Troubleshooting
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Camera will | Power is not turned on |
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Battery cover or CF card slot | • Confirm that the battery cover is securely closed. | |||||||
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| Insufficient battery voltage | • Fully charge the battery or use a household power | ||||||
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| Poor contact between |
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Camera will | Main dial is set to | or | • Turn the main dial to | (Shooting). |
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| Flash is charging (flashing | • Wait until the orange indicator stops flashing and | ||||||
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| CF card full |
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•If required, download the images to a computer and erase them from the CF card to make space.
| CF card not formatted | • Format CF card. ➜ See Formatting a CF card (p. 99) | |||
| correctly | • If reformatting doesn't work, the CF card logic circuits | |||
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Lens will not | Battery cover or CF card | • Close the battery cover or CF card slot cover, and then | |||
retract | slot cover opened | turn the main dial on and back to | . | ||
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| Battery cover or CF card | • Close the battery cover or CF card slot cover, and then | |||
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| the CF card (warning |
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Battery pack | Battery pack capacity | • Replace the battery pack with a new one. | |||
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Battery pack | Main dial is not turned to | • Turn the main dial to | . |
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Battery life exceeded | • Replace the battery pack with a new one. | ||||
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| Poor contact between | • Plug the compact power adapter's DC plug more firmly | |||
| camera and compact power | into the camera's DC IN terminal. |
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| adapter | • Connect the power cord to the compact power adapter | |||
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| Appendices 133 | ||