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En 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.

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Page 1: Public Wireless LAN Connection Guide

En

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.

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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.

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Thank you for purchasing the Nikon COOLPIX S51c!

The COOLPIX S51c’s wireless LAN feature allows users to take advantage of the my Picturetownservices, with which pictures can be uploaded to the server on the Internet for viewing by yourfamily and friends, or the server can be used as a personal storage for storing pictures. The follow-ing services are available with my Picturetown:Picture Mail: Pictures are uploaded to the my Picturetown server, and e-mail notification of pictureupload will be sent to specified recipients. Uploaded pictures can be viewed by accessing thewebpage 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 Picturetownserver 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 pro-vides step-by-step instructions for connecting to a public wireless LAN to upload pictures.

l T-Mobile HotSpotConnection of the camera to a public wireless LAN requires a T-Mobile HotSpot subscription. You canbegin using the T-Mobile HotSpot service by signing up and creating an account at the URL below:http://hotspot.t-mobile.com/

l Six Months of Complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi ServicePurchase of this camera includes six months of complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi service, whichallows you to connect to, and take advantage of, my Picturetown at thousands of locations nation-wide. Note that your six months of complimentary service is only available in the United States andbegins automatically the first time you connect using T-Mobile HotSpot. After the complimentary ser-vice expires, if you wish to continue using the T-Mobile HotSpot service, you need to sign up and cre-ate an account with T-Mobile HotSpot. To upload pictures after signing up for the T-Mobile HotSpotservice, 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 upto six months only. With the expiry date in mind, If you start using T-Mobile HotSpot after March2008, the complimentary service will expire in less than six months.

l Connect to a Home Wireless LANBefore connecting to a home wireless LAN, configuration of the sender information with the cam-era may be required depending upon the intended home wireless LAN environment. For more in-formation, refer to the User’s Manual.

After signing up for the T-Mobile HotSpot wireless Internet service, prepare the SSID, user ID, pass-word, and WEP key. The full user ID, including “@” and the domain name that follows, must be used.

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!

Take pictures...

Access uploaded pictures on the server!

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Table of contents

Upload pictures to the my Picturetown server 5

Step 1 Locate public T-Mobile HotSpots 5

Step 2 Select Picture Mail or Picture Bank 6

Step 3 Configure your alias and e-mail address 8

Step 4 Select pictures 9

Step 5 Specify a Picture Mail recipient 10

Step 6 Specify recipients for selected pictures 12

Step 7 Upload pictures 14

Register user information with my Picturetown to view uploaded pictures 16

Picture Mail operation

Picture Bank operation

Connect the AC adaptor to the camera to upload all pictures 18

Step 1 Connect the AC adapter to the camera 19

Step 2 Configure your alias and e-mail address 20

Step 3 Configure a network profile 21

Screen images in monitor may differ from the actual display.

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Upload pictures to the my Picturetown server

Access the URL below to locate public T-Mobile HotSpots where yourcamera’s wireless LAN feature can be used.

http://hotspot.t-mobile.com/

Locate public T-Mobile HotSpots

Step

1

5

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Step

2 B

Select Picture Mail or Picture

ank

Before using the camera’s wireless LAN feature, be sure that you have taken at leastone picture with the camera. If pictures have not been recorded, take pictures or inserta 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 Mand press d.

my Picturetown

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Entering Text with the CameraText for information such as aliases, e-mail addresses, andWEP 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 therotary multi selector G, to enter letters (A to Z) in alpha-betical order. Rotate the rotary multi selector counter-clockwise, or press the rotary multi selector H, to enterletters in reverse order.

• Press the rotary multi selector J to move the cursor to the right. Press the rotarymulti selector I to move the cursor to the left.

• Press T to delete the letters at the cursor position. However, T cannot be usedwhen 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 toreturn to the text entry screen.

• Press the shutter-release button to apply selection.

n Email

Confirm

Back Delete

6 41 0

N i k n 4o x xx@

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Step

3 a

Configure your alias and e-mail

ddress

1 Select [Input] and press d.

2 Enter an alias for yourself (choose an alias,up to 16 alphanumerical characters, thatidentifies you) and press the shutter-releasebutton.

3 Enter your e-mail address (up to 64 alphanu-merical characters) and press the shutter-re-lease button. - Cellular telephone e-mail addresses are not sup-

ported.- No error message, or indication that an error has

occurred, is sent from the server when delivery er-rors occur due to incorrect entry of e-mail addresses.

n

Enter your alias and

email address

Cancel

Input

Enter sender info

n 1 66

N i k no 4

Confirm

Alias

Back Delete

n Email

Confirm

Back Delete

6 41 0

N i k n 4o x xx@

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Step

4S

elect pictures

When Picture Mail was selected in Step 2Select pictures.

1 Press the rotary multi selector IJ to selectone picture. Proceed to Step 5.

When Picture Bank was selected in Step 2Upload selected pictures.

1 Choose pictures.- Use the rotary multi selector to choose pictures

and press d to choose a desired picture (y).Press d again to cancel a selection.

- Up to 30 pictures can be selected.- Press v (k) to switch to full-frame playback;

press t (j) to return to thumbnail display. - Press the shutter-release button to finalize picture selection.

2 Upload pictures.- Choose [Yes] and press the shutter-release but-

ton.- Pressing d, instead of the shutter-release but-

ton, also initiates picture upload.- Proceed to Step 7.

a

Confirm

0

g h

Queue mailNew

Confirm ON/OFF

Select image 5

Send pictures?

Yes

No

Send pictures

Confirm

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Step

5S

pecify a Picture Mail recipient

Register your family and friends as Picture Mail recipients by entering their e-mail ad-dresses.

1 Use the rotary multi selector to move [New]to the selection area and press d.

2 Choose [Address] and press d. Up to 30 recipient e-mail addresses can be added.

3 Enter recipient’s e-mail address (up to 64 al-phanumerical characters) and press theshutter-release button.E-mail addresses for only certain models of cellulartelephones are supported.

4 Press the shutter-release button.

lRecipient AliasesAn alias can be registered for each recipient using the camera’s setup menu, or themy Picturetown Utility, to make recipient selection easier. See pages 132 and 136 ofthe User’s Manual for further information.

a

Confirm

0

g h

Queue mailNew

Selection area

n NewAddressGroup

n Email

Confirm

Back Delete

6 41 0

N i k n1o x xx@

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Create a Recipient GroupRecipients can be grouped for specification of multiple recipients as a single PictureMail recipient. This is useful when sending multiple Picture Mails to the same re-cipients.

1 Follow the procedure described in Step 5-1.

2 Select [Group] and press d. Up to 5 groups can be created.

3 Specify the group’s name (up to 16 alpha-numerical characters) and press the shut-ter-release button.

4 Select recipients for the group. - Use the rotary multi selector to highlight recip-

ients and press d to select the recipients (y).Press d again to cancel the selection.

- Up to 30 recipients can be added to eachgroup.

- Press the shutter-release button to finalize re-cipient selection.

n NewAddressGroup

n Group

ConfirmBack Delete

1 65

N i k no

ON/OFF

n

ConfirmBack

Choose address

[email protected]@xxx.com

[email protected]@[email protected]

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Step

6 p

Specify recipients for selected

ictures

1 Choose recipients. - Rotate the rotary multi selector to move b (recip-

ients) to the selection area, and press d to selectthe recipient (a). Press d again to cancel theselection.

- The number displayed at the top right of themonitor indicates the number of recipients speci-fied for a displayed picture.

2 Press the shutter-release button to add the Picture Mail to thequeue.- To specify recipients for different pictures, repeat Steps 4 and 6-1 before

applying the setting. Up to 30 pictures can be selected.- Press t (j) to switch to thumbnail display to preview the pictures select-

ed in the queue mail screen. Press v (k) to return to the queue mail screen.

3 Choose [Yes] and press d.- The camera will search for available SSIDs.- When connection is established, all the pictures in

the queue will be uploaded. Proceed to Step 7.- To upload pictures later, choose [No].

a

ConfirmON/OFF

4b

g h

b

b

b

b

b

a

a

a

a

Queue [email protected]

Selection area

Your Picture Mail hasbeen added to thequeue. Send now?

YesNo

Send pictures

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jSend Picture Mail in the QueueWhen d is pressed in shooting or playback mode, the queue mail screen shown inStep 6-1 will be displayed. Confirm the selected pictures and specified recipients, andpress the shutter-release button to send Picture Mail in the queue. To cancel thequeue, cancel the recipients or groups specified for pictures and press the shutter-re-lease button.

kAfter Sending Picture MailWhen pictures are uploaded using Picture Mail in Step 7, e-mail notification will besent automatically to the specified recipients for the intended pictures. Recipients canclick the URL included in e-mail notification to view and download the pictures storedon the my Picturetown server.

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Step

7U

pload pictures

1 Choose the SSID and press d.If you are using the T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi service,choose [tmobile].

2 When the WEP key entry screen is displayed,enter the WEP key provided by T-MobileHotSpot and press the shutter-release but-ton.- If you are using the six months of complimentary

T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi service, the screen shownat right will not be displayed.

- The screen for connecting to the access point willbe displayed.

3 When the user ID entry screen is displayed,enter the user ID provided by T-MobileHotSpot (including “@” and the domainname that follows) and press the shutter-re-lease button.If you are using the six months of complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi service, the screen shownat right will not be displayed.

Back

n Select SSID

tmobile

n WEP key

Confirm

Back Delete

2 61 0

1 2 3 14 2 3 4 1 2

I

Cancel

Connecting to access pointT Mobile HotSpot

n User name

Confirm

Back Delete

1 2 86

N i k no 1

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4 When the password entry screen is dis-played, enter the password provided by T-Mobile HotSpot and press the shutter-re-lease button.If you are using the six months of complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi service, the screen shownat right will not be displayed.

5 Picture upload begins.The screen for connecting to the server will be dis-played.

6 When upload is complete, the messageshown at right will be displayed.Press d to exit Picture Mail or Picture Bank.If there is Picture Mail in the queue when a PictureBank upload is initiated, queued Picture Mails willbe sent at the same time.

n Password

Confirm

Back Delete

1 2 86

N i k no 1

I

Connecting to server

Cancel

K

Transfer complete.

Connection terminated.

Exit

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Register user information with my Picturetown to view uploaded pictures

Register user information with the my Picturetown server to view pictures that are up-loaded using Picture Mail or Picture Bank. This server acts as an archive for protectingand sharing pictures recorded with the camera. Until user registration has been com-plete, uploaded pictures are stored in a temporary space on the server and cannot beviewed. Once user registration has been complete, private space on the server will bereserved for uploaded pictures, and the pictures can be viewed and downloaded byaccessing the server from a computer.

Register user information with my PicturetownWhen pictures are uploaded using Picture Mail or Picture Bank for the first time, e-mailnotification requesting user registration will be sent to the sender e-mail address regis-tered with the camera. Click the link in the e-mail notification to display the user regis-tration webpage.Enter the following information on the user registration webpage.Key information: Key information is assigned to eachcamera. Select the [Key information] option from the[Wireless settings] item in the camera’s setup menu andpress d to display the key information for your camera.For more information on the camera’s setup menu, seepage 104 of the User’s Manual. Password: Create a password to access your private spaceon the server and be sure that you do not forget it.

1 Open the e-mail notification requesting user registration on acomputer with an Internet connection and click the link provided.The user registration webpage will be displayed in your web browser. Useone of the following compliant web browsers to properly view the webpage:- Windows: Internet Explorer 6 or later- Macintosh: Safari 2 or laterThe sender alias and e-mail address registered with the camera will be dis-played.

2 Enter the assigned key information and a password to registeryour user information. User registration is complete once the user information has been sent to theserver.

XXXX

Key information

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jNotes on User Registration• After the first picture upload, register user information as soon as possible to protect

pictures, along with other personal information, from unsolicited viewing or theft.Until user information is registered, pictures are uploaded to temporary space on theserver with no security measures applied.

• Until user information is registered, e-mail notification requesting user registrationwill be sent whenever pictures are uploaded. If you do not receive the e-mail notifi-cation, sender information registered with the camera may be incorrect. Correctsender information and upload pictures again.

• Once user information has been registered, information including the sender’s aliasand e-mail address cannot be edited from the camera or the Utility. Access the myPicturetown server from a computer to edit user information.

• If you forget the password and reset all wireless settings after you have applied thepassword, e-mail notification requesting user registration will be sent to the sender’se-mail address the next time pictures are uploaded. Click the link provided in the e-mail notification to access the user registration webpage.

• Before discarding the camera or transferring it to another owner, confirm whetheror not pictures have been uploaded once. If pictures have ever been uploaded, besure to register user information with the server, and then reset all wireless settings.

• If this camera was given to you by a previous owner, reset all wireless settings beforeusing the camera and taking advantage of wireless services.

For more information on user registration, see pages 134, for applying a password,and 135, for resetting all wireless settings, of the User’s Manual.

kMore on User RegistrationRefer to the instructions included in the e-mail notification received, as well as thosein the user registration webpage itself, for more information.

lNote on Protecting Personal InformationOnce a wireless service has been used, personal information is saved in the camera andon the my Picturetown server. To protect personal information from unsolicited view-ing or theft, apply a password to protect data stored in the camera, and register userinformation with the server to protect uploaded data. It is highly recommended thatthese protection measures be applied.

lAccess the my Picturetown WebsiteYou can visit the my Picturetown website at the following URL:http://mypicturetown.com/

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Connect the AC adaptor to the camera to upload all pictures

Picture Bank offers two options for uploading pictures. Upload selected pictures to theserver (as described on pages 5 to 15), or initiate upload of all pictures when the ACadapter is connected to the camera.This section introduces connection to my Picturetown and upload of all pictures, initi-ated with connection of the AC adapter, via a home wireless LAN. Infrastructuremode, which utilizes an access point, is required to use a home wireless LAN. For moreinformation on configuring a network profile for home wireless LAN, see page 126 ofthe User’s Manual.

This section describes a home wireless LAN for which the only security applied is en-cryption with a WEP key. Configure home wireless LAN settings at a location that isphysically near the access point.

Home Wireless LAN Settings• If the access point does not allow connection by any wireless device, or if MAC ad-

dress filtering is enabled, modify access point settings to allow connection by anywireless device and configure the camera’s MAC address with the access point. Re-fer to “Firmware version” on page 119 of the User’s Manual.

• Home wireless LAN configuration can vary from one user to another. If authenti-cation or another type of encryption is enabled, refer to “Configuring Wireless LANSettings from the Camera” on page 126 and “Configuring Wireless LAN Settingsfrom the Utility” on page 136 of the User’s Manual to apply the appropriate set-tings for the home wireless LAN.

• For more information on home wireless LANs, refer to other commercially availablereferences on wireless LAN.

Upload all pictures!

Take pictures... Connect the AC adapter...

Battery charge begins after picture upload!

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Step

1 c

Connect the AC adapter to the amera

1 Turn the camera off.

2 Connect the AC adapter to the camera’s multi connector, and plugthe power cable into an outlet.

The message, [Starting upload to Picture Bank], willbe displayed.

kSetting the Camera’s ClockWhen the camera’s built-in clock has not been set, the message shown above is notdisplayed. Refer to page 6 of the Quick Start Guide and set the camera’s clock.

1

2 4

3

Starting upload to

Picture Bank

Cancel

K

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Step

2 a

Configure your alias and e-mail

ddress

When the sender’s information has been configured with the camera in Step 3 of “Up-load pictures to the my Picturetown server” on page 8, the following screens will notbe displayed. Proceed to Step 3 on page 21.

1 Select [Input] and press d.

2 Enter your alias (choose an alias, up to 16 al-phanumerical characters, that identifiesyou) and press the shutter-release button.For information on entering text, see “Entering Textwith the Camera” on page 7.

3 Enter your e-mail address (up to 64 alphanu-merical characters) and press the shutter-re-lease button.- Cellular telephone e-mail addresses are not sup-

ported.- No error message, or indication that an error has

occurred, is sent from the server when delivery er-rors occur due to incorrect entry of e-mail addresses.

Enter your alias and

email address

Cancel

Input

Enter sender info

Alias

Confirm

Back Delete

1 66

N i k no 4

Email

Confirm

Back Delete

6 41 0

N i k n4o x xx@

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Step

3C

onfigure a network profile

1 Choose the desired SSID (wireless LAN net-work name) and press d.

- If the WEP key entry screen is displayed, enter theWEP key and press the shutter-release button.

- The screen for connecting to the access point willbe displayed.

- The screens for connecting to the server, and for uploading pictures to theserver, will be displayed in order. When the upload is complete, the mes-sage shown below will be displayed.

- If there is Picture Mail in the queue (as described on page 12), queued Pic-ture Mails will be sent at the same time.

- Once upload is complete, the camera turns off, the power-on lamp blinksorange, and the battery begins charging.

Back

Select SSID

AP1

AP2

n WEP key

Confirm

Back Delete

2 61 0

1 2 3 14 2 3 4 1 2

I

Cancel

Connecting to access pointAP1

Connecting to server

Cancel

I I

Cancel

0 0 2 / 0 3 0

Transferring imagesto server.

11MB:Available

Transfer complete.Connection terminated.

K

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kDeleting Picture Bank PicturesYou can select the [Picture Bank pictures] option from the [Delete] items in calendarand list by date menus to delete only those pictures, taken on the specified date, thathave already been uploaded to the my Picturetown server. Refer to pages 101 and 145of the User’s Manual for further information.

Register user information with the my Picturetown server to view uploaded pictures.When pictures are uploaded for the first time, e-mail notification requesting userregistration will be sent to the sender e-mail address registered with the camera inStep 3 on page 21. Refer to “Register user information with my Picturetown to viewuploaded pictures” on page 16 to attempt user registration.

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