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# Viewing System Settings

The System tab displays configuration information for the HP Media Vault. The Media Vault administrator can edit these settings.

| To view system settings

1. At the computer, click Start, All Programs, HP Media Vault, and then Control Center.
2. On the Tools tab, click Customize HP Media Vault.
3. You are prompted for an administrator name and password if you set one up. For additional information, see Editing System Settings.
4. Click the System tab.

The following information can be viewed from the Systems Settings tab.

- System Name
- You can change the name of the HP Media Vault. This is useful if you have more than one Media Vault on the same network. The default network name is HPMediaVault.
- Keep in mind that renaming a Media Vault forces all your network computers to remap their shared network resources, such as mapped drives. It is best to only change the Media Vault name during the initial setup.
- Do not include spaces in the name. Only 15 alphanumeric characters are allowed.
- Admin User Name
- The HP Media Vault’s administrator user name. There is only one administrator for the Media Vault.
- The administrator user name and password are used to access and make changes to the HP Media Vault Administration console. The administrator does not have access to other HP Media Vault features. To create a user for remote access features such as Internet file browsing and HP Photo Webshare, see Creating a User.
- Password
- The HP Media Vault does not come pre-set with an administrator user name or password, which means that anyone on your network can work as an administrator. This simplifies getting started, but not having an administrator user name and password also gives every network user access to the Media Vault's configuration screens. Furthermore, if remote access is enabled, anyone with your personal web address can open the configuration pages for your HP Media Vault.
- To secure the configuration options on your Media Vault, assign a Media Vault administrator user name and password. Once they are set, they are required to log on to the Media Vault configuration pages.
- LED Brightness
- Determines the brightness of the lights on your Media Vault. LED brightness can be On, Dim, or Off.
- Turn Off Hard Disks After
- The HP Media Vault comes with a power-saving feature. After one-hour of inactivity, the Media Vault's internal hard disks spin down. When activity on your network again accesses the Media Vault’s hard drive, the hard disks automatically spin up.
- Power-saving mode lowers power consumption, and your Media Vault’s internal hard drives experience less wear and tear.
- Date and Time
- The Media Vault’s current date and time.
- Firmware Version
- Hewlett-Packard occasionally offers upgrades to the HP Media Vault firmware. The firmware version number identifies the installed firmware release.
- New Firmware Available
- Indicates if there is new firmware available.
- Reset Media Server
- Stops the UPnP media server and the iTunes server, deletes their internal databases, then re-starts them.
- Shutdown
- Turns the Media Vault off.
- Restart
- Turns the Media Vault off and back on.

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