Sending images from a camera to an Androidâ„¢ smartphone (PowerShot N)
27-May-2016
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Solution
NOTE
In the following explanation, Android™ smartphone setting procedures are indicated by the 
icon, and camera setting procedures are indicated by the 
icon.
icon, and camera setting procedures are indicated by the icon.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
1. Check the smartphone’s specifications.- To confirm the Android™ OS version information, check the [Settings] menu (
) 
[About device] [Android version].
NOTE
- Turning off the sleep function of the Android™ smartphone is recommended.
- The setting procedures and items may differ depending on the Android™ OS version installed on your Android™ smartphone.
- Please refer to the table below for more information on supported OS versions. (as of March 2016)
| Device | Supported OS version |
| Smartphone / Tablet | 4.0-4.4 / 5.0-5.1 / 6.0 |
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 toStep 3: Connecting the camera to the Android smartphone.
NOTE
- The example procedure is shown on an Android™ smartphone installed with Android™ OS 4.0.
- The example screen images from the Android™ smartphone are used to explain the setting procedures and may differ from the screens shown on other models. For more information on the model you are using, refer to the Instruction manual included with your Android™ smartphone.
1. Touch the [Play Store] application on your Android™ smartphone to access Google Play™.
IMPORTANT
・The Camera Connect application is free, but separate connection charges for accessing Google Play™ may be applicable.
・A Google account is necessary to download Camera Connect.
・It is not possible to download Camera Connect to smartphones not equipped with GooglePlay™.
・Downloading the application via a cellular network may take longer than downloading via Wi-Fi.
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.
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'.)
> button'.)
NOTE
When setting up Wi-Fi for the first time, the camera nickname registration screen will be displayed.
This nickname will be displayed on the screen of target devices when connecting to other devices via Wi-Fi.
Touch within the frame and then enter a nickname (up to 16 letters and numbers) with the displayed keyboard. Press the [OK] button when finished.
([my camera] has been entered in the example image above.)
6. The camera’s SSID and encryption key are displayed on the screen.
REFERENCE
When you are in the vicinity of an access point that you have previously connected to, the camera will automatically connect to it. To change access points, select [Switch Network] from the screen that will be displayed when the connection is being established.
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.)
REFERENCE
- 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.
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.
NOTE
- 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 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.NOTE
When you have registered multiple smartphones to the camera, the [Edit a Device] screen will be displayed if connection settings are erased. In this case, touch the 
button to display the [Select a Device] screen, touch [Add a Device].
button to display the [Select a Device] screen, touch [Add a Device].*Android™, and Google Play™ are trademarks of Google Inc.