Sending images from a camera to an Android smartphone
Article ID: ART165805 | | | Date published: 06/21/2016 | | | Date last updated: 09/01/2016 |
Description
Sending images from a camera to an Android™ smartphone
Solution
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If a Wi-Fi connection to the camera cannot be made using Camera Connect, please refer to The camera cannot be connected via Wi-Fi using Camera Connect
Getting Started The procedure for using the Wi-Fi function to send images from a camera to an Android⢠smartphone is explained in the following four steps. Proceed in order from Step 1.
Step 1: Confirming the Android⢠OS version
Step 2: Installing Camera Connect on the Android⢠smartphone
Step 3: Connecting the camera to the Android⢠smartphone
Step 4: Sending images to the Android⢠smartphone
Step 1: Confirming the Android⢠OS version
1. Check the smartphoneâs specifications.
Step 2: Installing Camera Connect on the Android⢠smartphone
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 Android⢠smartphone.
1. Touch the [Play Store] application on your Android⢠smartphone to access Google Playâ¢.
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 Android⢠smartphone.
After installation has been completed, tap the [Home] button to return to the Home Screen.
Step 3: Connecting the camera to the Android⢠smartphone
1. Touch the menu key, and then touch [Settings].
2. Confirm that the Android⢠smartphone is not set to [Airplane mode].
3. Set the [Wi-Fi] switch to [ON], and then touch [Wi-Fi].
4. Press the <Playback> () button to turn the camera on.
5. Press the <Wi-Fi> () button.
6. Press the <><><><> buttons to choose [ ], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
7. Press the <><> buttons to choose [Add a Device], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
The cameraâs SSID is displayed on the screen.
8. Choose the SSID (network name) displayed on the cameraâs screen from the list of access points displayed on the Android⢠smartphone.
After confirming that the Android⢠smartphone and the camera are connected, touch the [Home Button] to return to the [Home Screen].
9. Tap the [Canon CC] ( ) application icon on the Android⢠smartphone to start [Camera Connect].
Once the Android⢠smartphone is recognized on the camera, its nickname will be displayed on the camera as shown in the image below.
10. Press the <><> buttons to choose the Android⢠smartphone's nickname, and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
11. Press the <><> buttons to choose [No], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
Choose [Yes] to use an Android⢠smartphone to send images from the camera to the Android⢠smartphone.
12. The following screen appears.
13. Once you have connected to the Android⢠smartphone, a screen like the one below will appear.
Step 4: Sending images to the Android⢠smartphone
1. Press the <><> buttons to choose [Select and send], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
2. The following screen appears.
3. The following screen appears.
Press the <><><><> buttons to choose [Send] and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
4. To disconnect from the camera, press the < MENU> button, and after the confirmation message, press the < >< > buttons to choose [OK], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
The camera cannot be connected via Wi-Fi using Camera Connect The information registered to the smartphone for CameraWindow cannot be used for Camera Connect. Therefore, it will be necessary to re-register connection information for Camera Connect.
The procedures for making connections with Camera Connect are explained below.
1. Press the [Playback] ( ) button.
2. Press the [Wi-Fi] ( ) button.
3. A list of settings registered to the camera will be displayed. Press the [ ], [ ] buttons to display the [Select a Device] screen.
4. Press the[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] buttons to choose [ ], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
5. Press the [ ], [ ] buttons to choose [Edit a Device], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
6. Choose the name of the smartphone you installed the Camera Window app on, and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
7. Choose [Erase Connection Info], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
8. Choose [OK], and then press the <FUNC./SET> () button.
9. When the [Select a Device] screen is displayed, perform the procedures explained from step 7 in Step 3: Connecting the camera to the Android⢠smartphone to complete the settings.
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