No worries mate!
![Smiley :)](https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)
I'm enjoying my new toy immensely!
I tried putting the html tags exactly like that but it wouldn't work for me. I probably don't have permission to add html code.
Video finished processing! I guess while that's still processing I should explain a little more about how it actually works.
I tried creating an Adhoc network with the Id but I'm not sure that functionality is working yet. The configuration settings are there for it, but they either don't work, or I need a bit more help getting it going.
In any case.... You need to create an adhoc network for stand alone wireless use of the Id when you don't have a wireless access point handy, and that's where the Seagate Wireless Plus comes in handy for portable use.
The Seagate runs its own DHCP server and also acts as a wireless router.
I load up all the music on to the Seagate by connecting it on USB3 and using a JRiver MC19 portable device profile, to convert and sync media to the drive.
When that's done I disconnect it from the computer and the drive starts up in wireless mode.
It does its thing scanning for a while when you first go into wireless mode after a sync with the computer. (it can be hours before it finishing indexing depending on how much you put on it)
I then connect the iPhone wirelessly to the Seagate wireless network, and also connected the Id to the Seagate wireless network.
Once that's done it takes a few minutes for the Seagate DLNA server to show up, I can then mount that library off the Seagate onto the Id, fire up JRemote and configure it with the Id's assigned IP address. (I looked up its IP with the Seagate media app on the iPhone.)
Once JRemote is connecting I rebooted the Id into headless mode. It remembers the settings I set and defaults to the last library on reboot.
I then simply plugged it into the car, waited a minute or 2 and it just came up connected to the Seagate automatically and JRemote picked up from where it was.
This has been consistently repeatable!
![Smiley :)](https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)
My only wish now is to get a web browser interface to change libraries like you setup in the last update, to change audio devices in headless mode.
PS. When I need internet access while in the car I use a portable rechargeable 4G wireless access point, but to keep it simple for the demo I didn't use it. When you use the Seagate as the wireless router you loose internet connectivity on the iPhone, using the portable 4G modem/AP gets around this limitation. I need to set the 4G modem as an auto connect option on Id so if it's turned on the Id will connect to it instead of the Seagate, and the Seagate then connects to the 4G modem too. There's no data going in/out on the 4G network unless Im using the iPhone for maps or internet/email stuff, Its just acting as a portable Access Point and can handle up to 10 networked devices. I use it for my Surface Pro 2 tablet which doesn't have 4G built in.
I just thought of another way to use the iPhone as the access point in personal hotspot mode but it requires setting it up from the computer first so that the Seagate will default to connecting to the iPhone and so the Id also defaults to the iPhone. That should do away with the need for another separate device and enable wireless routing and internet from the iPhone simultaneously.