QNAP Systems Ts 253 User Guide

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Smart Installation Guide 
 
Follow the steps in this section to complete online installation for your NAS:  
1. Go to http://start.qnap.com.  
2. Choose the number of HDD bays and the model of your NAS and click Start Now. 
3. Click Hardware and follow the on-screen instructions to get hardware ready.  
4. Scroll down to Install firmware and click Local Installation.  
5. Choose your operating system to download, install and run Qfinder Pro.  
6. After installing Qfinder Pro, launch it to...

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Cloud Installation 
 
Follow the steps in this section to complete cloud installation for your NAS: 
1. Connect your NAS to the Internet, and on your PC, go to install.qnap.com”. 
2. Enter the cloud key (cloud key can be found from the sticker on top of your QNAP NAS) and click 
Enter.  
3. Login to or register for myQNAPclould account. An activation email will be sent for new accounts. 
Click Confirm Registration in email to activate account. 
4. Enter a name for your QNAP NAS. This name...

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HDMI Installation 
 
Follow the steps in this section to complete the HDMI installation for your NAS: 
1. Connect the NAS to an HDMI display. 
2. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the firmware installation.    
3. Choose to install HD Station or log into QTS with QTS account username and password (QTS is 
the operating system for the NAS.)  
 
Note:  
This installation is restricted to NAS models with an HDMI port. 
The default login ID and password of the NAS are both admin.  

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Getting Utilities 
 
Visit http://www.qnap.com/ and go to Support > Download > Utilities and choose to 
download and install the utilities on your PC.   

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Connecting to NAS Shared Folders 
 
After installing the hardware and software, it is time to connect to the shared folders on the NAS. Refer 
to these links for the connection setup: 
Connecting to NAS shared folders in Windows 
Connecting to NAS shared folders in Mac or Linux  

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Windows 
 
There are two methods for connecting to shared folders of the NAS when using Windows: 
 
Method 1: Connect to the shared folders of the NAS by using QNAP Qfinder Pro 
1. Launch QNAP Qfinder Pro. Select your NAS and then click Tool > Map Network Drive.  
2. Select a shared folder on the NAS to be mapped as a network drive and click Map Network 
Drive.  
3. Enter the username and password to connect to the NAS and click OK. 
4. Select a drive in the OS to map the folder chosen in Step...

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Mac or Linux 
 
Mac Users 
 
There are two methods to connect shared folders on a NAS:  
 
Method 1: Using QNAP Qfinder Pro 
1. Launch QNAP Qfinder Pro, select your NAS, and go to Connect > Open in File Explorer. 
2. Enter your login ID and password. 
3. Select the folder you want to mount and click OK. 
4. The folder is mounted.  
 
Method 2: Connecting to Server 
1. Choose Go > Connect to Server. 
2. Enter the NAS IP address. 
3. Enter your login ID and password. 
4. Select the folder you...

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Connecting to NAS by Web Browser 
 
To connect to the NAS by a web browser, follow these steps: 
1. Enter http://NAS IP:8080 in the web browser. Or if using QNAP Qfinder Pro, simply double click 
on the NAS to open the login page. 
 
Note: The default NAS IP is 169.254.100.100:8080. If the NAS has been configured to use DHCP, 
you can use QNAP Qfinder Pro to check the IP address of the NAS. Make sure the NAS and the 
computer that runs QNAP Qfinder Pro are connected to the same subnet. If the...

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Migrating NAS 
 
Users can migrate their existing NAS to another NAS model with all the data and configuration retained 
by simply installing all the hard drives of the original (source) NAS on the new (destination) NAS 
according to its original hard drive order and restart the NAS.  
 
Due to differing hardware designs, the new NAS will automatically check if a firmware update is 
required before system migration. After the migration has finished, all of the settings and data will be...

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TS-x69, TS-x70, TVS-x71, TS-x79, 
TS-x80, TVS-x80, TS-x80U, 
TVS-x82, TVS-X82T 
TS-x39, TS-509, 
TS-809, SS-x39, 
TS-x59, TS-x59U 
3.8 
4.0.x 
4.1.x and 
later 
TS-x10, TS-x12, TS-x19, TS-x20, 
TS-x21, HS-210 
3.8.x and 
older 
4.0.2  
Yes 
TS-x39, TS-509, TS-809, SS-x39, 
TS-x59, TS-x59U, TS-x69, 
TS-x69U, TS-x70, TS-x70U, 
TS-x79, TS-x79U 
No 
 
 
TS-x28, TS-x31/x31+, TS-431U, 
HS-251/251+, TS-x51/x51+, 
TS-x53, SS-x53 
4.0.5 
4.1.x and 
later 
TVS-x63, TS-563, TS-x63U, 
TS-x69, TS-x70, TS-x70U,...