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Stream/Transfer videos, movies, music to Acer Iconia Tab A500 from Mac with WiFi network
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    Have you been the user of the Acer Iconia A500? Acer Iconia A500 has a 10.1-inch, 1280-by-800 pixel display with a 16:10 aspect ratio which is great for high-definition content. The Iconia Tab A500 is the largest of the three tablets that Acer has already introduced. The model tested here is Wi-Fi-only and carries the designation A500-10S16u. So ever thought of streaming media files to Acer Iconia A500 via wifi?
  • This article will share the guide on how to transfer media files like videos, movies, music to the Iconia A500 from Mac via WiFi for some newbies.
  • First of you need to install Wifi Explorer on Iconia Tab A500. And to install WiFi Explorer on your Iconia A500 tablet you need to download Astro File Explorer from Market first (It’s free).
  • Step A: Install Astro.
    1. Launch Market and search, download & install Astro File Manager.
    Step B: Install Wifi Explorer.
    2. Copy Wifi Explorer to your thumb drive/ micro SD card.
    3. Plug-in your thumb drive/micro SD card.
    4. Launch Astro explore external SD (If you are using a Micro SD Card) or USB storage (If you are using a thumb drive).
    5. Find and click Wifi Explorer and install the app and then double tap to exit Astro.
    Step C: Use Wifi Explorer to Transfer Files.
    6. Make sure both your laptop and tablet are connected to the same WiFi network.
    7. Launch the Wifi explorer app on your tablet.
    8. Launch safari/chrome internet browser on your Mac.
    9. Type in the Wifi explorer web URL in the address bar of internet browser as seen on your tablet.
    10. Manage your media files videos, movies, music from your Mac to tablet via internet browser.
  • After the above steps, you can stream videos, movies, music to the Iconia A500 from Mac via WiFi freely. Hopefully it can help you.
  • While there are some Iconia Tab A500 users still have the confusion that how to play all the videos, movies streaming from Mac on the Iconia Tab A500, because of the limitation of its supported formats. Here we highly recommend the best video conversion application- Mac Iconia Tab A500 Video&Blu-ray Converter to you (Free download the trial version). This software is especially designed for Iconia Tab A500, with which you can convert any video like VOB, TiVo, AVCHD, TOD, F4V, MOV, MKV, DivX, etc and rip Blu-ray/DVD movies to Iconia Tab A500 friendly format easily and quickly.
  • Step 1: Import videos and Blu-ray/DVD movies to the Mac Iconia Tab A500 Video&Blu-ray Converter.
    Launch the best Mac Iconia Tab A500 Video&Blu-ray Converter, and click the “File” button. From the sublist, click “Load from disc” or “Load from folder” to load your Blu-ray/DVD movies; click “Add video” to import videos to the t best Mac Iconia Tab A500 Video&Blu-ray Converter.
    Tips:
    1. If you wanna combine your multiple video files into one file, you can tick the box “Merge into one file”. Thus, you can play/watch videos/movies on Iconia Tab A500 without interruption.
    2. You can freely select your wanted subtitles and audio track including forced subtitles for your movie as well.
  • Step 2: Select an output format for Acer Iconia Tab A500 and set the output folder.
    Click on the dropdown menu of “Format” and then move your pointer to “Android”, from the sublist, you can choose “Acer Iconia Tab A500 H.264 Video(*.mp4)”, “Acer Iconia Tab A500 HD 720p(*.mp4)” and “Acer Iconia Tab A500 Full HD 1080p(*.mp4)”. And then you can click the “Brower” icon to set the output folder.
    Note: The former two formats are perfect formats for you to watch and play on the Acer A500, and the later one is the perfect format for you to transfer them to HD media player like HD TV for playback.
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  • Step 3: Click “Settings” icon to adjust audio and video parameters.
    Click the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”. You can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface according to your needs and optimize the output file quality.
    Note: You can keep the default parameters since these formats are especially designed for the Acer Iconia Tab A500. You can also adjust the parameters according to your own needs.
  • Step 4: Start converting videos and ripping Blu-ray/DVD movies to Acer Iconia Tab A500 on Mac.
    Click the “Convert” icon, and it will convert videos, Blu-ray/DVD movies to Iconia Tab A500 on Mac immediately. You can find the conversion process in the “Conversion” interface.
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  • After the videos/Blu-ray/DVD movie to Iconia Tab A500 conversion on Mac, you can get the output files for Iconia Tab A500 via clicking on “Open” button effortlessly. Now you can transfer/stream Blu-ray/DVD movie, videos to Iconia Tab A500 from Mac with WiFi network. And then you can play/Watch all the videos, movies on Iconia Tab A500 smoothly in high quality.
  • Tip:
    This Mac Iconia Tab A500 Video&Blu-ray Converter as the best Video Converter for Mac, Blu-ray Ripper for Mac and DVD Ripper for Mac is your best choice for converting video, Blu-ray/DVD movies at the simultaneously. To learn more about it, you can refer to Brorsoft Mac Iconia Tab A500 Video&Blu-ray Converter.

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