Connecting to a smartphone, Connecting to a, Smartphone – Canon PowerShot SX280 HS User Manual

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Connecting to a Smartphone

When establishing a Wi-Fi connection with a smartphone, you can either

use the camera as an access point or use another access point.

Follow these instructions when using the camera as an access point. When

using another access point, see “Connecting to Access Points in the List”

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Installing CameraWindow on a Smartphone

Before connecting your camera to a smartphone, first install the free

dedicated application, CameraWindow, on your smartphone.

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Connect the smartphone to a

network.

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Install CameraWindow.

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For an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch,

download and install CameraWindow

from the Mac App Store.

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For an Android device, download and

install CameraWindow from Google Play.

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Register the smartphone name.

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On the smartphone, start CameraWindow

and enter a name for the smartphone that

will be displayed on the camera.

For details on this application (supported smartphones and included functions),

refer to the Canon website.

When you are in the vicinity of an access point that you have

previously connected to, the camera will automatically connect

to it in step 2. To change access points, select [Switch Network]

from the screen that will be displayed when the connection is

being established, and follow steps 4 – 5 in “Adding a Computer”

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After you have accessed the Wi-Fi menu once, you can access it again by

pressing the <

o> button. The recent target device is listed first, so you can

easily connect again by pressing the <

o><p> buttons to choose it. To add

a new device, display the device selection screen by pressing the <

q><r>

buttons, and then configure the setting. If you prefer not to display recent

target devices, press the <

n> button, and on the [3] tab, choose [Wi-Fi

Settings] ► [Target History] ► [Off].

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