or iPad. If you do not want to

use this option, then you should change the setting to

OFF

.

For example, you could be using your mobile phone with the genie mobile app at home,

while a guest is using your iPad, which also has the genie mobile app. From your phone,

you could remotely play a song on the iPad, or play a photo slide show on the iPad for

your guest.

•

Allow play in network

. This setting is ON by default. This means that you play media

that is located on this phone or iPad on other devices on the same network. If you do not

want to allow this, then you should change the setting to

OFF

.

For instance, let's say you have photos on a computer or other mobile devices on your

home network, and you want to view them on this phone or iPad. You should leave the

Allow play in network

check box selected. This setting controls whether or not the

photos from other devices can be viewed on this phone or iPad.

Media Option Tips

•

Use Restart media service or Refresh source folder, if you are not able to see all network

UPnP devices.

•

To play, the device needs to support the DLNA Player profile. Game consoles (like Xbox

360 or PS3) and DVRs do not support the DLNA Player profile. For this reason, they do

not show up as players in My Media.

•

My Media finds only the media types supported by the player. For example, an iPad does

not play Adobe Flash files as this format is not supported.

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This chapter contains the following sections:

•

NETGEAR genie App Dashboard (Home Screen)

•

Log in to the Router with the NETGEAR genie App

•

Internet

•

Fix an Internet Connection Problem

•

WiFi Connection

•

Router Settings

•

Network Map

•

Parental Controls

•

ReadySHARE

•

AirPrint

•

Network Support