The first time you establish a wireless connection between the camera and a smartphone, you need to use the procedure below to configure wireless connection settings.
Using a Smartphone that Supports Bluetooth Smart
There are two types of wireless connection: Bluetooth wireless technology connection and wireless LAN connection. With a smartphone that supports Bluetooth Smart, wireless connection settings can be configured by simply establishing a Bluetooth wireless technology connection between the camera and smartphone.
IMPORTANT!
• Some smartphone models may not be compatible with this camera.
Camera Operation
1. On the camera, touch Show Icons.
2. On the camera, touch Wireless mode icon.
This will display the wireless mode screen.
3. On the camera, touch “Pairing”.
4. On the camera, touch “Start”.
・You can start pairing by perhorming an operation on the camera, without using the controller.
In the case of an EX-FR100CA camera, perform the steps below to configure wireless settings.
Ⅰ On the camera, hold down [Power] for about two seconds to turn off power.
Ⅱ On the camera, hold down [Power] for about six seconds.
The camera’s operation lamp will flash amber.
Phone Operation
5. On the smartphone, start up the EXILIM Connect app.
• If this is the first time you are starting up EXILIM Connect, a Software End User License Agreement will appear.
Tap “Agree”. This will display a screen that explains app functions.
On the screen, tap “Next” to continue to the text screen. Tapping “Done” at the end will display the top screen.
6. On the smartphone, tap “Pairing”.
The smartphone will display the name of nearby cameras that are available for pairing.
7. On the smartphone, tap the camera's name you want to pair with. This completes pairing of the camera and smartphone, and establishes a Bluetooth wireless technology connection.
• In the case of an Android terminal, wireless LAN connection settings are also configured automatically.
In this case, advance to step 11 of this procedure.
• In the case of an iPhone, you need to configure wireless LAN settings (install a profile) next.
Advance to step 8 of this procedure.
8. On the smartphone, tap “Install”.
Follow the instructions that appear on the smartphone to install the profile required for wireless LAN setup.
• On some smartphone models, the passcode input screen may appear.
If this happens, input your smartphone’s passcode.
9. After installation of the profile is complete, tap “Done” on the smartphone.
10. On the smartphone screen, tap the EXILIM Connect icon.
This establishes a wireless LAN connection between the camera and smartphone.
• If you are using an iPhone and there is no LAN connection between the camera and smartphone, use the smartphone’s Wi-Fi settings to select the camera’s SSID to establish a wireless LAN connection between the camera and smartphone.
11. On the smartphone, tap “OK”.
NOTE
• If you are unable to establish a Bluetooth Smart connection, turn the camera off and then back on again.
Next, perform the above procedure from step 1 again.
• If the camera is paired with a smartphone, the smartphone can be used to recover from the camera's sleep state, and then perform a Shoot From Phone or View Camera Images operation. The camera is in the sleep state if its operation lamp is flashing green. You can use one of the procedures below to put the camera into the sleep state.
- While both the camera and controller are turned on:
Turning off controller power will cause the camera to enter the sleep state, which is indicated by its operation lamp slowly flashing green.
- If only the camera is turned on, it will enter the sleep state (indicated by its operation lamp slowly flashing green) if no camera or smartphone operation is performed for more than 30 seconds.
Precautions:
Auto Power Off is disabled while the camera in the sleep state, which runs down the battery.
Be sure to turn off the camera when you are not using it.
Holding down the power button will cause the operation lamp to go out, indicating that the camera is turned off.
Using a Smartphone that does not Support Bluetooth Smart
If your smartphone does not support Bluetooth Smart, you need to configure smartphone wireless LAN connection settings by inputting the camera’s SSID and password.
Camera Operation
1. On the camera, touch Show Icons.
2. On the camera, touch Wireless mode icon.
3. On the camera, touch “Shoot with phone”.
4. On the camera, touch “Start”.
This will enable connection with a smartphone and the camera will display a screen for input of an SSID and password.
Phone Operation
5. For the smartphone's Wi-Fi settings, input the camera "SSID:" and "password:".
When the message "Start up the phone app." appears on the camera's monitor screen, it means that the smartphone has established a wireless connection with the camera.
Starting up EXILIM Connect will cause the camera's Wireless LAN connection lamp to light.
・What you need to do to establish a wireless LAN connection depends on the type of smartphone you are using. For details about how to establish a wireless LAN connection see the user documentation that comes with your smartphone.
・The initial default SSID and password settings are shown below.
SSID: FR10 Camera
Password: 00000000
NOTE
• After you finish configuring camera and smartphone connection settings, you can use the procedure below to establish a wireless LAN connection between the camera and smartphone.
In the case of an EX-FR100CA camera, perform the steps below to configure wireless settings.
1. On the camera, hold down [Power] for about two seconds to turn off power.
2. On the camera, while holding down [Movie], hold down [Power] for about one second.
3. For the smartphone’s Wi-Fi settings, enter the camera’s SSID and password to establish a wireless LAN connection between the camera and smartphone.
When the smartphone establishes a wireless LAN connection with the camera, the camera’s wireless LAN connection lamp lights blue and the message “Start up the phone app.” appears on the controller’s monitor screen.
- What you need to do to establish a wireless LAN connection depends on the type of smartphone you are using. For details about how to establish a wireless LAN connection see the user documentation that comes with your smartphone.
- The camera SSID (which cannot be changed) and password (initial default) are shown below.
SSID: FR100-XXXXXX (6-character alphanumeric ID)
Password: 00000000
4. On the smartphone, start up “EXILIM Connect”.
• If you are unable to establish a wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) connection between the smartphone and camera, it may mean there is already one of the wireless connections below.
Re-establish the wireless LAN connection using the camera’s SSID and password.
- Household wireless LAN
- Public wireless LAN
- Portable wireless LAN device
