Canon A540 Troubleshooting, When the power is turned on, Camera will not operate, Guide p

Troubleshooting

Camera

Camera will not operate.

Power is not turned on.	!Press the power button (Basic
	Guide p. 4).
Memory card slot/battery	!Confirm that the memory card slot/
cover is open.	battery cover is securely closed
	(Basic Guide p. 1).
Batteries are loaded in the	!Reload the batteries in the correct
wrong direction.	direction (Basic Guide p. 1).
Batteries are not the right	!Use only unused AA-size alkaline
type.	batteries or Canon AA-size NiMH
	batteries (Basic Guide p. 1).
Insufficient battery voltage	!Replace the camera batteries with
(“Change the batteries”	2 unused or fully charged batteries
message displays).	(Basic Guide p. 1).
	!Use the AC Adapter Kit ACK800
	(sold separately) (p. 108).
Poor contact between	!Wipe the battery terminals with a
camera and battery	clean dry cloth.
terminals.	!Reload the batteries several times.
Sounds come from the camera interior.
The camera’s horizontal/	!The camera’s orientation
vertical orientation was	mechanism is operating. There is
changed.	no malfunction.

When the power is turned on

“Card locked!” message appears.

The SD memory card’s write	!When recording to, erasing from
protect tab is set to “Write	or formatting the memory card,
protect”.	slide the tab upward (p. 104).

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