Pocket Pocket Cinema 4K Bluetooth doesn't appear to work

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Pocket Pocket Cinema 4K Bluetooth doesn't appear to work

PostSat Nov 17, 2018 6:03 pm

I just downloaded the Bluetooth+ iOS app to try to control my BMPCC4K...maybe I should have tried to pair it with my iPhone first, bc even though I turned on Bluetooth in my menu, it is not appearing in my iPhone's devices ready to pair section.

Any ideas what could be going wrong? I am showing firmware 5.2 on my cam.
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Re: Pocket Pocket Cinema 4K Bluetooth doesn't appear to work

PostSat Nov 17, 2018 6:30 pm

You don’t pair it with your phone in the iOS settings, you just need to turn BT on on the camera, open the app and then it should show as a device ready to connect. Click the device, follow onscreen instructions when pairing for the first time :)
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Re: Pocket Pocket Cinema 4K Bluetooth doesn't appear to work

PostSat Nov 17, 2018 10:56 pm

oh, I didn't realise that the thin line of text up top was the name of *my* PCC4K, and that all I had to do was to click on it...but now that I did, a pairing window came up with a code request, and between 0000 or 1234, I picked the latter, which appears to be wrong, so now I'll have to remove the camera from my iOS bluetooth settings and the camera's bluetooth devices list apparently...but it's nowhere to be seen in either place, so I guess not.

what is the pairing code to use there? also, is there a way to change the bluetooth name of my camera?

so many questions!
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Re: Pocket Pocket Cinema 4K Bluetooth doesn't appear to work

PostSat Nov 17, 2018 11:11 pm

...some of which can easily be answered by reading the f***ing PDF manual...like the answer to my last question:

the code is displayed on the camera screen.

so easy. :-/
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Re: Pocket Pocket Cinema 4K Bluetooth doesn't appear to work

PostSun Nov 18, 2018 8:50 am

tillkrueger wrote:...some of which can easily be answered by reading the f***ing PDF manual...like the answer to my last question:

the code is displayed on the camera screen.

so easy. :-/


Incredibly easy - so all sorted?
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Re: Pocket Pocket Cinema 4K Bluetooth doesn't appear to work

PostSun Nov 18, 2018 12:39 pm

yes, all sorted out, thanks Craig! :)

now looking forward to a break in my work to get to try out this new way of controlling the PC4K...very cool!
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Re: Pocket Pocket Cinema 4K Bluetooth doesn't appear to work

PostSun Nov 18, 2018 5:01 pm

tillkrueger wrote:yes, all sorted out, thanks Craig! :)

now looking forward to a break in my work to get to try out this new way of controlling the PC4K...very cool!

Excellent :) one of the best things for the app I reckon is if you shoot raw, in playback you can quickly and easily change the ISO and WB on playback in real-time. You can also mark good clips easily ok playback. The one thing both apps are missing is playback controls - would be great to start / stop / forward / back clips from the phone so you can sit back with a review monitor and not touch the camera!
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Re: Pocket Pocket Cinema 4K Bluetooth doesn't appear to work

PostMon Nov 19, 2018 6:06 pm

when you say "both apps", what other app are you referring to?
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Re: Pocket Pocket Cinema 4K Bluetooth doesn't appear to work

PostMon Nov 19, 2018 6:49 pm

tillkrueger wrote:when you say "both apps", what other app are you referring to?

The official BMD one and Bluetooth +
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Re: Pocket Pocket Cinema 4K Bluetooth doesn't appear to work

PostMon Nov 19, 2018 6:51 pm

Oh, is that what the Camera Control app does? Hadn’t yet looked at that, thanks!


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