Recording Via the Browser Remote Application on Your Smartphone (VIXIA HF G40 / LEGRIA HF G40)
Article ID: ART164173 | | | Date published: 01/05/2016 | | | Date last updated: 01/05/2016 |
Description
Solution
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You can operate the camcorder remotely via Browser Remote, a Web browser application that can be accessed using the Web browser of devices compatible with Wi-Fi networks. The Browser Remote application lets you monitor the image through live view, start and stop recording, and remotely control the shooting mode, exposure, white balance, aperture, gain, shutter speed, focus and zoom.
Setting the Camcorder's Password For Wi-Fi functions (Browser Remote, Playback via Browser, Movie Uploader) that require an iOS or Android device, you will need to set the camcorder's password. After you enter the password once, you will not need to enter it again*.
* If you used the [Load] function under [Reset All] or in [Backup Menu Settings] you will have to set the password again.
1. Move the POWER switch to [CAMERA].
2. Touch [ ].
3. Touch [ ].
4. Touch [ ].
5. Scroll the screen up or down, adjust [Wi-Fi] to the bar, and touch the button.
6. Touch [Smartphone Connection].
7. Touch the camcorder's password.
8. Enter an 8-character password and touch [OK].
9. Touch [ ] and then [ ].
Operating the Camcorder Remotely 1. Touch [ ].
2. Touch [Browser Remote].
3. Camcorder: Touch [ ON ].
4. The camcorder's SSID (network name) and the URL to be entered in the Web browser will appear. The camcorder will be ready to connect with the device.
5. Connect your iOS/Android device to the camcorder using the Wi-Fi connection.
5-1. Activate Wi-Fi in the settings screen of your iOS/Android device.
- The network names of detected access points will appear.
5-2. Touch the access point with the same SSID displayed in step 4.
5-3. Enter the camcorder's password set previously.
- As long as you do not change the camcorder's password, the connection will be established automatically afterwards.
6. Open the browser on your iOS/Android device and connect to the camcorder.
- The Browser Remote screen will appear.
- As long as you do not change the port settings, the URL is always the same so you may find it convenient to bookmark it.
7. Touch [ ] on the camcorder to close the screen.
- When the connection is established, [ ] (blank) will appear on the camcorder's screen. If an iOS/Android device is not connected, the icon will appear in yellow.
8. Operate the camcorder remotely.
Operate the controls on the screen of the device while viewing the image from the camcorder.
9. To close Browser Remote, touch [OFF] in [Browser Remote] on the camcorder.
Browser Remote Onscreen Controls and Displays The Browser Remote application features "Advanced Control" for devices with larger screens and "Basic Control" for devices with smaller screens. For more details on each of the functions, see the instructions for each function in the Instruction Manual.
Example: Recording program "Manual Exposure"
Example: Recording program "AV"
Basic controls
Use the basic controls when using the application on devices with smaller screens. With the basic controls, the following functions are available: turning live view on and off, starting and stopping recording, zoom and key lock [ ].
Remote Operation Using Browser Remote
Recording movies
Press [LIVE VIEW ON/OFF]
to show the camcorder's live view image on the Browser Remote screen.
Press [START/STOP] to begin recording.
Press [START/STOP] again to pause the recording.
Selecting the recording program
Press the recording program button.
Select the desired recording program.
Adjusting the exposure compensation value
Touch [ ].
Press the exposure compensation value button.
Select the desired exposure compensation value.
Adjusting the white balance
Press the white balance mode button.
If you selected [K]:
Press the color temperature.
Select the desired value from the list.
If you selected [ 1 ] or [ 2 ]:
Point the camcorder at a white object so that it fills the whole screen and touch [ ].
During the procedure, [ ] will flash quickly. When it stops flashing, the procedure is completed and the setting will be applied to the camcorder.
Adjusting the aperture
Press the aperture button.
Select the desired aperture value.
Adjusting the aperture with the IRIS button
[ - ] button: Close the aperture in 1/4-stop increments.
[ + ] button: Open the aperture in 1/4-stop increments.
Adjusting the gain
Press the gain button.
Select the desired gain value.
Adjusting the shutter speed
Press the shutter speed button.
Select the desired shutter speed value.
Adjusting the focus
Touch [MF].
Press one of the focus controls to adjust the focus as necessary.
or one of the controls on the [FAR] side [ ], [ ], [ ] to focus farther away.
Adjusting the zoom
Press one of the zoom controls to adjust the zoom position as necessary.
or one of the controls on the [TELE] side [ ], [ ], [ ] to zoom in.
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