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Viewing and Sharing Using a Smartphone

Sharing Still Images and Videos from the Smartphone

Using the basic app for smartphone allows you to post still images and videos to a social networking service (SNS).

Connecting the Camera to a Smartphone

1. Swipe down on the shooting screen of the camera to display the camera setting screen.

Displaying the Shooting Screen and Various Other Screens: Switching to Various Other Screens

2. Tap

to turn on the Bluetooth^®/TM function (change the button color to blue).

3. Turn on the Bluetooth^®/TM and Wi‑Fi^TM functions of the smartphone.

4. Start the basic app for smartphone.

5. Tap

on the screen of the basic app, and then follow the instructions on the screen.

Note

While the camera is connected to the smartphone, you can operate the camera from either the camera unit or the basic app for smartphone.

When the camera is operated with the basic app for smartphone, the operation with the camera unit is locked, the [Switch to camera operation] screen is displayed on the LCD panel. When the camera is operated with the camera unit, the operation with the basic app for smartphone is locked, the [Switch to app operation] screen is displayed on the basic app. To unlock the operation, tap [OK] on each screen.

Making a Connection by Specifying the SSID

You can also connect the camera to a smartphone by specifying the SSID.

1. Swipe down on the shooting screen of the camera to display the camera setting screen.

Displaying the Shooting Screen and Various Other Screens: Switching to Various Other Screens

2. Tap

to turn on the wireless LAN function (change the button color to blue).

3. Turn on the Wi-Fi^TM function of the smartphone.

4. Select the SSID of the camera in the network list of the smartphone Wi‑Fi^TM settings, and then enter the password.

The serial number printed on the bottom of the camera is the same as the SSID and password.

The SSID is “THETA + Serial number indicated by B + .OSC” (in this case “THETAYR00001017.OSC”). The password is the numbers indicated by A (in this case “00001017”).

The password can be changed using the basic app for smartphone.

Checking and Changing the Camera Settings with the Smartphone: Change Wi-Fi Password

You can reset the password by executing [Reset password] on the camera setting screen.

When the wireless LAN connection is complete,

turns on on the shooting screen of the camera.

Connection lost

If the connection fails, follow the procedure below.

1. Swipe down on the shooting screen of the camera to display the camera setting screen.

Displaying the Shooting Screen and Various Other Screens: Switching to Various Other Screens

2. Tap

to turn off the wireless LAN function (change the button color to gray).

3. Tap

again to turn on the wireless LAN function (change the button color to blue).

4. Check that the camera is not connected to another wireless LAN such as a public Wi-Fi^TM network.

5. Execute [Reset password] on the camera setting screen.

6. Turn off the power of the camera.

7. Restart the basic app for smartphone.

8. Turn on the power of the camera.

1. Tap [×] at the top left of the shooting screen of the basic app for smartphone.

Transferred still images and videos are displayed in [Device images].

2. Select where still images and videos are saved.

[Device images]: Still images and videos transferred from the camera to the smartphone can be shared.

[Cam images]: Still images and videos saved in the camera can be shared.

3. Tap the still image or video to be shared.

The selected still image or video is displayed in the Viewer.

4. Tap on the screen to display the buttons, and then tap share button

The sharing screen is displayed.

Select [Share with this orientation] to change the area initially displayed as a thumbnail when a still image is uploaded to “theta360.com” and the area that is first displayed when a still image or video is viewed.

5. Enter a comment.

6. Select the social networking service to post the still image or video to.

7. Tap [Done].

Caution

A mobile phone line is used for sharing in Step 7 even if the camera is connected to a smartphone via a wireless LAN. Therefore, this operation needs to be performed in a place where communication via a mobile phone line is possible. If you want to share still images and videos via a wireless LAN, set the camera to the client mode and connect the camera to a wireless router connected to the Internet.
- Connecting the Camera to a Wireless Router
When using “RICOH THETA for Android” to connect the smartphone to the camera via a wireless LAN, you may need to switch network connections to post a still image or video. Therefore, when you want to use the camera by connecting it to the smartphone after posting the still image or video, reconnect them.
When a still image or video is posted to a social networking service, it is compressed by the social networking service and may become grainy. Check the specifications of the social networking service for details.
The communication costs will be borne by the user.

Note

Still images and videos are uploaded to the dedicated site “theta360.com”, and the uploaded still image or video itself or a link to the uploaded still image or video is posted to the social networking service.
For still images, Photo Sphere XMP meta data is saved when they are shot. The still images with Photo Sphere XMP meta data added can be shared and viewed on various services that support spherical images.