Nikon S51c User Manual

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Public Wireless LAN Connection Guide
(How to Use my Picturetown)
• Picture upload services via a public wireless LAN are only available in the U.S.A.
• Before you begin, read pages 4 to 5 of the User’s Manual.
Disclaimer of Warranties. NIKON’S my Picturetown SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. YOU AND ANY USER OF NIKON’S my Picturetown SERVICE ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK IN YOUR USE OF THE NIKON COOLPIX SERVICE. IN NO EVENT DOES NIKON CORPORATION, NIKON INC., OR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, DISTRIBUTORS OR DEALERS (collectively “NIKON”) WARRANT THAT THE NIKON my Picturetown SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ALWAYS AVAILABLE, ACCURATE, FUNCTIONAL OR ERROR FREE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Limitation of Liability. EVEN IF NIKON HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES, NIKON WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY USER OF THE NIKON my Picturetown OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM USE OF THE NIKON my Picturetown SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; LOSS OF PRIVACY OR SECURITY DAMAGES; PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGES; OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM INTERRUPTION OR FAILURE OF SERVICE; LOST PROFITS; LOSS OF BUSINESS; LOSS OF OR FAILURE TO PRESERVE DATA, PICTURES OR IMAGES; LOSS DUE TO UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR DUE TO VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; THE INABILITY TO USE THE NIKON my Picturetown SERVICE; OR THE INTERCEPTION OR LOSS OF ANY DATA, PICTURES, IMAGES OR TRANSMISSION. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS OF OR LIMITATIONS TO CERTAIN REMEDIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Privacy and Security. PRIVACY CANNOT BE GUARANTEED, AND NIKON IS NOT LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY LACK OF PRIVACY WHILE USING THE NIKON my Picturetown SERVICE. NIKON HAS THE RIGHT, BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION TO MONITOR, INTERCEPT AND DISCLOSE ANY TRANSMISSIONS OVER OR USING THE NIKON my Picturetown SERVICES. YOU AND ANY USER OF NIKON’S my Picturetown SERVICE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS SERVICE IS NOT INHERENTLY SECURE AND THAT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CAN BE INTERCEPTED BY EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE DESIGNED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Thank you for purchasing the Nikon COOLPIX S51c!

The COOLPIX S51c’s wireless LAN feature allows users to take advantage of the my Picturetown services, with which pictures can be uploaded to the server on the Internet for viewing by your family and friends, or the server can be used as a personal storage for storing pictures. The follow­ing services are available with my Picturetown:
Picture Mail: Pictures are uploaded to the my Picturetown server, and e-mail
upload will be sent to specified recipients. Uploaded pictures can be viewed by accessing the webpage specified in the e-mail notification from a computer or cellular telephone*.
* The use of cellular telephone e-mail addresses is only possible in the United States, and is supported
only for BlackBerry smartphones (version 4.0 or later recommended). However, pictures cannot be viewed with some of these cellular telephones.
Picture Bank: Pictures are uploaded to the my Picturetown server for storage. The my Picturetown server can then be used as a personal server for storing pictures and uploaded pictures can also be displayed in your web browser and downloaded to a computer.
Connect to the Internet at locations where home or public wireless LAN is available. This guide pro­vides step-by-step instructions for connecting to a public wireless LAN to upload pictures.
Take pictures...
Access uploaded pictures on the server!
l T-Mobile HotSpot
Connection of the camera to a public wireless LAN requires a T-Mobile HotSpot subscription. You can begin using the T-Mobile HotSpot service by signing up and creating an account at the URL below: http://hotspot.t-mobile.com/
After signing up for the T-Mobile HotSpot wireless Internet service, prepare the SSID, user ID, pass­word, and WEP key. The full user ID, including “@” and the domain name that follows, must be used.
l Six Months of Complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi Service
Purchase of this camera includes six months of complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi service, which allows you to connect to, and take advantage of, my Picturetown at thousands of locations nation­wide. Note that your six months of complimentary service is only available in the United States and begins automatically the first time you connect using T-Mobile HotSpot. After the complimentary ser­vice expires, if you wish to continue using the T-Mobile HotSpot service, you need to sign up and cre­ate an account with T-Mobile HotSpot. To upload pictures after signing up for the T-Mobile HotSpot service, configure a new network profile with the camera (as described in Step 7 on page 14). This complimentary service offer will definitely expire on August 31st, 2008 and is effective for up to six months only. With the expiry date in mind, If you start using T-Mobile HotSpot after March 2008, the complimentary service will expire in less than six months.
l Connect to a Home Wireless LAN
Before connecting to a home wireless LAN, configuration of the sender information with the cam­era may be required depending upon the intended home wireless LAN environment. For more in­formation, refer to the User’s Manual.
and upload them via a public wireless LAN... Pictures are uploaded while traveling! E-mail notification of picture upload is sent immediately to your family and friends!
notification of picture
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Table of contents

Upload pictures to the my Picturetown server 5
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Register user information with my Picturetown to view uploaded pictures
Picture Mail operation
Picture Bank operation
Connect the AC adaptor to the camera to upload all pictures 18
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Locate public T-Mobile HotSpots 5
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Select Picture Mail or Picture Bank 6
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Configure your alias and e-mail address 8
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Select pictures 9
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Specify a Picture Mail recipient 10
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Specify recipients for selected pictures 12
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Upload pictures 14
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Connect the AC adapter to the camera 19
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Configure your alias and e-mail address 20
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Configure a network profile 21
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Screen images in monitor may differ from the actual display.
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Upload pictures to the my Picturetown server

Step
Locate public T-Mobile HotSpots
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Access the URL below to locate public T-Mobile HotSpots where your camera’s wireless LAN feature can be used.
http://hotspot.t-mobile.com/
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Step
Select Picture Mail or Picture Bank
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Before using the camera’s wireless LAN feature, be sure that you have taken at least one picture with the camera. If pictures have not been recorded, take pictures or insert a memory card containing pictures into the camera.
Use Picture Mail
1 Turn on the camera. 2 Press d.
Use Picture Bank
1 Turn on the camera. 2 Apply playback mode.
When the camera is in shooting mode, press i to switch to playback mode. For more information on playback mode, refer to page 28 of the User’s Man- ual.
3 Press C.
The playback-mode selection menu will be displayed.
4 Use the rotary multi selector to choose M
and press d.
my Picturetown
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Entering Text with the Camera
Text for information such as aliases, e-mail addresses, and WEP keys can be entered using the camera.
•Press d to change the type of character entered in the
following order: uppercase letters ➞ lowercase letters numbers symbols uppercase letters, and so on.
• Rotate the rotary multi selector clockwise, or press the
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rotary multi selector G, to enter letters (A to Z) in alpha­betical order. Rotate the rotary multi selector counter­clockwise, or press the rotary multi selector H, to enter letters in reverse order.
Confirm
Back Delete
• Press the rotary multi selector J to move the cursor to the right. Press the rotary multi selector I to move the cursor to the left.
•Press T to delete the letters at the cursor position. However, T cannot be used when entering information for an item that requires a fixed number of characters.
•Press v (l) to preview the letters that have been entered. Press v (l) again to return to the text entry screen.
• Press the shutter-release button to apply selection.
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Configure your alias and e-mail address
1 Select [Input] and press d.
2 Enter an alias for yourself (choose an alias,
up to 16 alphanumerical characters, that identifies you) and press the shutter-release button.
3 Enter your e-mail address (up to 64 alphanu-
merical characters) and press the shutter-re­lease button.
- Cellular telephone e-mail addresses are not sup­ported.
- No error message, or indication that an error has occurred, is sent from the server when delivery er­rors occur due to incorrect entry of e-mail addresses.
Enter sender info
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Enter your alias and email address
Input
Cancel
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Alias
Nik no 4
Confirm
Back Delete
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Email
Nik n4oxxx
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Confirm
Back Delete
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