Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera α Recording location information from your smartphone to the images (iOS)
Install PlayMemories Mobile on your smartphone. If it is already installed, be sure to update it to the latest version.
Checking the Location Information Linkage function
Start PlayMemories Mobile and add [Location Information Linkage] to the top screen.
If [Location Information Linkage] is already being displayed, go to "Connecting your camera to the smartphone using Bluetooth (Pairing)," which starts at timecode 2:37.
Adding the Location Information Linkage function to your smartphone
Display an image saved in the memory card.
Press the [MENU] button.
Select [Wireless] → [Send to Smartphone].
Select [Select on This Device] → [This Image].
The QR code appears on the screen.
Tap [Scan QR Code of the Camera].
Tap [OK].
The scanning function will not operate properly if you use other QR code scanner apps instead of PlayMemories Mobile.
Use your smartphone to scan the QR code displayed on the camera screen.
Tap [OK].
Tap [Install] to install a configuration profile (setting information).
Tap [Install].
Tap [Done].
Tap [Open].
Tap [OK].
Return to the home screen and tap [Settings].
Tap [Wi-Fi] to set it to [On].
Tap "SSID (DIRECT-xxxx)" displayed on the camera.
Return to the home screen and start PlayMemories Mobile.
An image stored in the camera is sent via Wi-Fi.
Tap [OK].
Make sure that [Location Information Linkage] is displayed.
If the QR code is scanned but the image cannot be sent via Wi-Fi, enter the SSID name and password.
Connecting your camera to the smartphone using Bluetooth (Pairing)
Tap [Settings].
Tap [Bluetooth] and set it to [On].
Return to [Settings].
Tap [Privacy] and set [Location Services] to [On].
Press the [MENU] button.
Select [Wireless] → [Bluetooth Settings].
Select [Bluetooth Function] and set it to [On].
Select [Pairing].
Start PlayMemories Mobile.
Tap [Location Information Linkage].
Tap [OK].
Activate [Location Information Linkage].
Tap [OK].
Tap [Set the camera] and then tap the model name of the camera that you want to pair with.
When the model name of the smartphone is displayed on the camera screen, select [OK].
Check the model name of the camera on your smartphone and tap [Pair].
Pairing is completed.
Select [OK] on your camera.
Activating the Location Information Linkage on your camera
Press the [MENU] button.
Select [Wireless] → [Loc. Info. Link Set.].
Select [Location Info. Link] and set it to [On].
Tap [OK] on your smartphone.
Tap [Allow].
The location information icon appears on the camera screen.
The message "Connected with the camera." appears for [Location Information Linkage] on the top screen of PlayMemories Mobile.
Record an image linked with the location information.
When you display an image with the location information, the latitude and longitude are displayed on the lower left side of the camera screen.
To obtain the location information again from the smartphone with which the camera is paired, check the following settings.
Check the settings on your smartphone.
Bluetooth function: [Settings] → [Bluetooth] → [On]
Location information: [Settings] → [Privacy] → [Location Services]→[On]
Check the settings on your camera.
Bluetooth function: [Wireless] → [Bluetooth Settings] → [Bluetooth Function] → [On]
[Wireless] → [Loc. Info. Link Set.] → [Location Info. Link] → [On]
Check the PlayMemories Mobile settings.
[Location Information Linkage]: [On]