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Technical Notes
Error Messages
The following table lists the error messages and other warnings that appear in the monitor and how to deal with them.
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| Clock not set. | Set clock to current date and | 14 | ||||
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| WARNING ! ! |
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| Batteries exhausted. | 12 | |||||
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| Camera cannot focus. | another subject | at | same | dis- | 21 | ||
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| Use flash, or steady camera |
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| Slow shutter speed. Pictures | using tripod, by placing cam- | 18, | ||||
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| Recorded picture may be | Select Yes to keep picture, | 91 | ||||
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| PLEASE WAIT | Camera turned off or x but- | Message clears from display |
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FOR THE CAM- | ton pressed during recording. | automatically when recording | 21 | |||||||
ERA TO FINISH | The mode dial was rotated | is complete. |
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| RECORDING |
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CARD IS WRITE | 11 | |||||||||
"lock" position. | position. |
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| FORMATTED | Memory card has not been | highlight FORMAT and press | 93, | ||||||
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