Image Monitoring via an Access Point at Home ( INDOOR MONITORING )

Connect to the wireless LAN router at home, the camera and a smartphone (or computer) via access point wirelessly.
From a smartphone (or computer) in connection, you can monitor the images captured by the camera.

Recording of videos and still images may be performed while monitoring.

When “VIDEO REC FORMAT” is set to “AVCHD”, video quality of the recorded video is XP.

When “VIDEO REC FORMAT” is set to “MP4/MOV”, video quality of the recorded video is 360p.

Size of the captured still image is 1280X720.

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Caution

This function is not designed for disaster or crime prevention.

To prevent the situation of forgetting to turn off the power, this unit will turn off automatically after 10 days of continuous usage.

When not monitoring from a smartphone (or computer), the focus of the camera is fixed.

Even when monitoring from a smartphone (or computer), focus of the camera will be fixed if not operated for more than 3 hours. (Focus works again when the camera is operated.)

What You Need

Smartphone or Windows computer

Wireless LAN router (use a product that has a Wi-Fi certification logo)

Memo

Depending on the wireless LAN router in use and signal strength, you may experience connection problems or slow connections.

Operation Method

1Connect the camera to the access point (wireless LAN router)

Video-LAN-Smart

Connect the camera to the access point by either of the following methods.

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Registration

Follow the operations below if the access point (wireless LAN router) in use supports WPS.

Tap “MENU”.
(Operation on this camera)

C3Z Tap MENU(Movie)

The top menu appears.

Tap the “Wi-Fi” ( Wi-Fi ) icon.
(Operation on this camera)

C3Z_TOP MENU(Wi-Fi)

Tap “COMMON Wi-Fi SETTING”.
(Operation on this camera)

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Tap “ACCESS POINTS”.
(Operation on this camera)

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Tap “ADD”.
(Operation on this camera)

C3Z-WiFi ACCESS POINTS ADD

Tap “EZ REGISTRATION WPS”.
(Operation on this camera)

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Activate WPS of the access point (wireless LAN router) within 2 minutes.

To activate WPS, refer to the instruction manual of the device in use.

After registration is complete, tap “OK” on the camera’s screen.
(Operation on this camera)

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Search the access point, and select from the list.

Set the name (SSID) of the access point (wireless LAN router) and the password beforehand.

Tap “MENU”.
(Operation on this camera)

C3Z Tap MENU(Movie)

The top menu appears.

Tap the “Wi-Fi” ( Wi-Fi ) icon.
(Operation on this camera)

C3Z_TOP MENU(Wi-Fi)

Tap “COMMON Wi-Fi SETTING”.
(Operation on this camera)

C3Z-Wi-Fi_MENU_1

Tap “ACCESS POINTS”.
(Operation on this camera)

C3Z_WiFi COMMON-SET ACCESSPOINT

Tap “ADD”.
(Operation on this camera)

C3Z-WiFi ACCESS POINTS ADD

Tap “SEARCH”.
(Operation on this camera)

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The search results appear on the camera’s screen.

“UNABLE TO FIND THE ACCESS POINT” message appears if there is no access point in the surrounding area.

Tap the name (SSID) of the desired access point from the list of search results.
(Operation on this camera)

C3Z-WiFi ACCESS POINTS ADD S2

Register a password.
(Operation on this camera)

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Tap on the on-screen keyboard to enter characters. The character changes with every tap.
“ABC”, for example, enter “A” by tapping once, “B” by tapping twice, or “C” by tapping 3 times.

Tap “DELETE” to delete a character.

Tap “CANCEL” to exit.

Tap “A/a/1” to select character input type from upper case letter, lower case letter, and number.

Tap LEFT or RIGHT to move one space to the left or right.

The password is not required if the wireless LAN router is not security protected.

After registration is complete, tap “OK” on the camera’s screen.
(Operation on this camera)

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Other methods, such as “Manual Registration” and “WPS PIN Registration” are also available. Refer to the following link for details.

2Connecting the smartphone (or computer) to the access point (wireless LAN router)

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Connect the smartphone (or computer) to the access point (wireless LAN router) at home.

For details on connections, refer to the instruction manuals of the device in use or the wireless LAN router.

This setting is unnecessary if the smartphone (or computer) has already been connected to the access point (wireless LAN router) at home.

3Monitoring the images by connecting the smartphone and the camera

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Install “Wireless sync.” on the smartphone in advance.

Operation on this camera

Tap “MENU”.
(Operation on this camera)

C3Z Tap MENU(Movie)

The top menu appears.

Tap the “Wi-Fi” ( Wi-Fi ) icon.
(Operation on this camera)

C3Z_TOP MENU(Wi-Fi)

Tap “INDOOR MONITORING” ( I-MONITOR ).
(Operation on this camera)

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Tap “START” ( C2_Stamp-Arrow ).
(Operation on this camera)

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Start making a connection.
(Operation on this camera)

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Name (SSID) of the access point (wireless LAN router) in connection is displayed.

The following is displayed when the camera is connected to the access point.

C3-Wi-Fi_Screen_Wi-Fi

Tap “URL” to display the URL required for connecting the camera from browser.

Operation on the smartphone

Start “Wireless sync.” on the smartphone after setting INDOOR MONITORING.

Smartphone

Tap “START” in INDOOR MONITORING on the camera to start.

Tap “INDOOR MONITORING”.

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Log in with your username and password.
(if authentication cannot be achieved)

C3Z-WiFi SP Appli ID-PASS

The username is “jvccam” and the default password is “0000”.

The recording screen is displayed.

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How to operate from a smartphone

Monitoring from the computer (Windows7)

Tap the URL button shown on the camera’s screen.
(displayed when the computer and the camera are connected wirelessly.)

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The URL for the computer to connect to appears.

Check the URL displayed on the camera screen, which starts from “http://”.

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After checking the URL, tap “QUIT” to return to the previous screen.

Start Internet Explorer (web browser) on the computer and enter the URL.

Internet explorer

Log in with your username and password.

The username is “jvccam” and the default password is “0000”.

Operations from the Web browser