Kodak PIXPRO SP360 Manual

Before You Start

About this Manual

• This manual will instruct you on how to operate the PIXPRO SP360. JK Imaging Ltd. has tried its utmost to ensure the correctness of the user manual contents, but reserves the right to modify as necessary.
• Throughout this manual, the following symbols are used to help you locate information quickly and easily:

	Indicates useful information.
	Indicates long pressing a certain point.
	Indicates tap a certain point.

Matters needing attention

• Your smart device operating system version needs to be iOS 7 or higher, or Android 4.2 or higher. iPad mini1 / iPad 2 / iPhone 4s and earlier models (any system versions) do not support this App.
• Please do not use in places having high intensity magnetic field, electrostatic and electric wave interference (for example near a microwave oven), which may cause failure in receiving signals.
• Please do not use Wi-Fi or NFC connection functionality on a plane.
• When using the Wi-Fi or NFC connection, the camera and the smart device can only be connected one to one, please keep the camera within 10 meters (32.8 feet) without signal shielding interference.
• When the smart device judges the system to be out of memory, the App will not be able to run normally. Please clean up the memory of the smart device.
• We will update the App from time to time. Some new features require you to synchronously update the firmware version of the camera, in order to ensure the stability of the system. Please note for the prompt on the App.

Connecting the Product with the Smart Device

Download and Install App

Please download App installation package (App name: PIXPRO SP360) to your smart device from the path below and install it.

Android system

For Android devices, search and download the App "PIXPRO SP360" in Google play, and install it following the instructions on the interface.

https://play.google.com/store/Apps/details?id=com.jkimaging.pixproremoteviewer

iOS system

For Apple devices, search and download the App "PIXPRO SP360" in App store, and install it following the instructions on the interface.

https://itunes.Apple.com/us/App/pixpro-remote-viewer/id833154167?mt=8

After successful installation, this icon will appear on the smart device screen.

Establish a Connection

Wi-Fi Connections

(iOS System and Android System)

1. Camera: Check SSID (PIXPRO-SP360_XXXX) and password (initial password: 12345678) indicated on the label in the battery compartment of the camera. In the main interface, press the button to switch to Wi-Fi mode.
2. Smart Device: Enable Wi-Fi mode, it will automatically search the nearby Wi-Fi hotspots. Select the camera's SSID (PIXPRO-SP360_XXXX) and input the password.

To optimize Wi-Fi performance, please close other unnecessary programs running on the smart device.

For an Android system smart device, you can directly tap the App icon to enter the "Select connecting device" screen. Select the SSID name of the camera to be connected, enter an eight-digit password, and tap "Connect".

NFC Connections

(Android System)

1. Enable NFC mode on your smart device.
2. Use your smart device to slightly touch the NFC mark on the camera; if the smart device has a prompt tone or vibration, it means the connection is successful.
3. The App will open automatically on your smart device.

The NFC feature will only be available when your smart device's screen is unlocked.
After having a successful connection of your smart device with an camera, if you use a different camera to touch the same smart device, the previous connection will be replaced.

If connection fails, tap to try to reconnect.

When it is unnecessary to connect to the camera or unable to connect the camera, tap the icon on the screen of the smart device to perform related operations under the playback mode of the smart device.

Operation Methods

Position Service Function

When connected successfully, you can tap the App icon ( ) to start it. Enable the GPS function on the smart device by following the prompts on the interface, PIXPRO SP360 can record GPS location on picture files. This function is not available for video files.

Remote Viewfinder

Remote Viewfinder Interface

On the Remote Viewfinder interface, tap , EV value and White balance icons to hide, and tap to restore display.

1	Shooting mode	6	Battery state	11	Quick Review	16	Pixel ratio
2	Unfold mode	7	Image size	12	Shutter	17	Frame rate
3	EV value	8	Number of photos that can be taken	13	View mode	18	Level Sensor
4	White balance	9	EIS	14	Movie size	19	Playback
5	Menu	10	No memory card in the camera	15	Recordable video time	20	Start video recording / Stop video recording

Parameter Settings

Shooting Mode
Tap the Shooting Mode icon to enter the Mode Selection screen. Tap any of the options to confirm selection.

Loop Recording
Loop recording allows for the recording of independent segments of movies according to selected time length from the beginning of recording. The product will continually record movies of the length selected until the record button is pressed to end recording.
When the memory card is full, the product will overwrite the recorded files starting from the first movie circularly.
To use this feature, a memory card needs to be inserted into the camera.

Movie mode
Enables video recording.

Auto Mode
Enables photo shooting.

Unfold Mode
Select from several different viewing effects.

Type	Icon	Mode	Operating methods (moving via sliding the finger around)
Square		Front	-
Spherical		Panorama	Move to the left/right
		Seg	Move up/down (Enlarge image), move to the left/right
		Ring	Flip up/down, move to the left/right
		Magic flat	Move up/down, move to the left/right
		Dome	Flip up/down, move to the left/right

View Mode
Select the icon according to the direction that the camera lens is facing, so the image will be displayed in the upright direction.

Icon	Mode	Description
	Up	Means the image will be displayed upright when the lens is facing upward.
	Down	Means the image will be displayed upright when the lens is facing downward.

In the Front mode, this function is not displayed.

Level Sensor
Detect the horizontality of the camera.
Horizontal and vertical bar represent two directions parallel to sea level. Set the center of the horizontal bar and the center of vertical bar as base points. There are 15 sections on both up and down side from the base point for the vertical bar and 15 sections on both left and right side from the base point for the horizontal bar. Each section represents inclination of 1°. When the tilt angle is more than 50°, the axial directions corresponding to the horizontal bar and vertical bar will change.

EV settings
Adjust the brightness of framing interface. It is applied to the circumstance where the contrast of shot subject and background brightness is relatively large.
EV value can be adjusted through sliding a finger up and down.

White Balance
The WB function allows the user to adjust color temperatures under different light sources, so as to confirm that the color can be presented properly.

There are 5 options:

	AWB
	Daylight
	Cloudy
	Fluorescent
	Underwater

Menu
Tap to show a settable menu. Tap the Menu Items to be set to enter the Item Options screen. Tap Options to return to the Menu screen. Tap to return to the Remote Viewfinder screen.

Image Size
Set photo resolution.
There are 3 options:

10m	10M 1:1	3264 X 3264
5m	5M	2592 X 1944
2m	2M 16:9	1920 X 1080

Movie size
Set video resolution.
There are 9 options:

FHD	FHD 16:9 30p (1920 X 1080)
1440	1440x1440 1:1 30p
HD	1280x960 4:3 50p
HD	1280x960 4:3 30p
HD	1280x720 16:9 60p
HD	1280x720 16:9 30p
1072	1072x1072 1:1 30p
WVGA	848x480 16:9 60p
WVGA	848x480 16:9 120p

When recording in higher pixel resolutions for extended periods of time, the camera may get warm. This is not a camera malfunction. Please shut down until the body temperature is lowered, and then start to use.

Select 120fps as the frame rate of movie size to carry out high-speed video recording. The product shoots ultra high speed movies, and plays back with normal 30fps speed, in order to capture visually indistinguishable moments easily.

1. The sound cannot be recorded.
2. It does not support electronic image stabilization (EIS).
3. The maximum recordable time is 60 seconds, when the time reaches 60 seconds, the product will automatically stop recording.

Loop Recording
Set the time period for Loop Recording.
There are 2 options:

• 5 min. ( )
• 10 min. ( )

EIS (Electronic Image Stabilization)
Set the electronic image stabilizer switch.
There are 2 options:

• Off
• On ( )

EIS (Electronic Image Stabilizer) is only optional under 1072x1072 1:1 30p size.

Level Sensor
Set the level sensor.
There are 2 options:

• On
• Off

This feature is only actived in the front unfold mode ( ).

Power off
When this function is enabled, if there are no actions taken within a set time frame (except while recording), the product will automatically shut down.
There are 3 options:

• Off
• 5 min.
• 10 min.

Wi-Fi Saving
The Wi-Fi will automatically disconnect if you do not touch the smart device screen within three minutes after starting to record. However, the Camera will continue recording.
There are 2 options:

• On
• Off

Touch Capture
Tap the Touch Focus icon or enter the menu for setting.
There are 2 options:

• On
• Off

Format SD (DSC)
Clear all data stored in the camera or the memory card.
There are 2 options:

• FORMAT
• CANCEL

Reset
Reset settings (except for Date and time, Wireless AP point SSID and password, UID and password in the "remote monitoring") can recover all product settings to the factory defaults.
There are 2 options:

• RESET
• CANCEL

After resetting, the camera will power off automatically.

Change Password
Change the Wi-Fi connection password.
Enter the old password according to the screen tips, and then enter the new password twice, and finally Tap "Update".
If you forget the Wi-Fi connection password, you can use the reset function on the camera to reset it (initial password: 12345678).
Please enter the new password on smart device after changing Wi-Fi password. Some models of smart device will remember the Wi-Fi password previously entered, so please clear the old password on smart device manually before connection (For different models, this operation may be varied, please subject to your user manual).

About

• View the current version of the App.
• View the firmware version of the camera in the App connection status.
• Tap the official website on the interface and you can go to the website for more information.

Menu that can be adjusted under each mode: (O: Optional X: Not optional).

Shooting Method

All files are saved on the memory card of the camera.
Select , and the stored video or photo files are global; select , and the stored video or photo files are square.

Shooting

1. Align the camera lens with the shooting subject, and confirm viewing through the screen of the smart device.
2. Tap the icons on the interface to set the corresponding parameters.
3. Tap to take a shoot.
   

Video Recording
Tap the Shooting Mode icon on the Shooting screen to enter the Mode Selection screen, and tap to enter the Video Recording screen.

1. Tap the icons on the interface to set the corresponding parameters.
2. Tap to start recording and then tap to stop.
   

In the video recording process, tap to shoot without affecting the video recording.

Playback

There are two playback modes:

• Single playback (movie / photo);
• Index playback (camera/smart device).

Switching of the Remote Viewfinder Mode and the Playback Mode

1. Tap the review, and enter the camera Single playback interface.
2. Tap to enter the index playback interface.
3. Tap any small figure to enter the single playback interface.
4. Tap to enter the remote viewfinder interface.

Switching Camera and Smart Device Index Playback

1. On the camera index playback interface, tap to enter into the smart device index playback interface.
2. On the smart device index playback interface, tap to enter into the camera index playback interface.

On the smart device index playback interface, tap a small figure to enter into the smart device Single playback interface.

On the camera index playback interface, tap a small figure to enter into the camera Single playback interface.

Introduction of the Icons in the Playback Mode

Single Playback

Index Playback

Description of the Functions in the Playback Mode

Gestures in the Playback Mode

1. Hide/display the icons: Single finger tap the photo or video once.
2. Zoom in the photo or video (except for front video): Quickly tap the photo or video twice or use two fingers apart to expand the photo or video (Sliding a finger to move around the photo or video).
   Zoom out the photo or video (except for front video): Quickly tap the photo or video twice again, and it will restore the original size or use two fingers folded to reduce the photo or video.
3. Browse fore-and-aft files: Tap with one finger.

Rotate (Smart device single playback mode)
Rotate the photo by 90° (Only for front photo).
Tap , the photo will rotate 90 counter-clockwise each time this icon is pressed.

Select One or More File(s) (Camera and Smart device index playback mode)

1. Long press a file thumbnail to enter the Multiple-selection screen.
   
2. View fore-and-aft files by sliding a finger up and down on the screen.
   
3. Select one or more file(s).
   1. Tap after date folder ( ) to select all files under the date folder;
      
   2. Tap a file thumbnail to select a single file (tap again to cancel the selection);
      
   3. Tap to select all files; tap to cancel the selections and return to the Index Playback interface.
      

Download (Camera Single playback and index playback mode)
Download the photos or movie in the camera to your smart device.
Camera Single playback mode:

1. Select the file you want to download, and tap to start downloading.
   
   
2. Tap in the downloading process, and select "YES" in the pop-up interface to cancel downloading.
   
3. After downloading is complete, tap to return to the playback interface.
   

Camera index playback mode:

1. Select one or more file(s) you want to download, and tap to start downloading.
2. Tap in the downloading process, and select "YES" in the pop-up interface to cancel downloading.
3. After downloading is complete, tap to return to the playback interface.

Share
Share the photos or videos to the social network site.

Camera single playback and index playback mode:

1. Select one or more file(s) you want to share, and tap to start downloading.
   
2. Tap in the downloading process, and select "YES" in the pop-up interface to cancel downloading.
   
3. After the download is completed, the photos or videos on the smart device can be shared.
   
   • When the mobile data network is open: Select the social network site to share.
   • Mobile data network not open:
     • iOS system
       Please share according to the interface prompt.
     • Android system
       [ SETTING NETWORK]: Open mobile data network or Wi-Fi for internet access.
       [CANCEL]: Cancel sharing.

After the "SETTING NETWORK" is selected and the network is switched, the interface has 3 options:
"SETTING NETWORK": Change the network settings.
"SHARE": Select the social network site to share.
"CANCEL": Cancel sharing.

When the network is changed, the App will close automatically.

Smart device single playback and index playback mode:
Please share according to the operating methods for sharing in single playback and index playback mode of the camera.

Delete
Delete the selected photos or videos.

Index playback mode:

1. Select one or more file(s) you want to download, and tap .
2. Select "DELETE" to confirm the deletion in the pop-up prompt screen.

Single playback mode:

1. Select the file you want to delete, and tap .
2. Select "DELETE" to confirm the deletion in the pop-up prompt screen.

Play the Video (Camera and Smart device single playback mode)
Slow wireless transmission may impact viewing. We suggest downloading the file to your device before viewing.

1. Tap to play the video.
2. Tap to pause the video.
3. Tap to continue the video.
4. Tap to return to the previous interface.

If the smart device does not support the video resolution of 1440 x 1440(30fps), the screen will be black while playing the video. Please use SP360 model (PC version) then.

Menu (Camera and Smart device index playback mode)

1. Tap or slide from the left to the right of the screen to display the menu.
   
2. Tap your desired setup item.
   
3. Tap the option to return to the Menu.
4. Tap to return to playback interface.

Download Size
Set the download size.
There are 2 options:

• Original
• 2M / VGA (Image Size is 2M / Movie Size is VGA)

YouTube
This option is only under the iOS system.

About
See "Parameter Settings" section for explanations.

JK Imaging Ltd., 17239 So. Main Street, Gardena, CA 90248 USA
JK Imaging Europe, 71 Clarendon Road, Watford, WD17 1DS, UK
http://kodakpixpro.com

Documents / Resources

References

• Google Play
• App Store - Apple
• KODAK PIXPRO Digital Cameras

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