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- Page 1 Using an iOS/Android device to control the camcorder from another location after setting it up in your home (Remote Control+Streaming) (VIXIA HF R60/R62)
- Page 2 With this function of CameraAccess plus, you can leave the camcorder home and monitor the streamed image while you are away. You can even use your iOS/Android device to start recording on the camcorder. When using an NFC-compatible Android device, you can connect the camcorder and the device with a simple operation.
- Page 3 REFERENCE Using the Remote Monitoring Checker utility program (for Windows only), you can check whether your home networks access point and Internet connection meet the requirements for using the Monitor while Out function*. For details about this program and links to the download page, visit PIXELAs Web site.
- Page 4 Touch the NFC touchpoint on the Android device* to the NFC touchpoint on the camcorder. Align the center of the NFC touchpoints on both devices. If there is no reaction, try changing the • position of the Android device slightly while it is touching the camcorder. When the device is recognized, the Android device will emit a sound** and the CameraAccess •...
- Page 5 Step 2: Performing camcorder password and port configuration settings 2. Camcorder: Turn on the camcorder and make sure it is set to a recording mode. 3. Camcorder: Touch the [ ] icon displayed on the screen. 4. Camcorder: Drag your finger left/right to bring the [Remote Control+Streaming] menu to the center, and then touch the icon to open it.
- Page 6 5. Camcorder: Bring [ ] (Monitor while Out) to the center, and then touch [ 6. Camcorder: Touch [ 7. Camcorder: Touch the password field.
- Page 7 8. Camcorder: Enter a unique 4 and 8 character password for the Monitor while Out function, and then touch [ For more information on entering a password, please refer to the 'Using the virtual keyboard' below. NOTE We recommend using an 8-character password using a mix of numbers and uppercase/lowercase letters.
- Page 8 (Switch between letters and numbers/special characters.) : Space key Backspace (Delete the character to the cursors left.) Caps Lock. When the numerical keyboard is displayed, [#%?] switches between set 1 and set 2 of special characters. (Change the position of the cursor.) : Cancel 9.
- Page 9 11. Camcorder: Touch [ Step 3: Connecting the camcorder to an access point 12. If necessary, set up a connection to an access point. If you have previously configured and saved only one connection to an access point, the • camcorder will automatically connect to that access point.
- Page 10 NOTE If you have previously configured and saved a connection to an access point, the camcorder will connect automatically to the last access point used. Touch [ ] twice, and then proceed to step 15. 13. Camcorder: Touch the desired connection method. You can select from the following four connection methods.
- Page 11 For more information on your access point, please refer to its Instruction Manual. Simply press and hold the WPS button on your wireless router and then touch the WPS: camcorders screen. This is the easiest connection method if you are using a WPS- Button* compatible router.
- Page 12 14-a-1. [WPS: Button] method Press and hold the WPS button on the wireless router. Depending on the router, the amount of time required may differ. • Make sure the routers WPS function is activated. • 14-a-2. Camcorder: Within 2 minutes, touch [OK] on the camcorders screen. The camcorder will connect to the access point.
- Page 13 You can touch [Stop] and then [OK] to interrupt the Wi-Fi Protected Setup while it is in progress. When the Wi-Fi Protected Setup is finished, [Configuration completed] will appear on the screen. Please proceed to step 15. 14-b-1. [WPS: PIN Code] method From a computer or similar device connected to the access point, use the Web browser to open the routers WPS settings screen.
- Page 14 14-b-2. Camcorder: Within 2 minutes, touch [OK] on the camcorders screen. The camcorder will connect to the access point. You can touch [Stop] and then [OK] to interrupt the Wi-Fi Protected Setup while it is in progress.
- Page 15 When the Wi-Fi Protected Setup is finished, [Configuration completed] will appear on the screen. Please proceed to step 15. 14-c-1.Search for Access Points After you touch [Search for Access Points], the camcorder will take a few seconds to detect access points available in the vicinity and will display the first one.
- Page 16 14-c-4. Camcorder: Enter the access points password (encryption key). If the access point selected in step 2-c-3 did not have a [ ] icon, this step is not necessary. To enter the [Encryption Key] field, touch [Not configured] , and then enter the access points password (encryption key).
- Page 17 Please proceed to step 15. 14-d-1. Manual Setup Perform this procedure to manually configure the wireless connection settings. This may be necessary, for example, if your access points network name (SSID) cannot be detected due to the stealth function being enabled. Manual setup is for advanced users of Wi-Fi networks. 14-d-2.
- Page 18 14-d-4. Camcorder: Touch the desired method. If you selected [OPEN WEP], the WEP index is 1. 14-d-5. Camcorder: Enter the encryption key. If you selected [OPEN NONE] in step 14-d-4., this step is not necessary. Touch the [Encryption Key] field, and then enter the encryption key (password). Touch [Next].
- Page 19 14-d-6. Camcorder: Select how to obtain the IP address. Touch [Automatic] or [Manual]. If you selected [Automatic], please proceed to 14-d-12. 14-d-7. Camcorder: To enter the [IP Address] field, touch [0.0.0.0]. Touch the first field. 14-d-8. Camcorder: Touch [ ] or [ ] to change the value.
- Page 20 14-d-9. Enter the [Subnet Mask] field in the same way and touch [Next]. 14-d-10. Enter the [Default Gateway] field in the same way and touch [Next]. 14-d-11. Enter the [Primary DNS Server] and [Secondary DNS Server] fields in the same way and touch [Next].
- Page 21 Please proceed to step 15. Step 4: Registering the camcorders ID in the iOS/Android device 15. iOS/Android device: Register the camcorders ID and password. If the iOS/Android device is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as the camcorder, CameraAccess plus will recognize the camcorder's ID and register it automatically.
- Page 22 : NFC touchpoint 1. Touch the NFC touchpoint on the Android device* to the NFC touchpoint on the camcorder. Align the center of the NFC touchpoints on both devices. If there is no reaction, try changing the • position of the Android device slightly while it is touching the camcorder. When the device is recognized, the Android device will emit a sound** and the CameraAccess •...
- Page 23 15-a-3. Start the CameraAccess plus app and touch [Setting] and then [Start]. 15-a-4. The camcorders ID will be registered. 15-a-5. Touch [End]. 15-a-6. End the wireless connection to the access point. Registering the camcorders ID manually. • 15-b-1. Start the CameraAccess plus app. 15-b-2.
- Page 24 15-b-3. Follow the onscreen instructions to register the ID displayed on the camcorders screen.
- Page 25 Step 5: Controlling the camcorder with the iOS/Android device...
- Page 26 16. iOS/Android device: Start CameraAccess plus while in a secondary location. NOTE Confirm that the camcorder is on, set to Monitor while Out, and connected to a Wi-Fi access point. 17. iOS/Android device: connect to the Wi-Fi network and touch [Start] under [Monitor while Out].
- Page 27 18. iOS/Android device: Enter the password for the [Monitor while Out] function that you set in the camcorder in step 7, and then touch Connect. 19. iOS/Android device: Use the apps onscreen controls to operate the camcorder while viewing the live image on the device.
- Page 28 20. Camcorder: To end the Monitor while Out mode, touch [End] to end the wireless connection and then turn off the camcorder. NOTE For details about CameraAccess plus, please refer to the following site. • http://pixela.jp/cermc When the camcorder is in Monitor from Home or Monitor while Out mode, the shooting mode •...