Sending images from a camera to an Android™ smartphone (PowerShot N)

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.

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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

Sending images to the Android™ smartphone

Step 1: Confirming the Android™ 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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Step 2: Installing CameraWindow on the Android™ smartphone

Download Camera Connect from Google Play™ and install it on the Android™ smartphone.

If Camera Connect is already installed on the Android device, please proceed to
Step 3: Connecting the camera to the Android smartphone.

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1. Touch the [Play Store] application on your Android™ 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 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 smartphone is not set to [Airplane mode].

3. Set the [Wi-Fi] switch to [ON], and then touch [Wi-Fi].

4. Press the camera’s ⋖Mobile device connect⋗ () button.

(Hereafter referred to as the '⋖⋗ button'.)

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5. Confirm the details, and touch [OK].

6. The camera’s SSID and encryption key are displayed on the screen.

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7. Choose the SSID (network name) displayed on the camera’s screen from the list of access points displayed on the Android™ smartphone.

8. Enter the encryption key displayed on the camera screen into the password field on the smartphone, and then touch [Connect].

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, the device connection screen will be displayed on the camera.

10. Touch the name of the Android™ smartphone you want to connect to.

11. After a connection is established with the Android™ smartphone, the Android™ smartphone name is displayed on the camera. (This screen will close in about one minute.)

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Once you have connected to a smartphone initially via Wi-Fi by pressing the ⋖ ⋗ button, you can simply press the ⋖ ⋗ button after that to connect again and view and save camera images on connected devices.

Note that only one smartphone can be assigned to the ⋖⋗ button.

Step 4: Sending images to the Android™ smartphone

1. Use the Android™ smartphone to import images from the camera to the Android™ smartphone.

When the camera is connected to the Android™ smartphone, a list of the images on the camera will appear in [Camera Connect].

2. After the screen refreshes, choose the desired images, and then touch [Save] on the bottom right of the screen. The selected images will be saved to the Android™ smartphone.

3. After the images have been saved, touch the [Home] button to return to the menu screen.

4. To end the connection, touch the [ ] icon displayed in the upper right of the screen, and then touch [Yes].

When the connection is ended, the camera will automatically turn off.

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To control the camera manually, either end the connection from the Android™ smartphone or restart the camera after pressing the power button to turn it off momentarily.

Once a connection has been established with a smartphone, you can automatically reconnect to the registered device by simply pressing the ⋖ ⋗ button, even if the camera has been turned off.

To assign a different smartphone to the ⋖⋗ button, clear the current assignment. Touch [FUNC.] and then [MENU], and on the [ ] tab, choose [Mobile Device Connect Button]. After the confirmation message, touch [OK], and then assign the new smartphone to the 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. Touch the [Wi-Fi] ( ) button.

3. A list of settings registered to the camera will be displayed. Touch the [ ], [ ] buttons to display the [Select a Device] screen.

4. Touch [ ].

5. Touch [Edit a Device].

6. Touch the name of the smartphone you installed the CameraWindow app on.

7. Touch [Erase Connection Info].

8. Touch [OK].

9. When the [Select a Device] screen is displayed, touch the [Add a Device].

10. Perform the procedures explained from step 6 in Step 3: Connecting the camera to the Android™ smartphone to complete the settings.

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