Menu Position MENU --> 
2 --> Display MAC Address
What it Does Allows you to view the phone’s Media Access Control (MAC) address
Recommended Setting n/a
Menu Position MENU --> 2 --> Display MAC Address
What it Does Allows you to view the phone’s Media Access Control (MAC) address
Recommended Setting n/a
You will probably never need this function. To explain why it’s needed I’d have to talk about TCP/IP protocol, and the Ethernet protocol over which TCP/IP is built. Probably more detail than you need.
So here’s the short version: Every internet-enabled device has a unique physical address burned right into it at the factory. This MAC address is different from the IP address you may be familiar with. MAC addresses look like this: F0:27:65:00:7D:BD.
Why would you ever need to know this? It’s needed in situations where you want to use the camera’s Wi-Fi features in a private network (typically a well-run office network) which is locked down by the company’s IT staff. Only devices that the company knows about will be allowed on. And yes, there are network management tools that let you register every MAC address of every Ethernet card in every computer that’s in the company’s asset management system.
If you find yourself trying to use your camera’s MENU --> 
1 --> Send to Computer feature in such an environment, what you need to do is call your friendly neighborhood IT support person, explain to them what you’re trying to do (probably several times), get approval in triplicate from six layers of management above you, and when everything is done and approved you tell your IT person “Here is my MAC address. Please allow it onto the network.”
TIP: You’ll only have to register your MAC address when using the “Send to Computer” function. The “Send to Smartphone” features do not require any cooperation from your IT department. |
Menu Position MENU --> 2 --> SSID / PW Reset
What it Does Erases the camera’s memory of your smartphone connection info
Recommended Setting n/a
I can’t imagine why you would ever need this function. Each time you invoke the MENU --> 1 --> Send to Smartphone or MENU --> 
1 --> Application List --> Smart Remote Control function, the camera connects to the phone, logs on using a password, and from then on both the phone and the camera remember each other, making future transfers less fiddly.
Sony’s manual hints that it is necessary to use this function to “forget” the previous smart phone it was connected to before you connect it to another. However, in my testing this step is completely unnecessary and you can hook up to a different smart phone without invoking this feature at all.
Menu Position MENU --> 
2 --> Reset Network Set.
What it Does Erases the camera’s memory of your Wi-Fi router for your computer network
Recommended Setting n/a
This is a handy feature to use before you sell your camera, since just doing a MENU --> 
7 --> Setting Reset --> Initialize (a system reset) does NOT erase the SSID names and passwords that have been used in the past.
This resets just the information needed to connect to your home network’s Wi-Fi access point. For information on how to forget your smartphone connection info, see the previous section.