Solution
Step 1: Confirming the Smartphone's OS VersionStep 2: Installing Camera Connect on the Smartphone and Setting Wi-Fi to ON
Step 3: Connecting the Camera to the Smartphone
Step 4: Sending Images to the Smartphone
You can send images from the camera to smartphones and tablets with Wi-Fi functions.
This article explains [how to send images from the camera by pressing the Wi-Fi button and connecting to a smartphpne].
Images can also be sent via NFC connections using Android™ smartphones (installed with OS version 4.0 or later) that support NFC. For more information, please refer to Sending Images From a Camera to an Android Smartphone via an NFC Connection (IXUS 190).
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: Confirming the smartphone's OS version
: Installing Camera Connect on the smartphone and setting Wi-Fi to ON
: Connecting the camera to the smartphone
: Sending images to the smartphone
Step 1: Confirming the Smartphone's OS Version
1. Check the smartphone’s specifications.
To confirm the Android™ OS version information, check the [Settings] menu ( ) ⋗ [About device] ⋗ [Android version].
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Please refer to the related information for details on the smartphones which can be connected with a camera wirelessly.
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Step 2: Installing Camera Connect on the Smartphone and Setting Wi-Fi to ON
Download Camera Connect from Google Play™ and install it on the smartphone.
If Camera Connect is already installed on the smartphone, please proceed to Step 3: Connecting the Camera to the Smartphone.
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1. Touch the [Play Store] application on your smartphone to access Google Play™.
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2. Touch the search icon.
3.
Enter [Camera Connect] in the search field, and then
touch [Search].
4. Choose [Camera Connect] from the displayed search results, and install it on the smartphone.
After installation has been completed, tap the [Home] button to return to the Home Screen.
5. Touch the menu key, and then touch [Settings] (
).
6. Confirm that the smartphone is not set to [Airplane mode].
7. Set the [Wi-Fi] switch to [ON].
Step 3: Connecting the Camera to the Smartphone
1. Press the [
] button.
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2. Press the [
], [
], [
], [
] buttons to choose [
], and then press the [
] button.
3. Press the [
], [
] buttons to choose [Add a device], and then press the [
] button.
4. The camera’s SSID is displayed on the screen.
5. Choose the SSID (network name) displayed on the camera’s screen from the list of access points displayed on the smartphone.
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If you open the [ ] tab on the MENU screen, select [Wireless settings] ⋗ [Wi-Fi Settings] ⋗ [Password], and change the setting to [On], the SSID and the password will appear on the screen and you can improve the security. In this case, enter the password displayed on the camera in the password field on the smartphone when it is displayed.
6. Tap the [Camera Connect] (
) application icon on the smartphone to start [Camera Connect].
7. On the camera selection screen displayed on the smartphone, choose the camera to begin pairing.
8. When connecting to a smartphone for the first time, the following screen will be displayed on the camera. In this case, press the [
], [
] buttons to choose [Yes], and then press the [
] button.
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9. The following screen appears.
10. Once you have connected to the smartphone, a screen like the one below will appear.
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Step 4: Sending Images to the Smartphone
1. Touch [Images on camera] in Camera Connect.
2. Use the smartphone to import images from the camera to the smartphone.
3. After the screen refreshes,
choose the desired images, and then
touch [
] on the bottom right of the screen. The selected images will be saved to the smartphone.
4. After the images have been saved, touch [
] appearing in the upper right of the screen, and then touch [
] in the upper left of the screen to return to the menu screen.
5. To end the connection, touch the [
] icon displayed in the upper right of the screen, and then touch [YES].
6. After the camera and smartphone have been disconnected, the following screen appears on the camera’s screen. Choose [OK], and then press the [
] button.
This concludes the explanation of the procedures for operating the smartphone to send images.
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