Nikon SnapBridge User Manual

Connection Guide (for COOLPIX)

Table of Contents

Preparing a Smart Device.........................................................................................................2

Pairing the Camera and a Smart Device............................................................................. 2

Image Upload...............................................................................................................................5

Tips on Pairing..............................................................................................................................7

This document uses Version 1.3 of the SnapBridge app as an example
for explanations.
You can do the following when you establish a wireless connection
(continuous connection via Bluetooth® low energy technology,
hereinafter referred to as “pairing”) between a SnapBridge-supported
camera and a smartphone/tablet (hereinafter referred to as “smart device”) with
SnapBridge installed.

Image Upload

You can upload still images and movies* captured with the camera to the smart
device, or display the shooting screen on the smart device and capture still images
remotely. See “Image Upload” (page 5) for more information.

* AVI format movies (COOLPIX A300 movies) cannot be uploaded.

Other Features

• Obtaining location data and synchronizing the date and time

• Imprinting information on images such as shooting date and time and comments

C SnapBridge

• For an overview, you can also visit the dedicated Nikon website.
http://snapbridge.nikon.com

• See the online help for details on how to use SnapBridge (after pairing, you can refer to
the Other tab M Info/settings M Instructions in SnapBridge).
http://nikonimglib.com/snbr/onlinehelp/en/index.html

• Use the latest version of SnapBridge. Oper ation of SnapBridge may vary depending on the
app version.

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Preparing a Smart Device

Airplane mode

Connect to smart device

Send while shooting

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Restore default settings

1 Install the SnapBridge app.

• iOS: Apple App Store® Android™: Google Play™

You can check the OS versions that SnapBridge supports by visiting the download
sites above.

• Input the search keyword “snapbridge.” When multiple apps are displayed in the
search results, select “SnapBridge.” “SnapBridge 360/170” cannot be used with
COOLPIX.

• Do not launch SnapBridge until you start pairing, even when the
installation is finished.

2 Enable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on the smart device.

• Refer to the documentation provided with the smart device for information on how
to operate it.

• Pairing is performed on SnapBridge. Pairing cannot be performed from the
Bluetooth settings screen on the smart device.

Pairing the Camera and a Smart Device

• Use a sufficiently charged battery so that the camera does not turn off during the
procedure.

• Insert a memory card with sufficient free space into the camera.

• See the documentation provided with the camera for details on how to use it.

1 Turn on the camera.

• If the camera is turned on for the first time: A language selection screen will be
displayed. When you confirm the language, the camera displays the screen in step 2.

• If you did not pair with a smart device when the
camera was turned on for the first time: Select
Network menu M Connect to smart device in
the camera and press the k button to display the
screen in step 2.

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2 Press the k button when the dialog on

the right is displayed on the camera.

Use SnapBridge to send photos to your
smart device and share them online.

To skip this screen and set SnapBridge
later from the Network menu, press
MENU.

Later

Set

3 Launch SnapBridge on the smart device

when the dialog on the right is
displayed on the camera.

• Place the smart device close to the camera.

• If you are pairing after unpairing (page 7), launch

SnapBridge and then tap w in the y Connect
tab.

App
SnapBridge

Camera

On your smart device, go to the app
store and search for SnapBridge. After
installing, open the SnapBridge app.

Cancel

4 When the name of the camera you

want to pair with is displayed in the
smart device, tap it.

• For iOS:
If you are pairing for the first time, a dialog
explaining the procedure is displayed. Confirm the
details and tap Understood (If Understood is not
displayed, scroll down the screen.).
Tap the camera name again when the accessory
selection screen is displayed (it may take some time for the camera name to be
displayed.).

• If the camera name is not displayed even after waiting for a while, close SnapBridge
completely and perform pairing again from step 3.

Connect to Camera

Camera name

5 Confirm that the camera and smart

device display the same authentication
code (six digits).

• The authentication code may not be displayed in
some versions of iOS. Proceed to step 6 even in
such cases.

Auth. code

000000

Confirm that the same authentication
code is displayed on the smart device
and press OK.

Cancel OK

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