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Tap CONNECT NEW DEVICE

Tap CONNECT NEW DEVICE

1. Stay Near device

2. Turn on Phone Bluetooth or Enable Bluetooth

Tap on button for Turn on Phone Bluetooth for guidance in turning on phone bluetooth.

• Getting an error? - on iOS ensure you've allowed Local Network Access

3. Turn on Device Bluetooth or set device to pairing mode

Ensure the Yeti is in PAIRING MODE, Yeti devices will show the bluetooth and wifi icons blinking. Example shown below: How to enter PAIRING MODE

Tap on the button for Turn on Device bluetooth for guidance in turning on device bluetooth or setting device to pairing mode OR tap on the help question icon and tap the pairing mode icon for guidance.

4. Tap Scan for devices from the Pair Device screen

Note: if your device does not show up after scanning, make sure device bluetooth is on and in pairing mode. If it still is not showing, power cycle your device by turning the power of your device off completely...wait 20 seconds...then turn back on (makes sure the device does not have a power source plugged in while turning on and off).

5. Select your scanned device and tap Continue

Your device is paired.

After you have paired to your device, you will not be able to select your connection.

    - Ensure your phone's network and the network you select for your device are both non-restricted. Restricted public networks are commonly known as captive portal networks and can limit your device from connecting.  Such as: Hotels, school dorms, conference facilities, and similar locations with public wireless Internet access often require you to interact with a web page to authenticate your access.

• Still having trouble?
  • Try doing the following to the pair button:
    1. Short press the pair button on the back of the Yeti 4000 to turn on/off Wifi broadcasting.
       • Short press to turn off Wifi broadcasting
       • Wait about 10 seconds
       • Short press to turn on WiFi broadcasting
       • Wi-Fi (Cloud) icon should be blinking
    2. For Yeti 1400/3000 Lithium and Yeti X's, the Wifi off/on can be done with a short press of the WIRELESS button.

Read more about Cloud Connect

1. Tap Cloud Connect
2. Log In or create an account, if you have not logged in or created an account
3. List of Scanned networks will show (if previously cloud connected your saved networks will show)

If you do not see your network, you can enter network manually.

4. Select network and Continue
5. You will be guided through the Connecting screens...

Note: if your device is not connecting, try power cycling your device by turning the power of your device off completely...wait 20 seconds...then turn back on (makes sure the device does not have a power source plugged in while turning on and off). Then try to cloud connect again.

You are cloud connected.

• Now the Yeti should go through a sequence of Wifi Connection Statuses
  • Meanwhile the app will send requests to the Yeti App Cloud backend to establish the cloud pairing.
  1. The Yeti's Wifi icon will change from PAIRING mode to WIFI CONNECTING mode

1. Tap Direct Connect
2. You will be guided through the Connecting screens...

Note: if your device is not connecting, try power cycling your device by turning the power of your device off completely...wait 20 seconds...then turn back on (makes sure the device does not have a power source plugged in while turning on and off). Make sure it is in pairing mode and try connecting again.

Or connection timeout

If the Yeti was connected to a network via Cloud Connect and has lost connection, it will enter connection lost...reconnecting and will try to connect to its known networks.

💡 NOTE: Your Yeti is able to store up to 3 different networks. Read more.

If the Yeti is unable to reconnect to our Goal Zero App servers for 10 hours while in CONNECTING mode, the Wi-Fi will be disabled to stop using excess battery. If the Yeti's Wi-Fi is currently off, to get reconnected, ensure your home network is back online and within range of your Yeti. A simple press of the Wireless Button will re-enable the Wi-Fi.

The Yeti's Wi-Fi will turn back on into CONNECTING mode.

📷 Wi-Fi Connecting Mode Indication – Yeti is searching for, or trying to connect to, a known network

If you find that when you turn on the Yeti's Wi-Fi that it's in PAIRING mode, try the following:

1. Hold the Wireless Button for about 4 seconds until it beeps or the blinking pattern changes on the Yeti's display.

The Yeti will change from PAIRING mode to CONNECTING mode. As long as your network is connected to the Internet and within range of the Yeti's Wi-Fi, the Yeti should be able to get reconnected to your home network and the Goal Zero App servers and will should update in the app as CONNECTED.

If the above steps don't resolve your connection issue, you may need to repeat the App Pairing Steps.