Troubleshooting

 

 

 

Symptom

 

Probable Cause

 

 

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No power

 

1. Batteries

not

loaded

 

1. Correctly load batter-

 

 

 

 

 

 

correctly.

 

 

 

ies (page 13).

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Dead batteries

 

 

2. Replace batteries with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

new ones (page 13).

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Wrong AC adaptor

 

 

3. U s e

o n l y

r e c o m -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mended AC adaptor .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sudden power

 

1. Operation

of

Auto

 

1. Turn power back on.

Supply

failure

 

Power Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Low battery power

 

 

2. Replace all three bat-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

 

 

 

 

 

Use

of manganese

 

teries with a set of new

 

 

 

 

 

batteries.

 

 

 

ones (page 13).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Replace

manganese

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

batteries with

alkaline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

batteries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator

Power will

automatically

 

Replace all three batter-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on LCD

 

 

turn off shortly.

 

 

ies with a set of new ones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 13).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N o r e c o r d i n g

Function

switch

sets

to

 

Set

function

switch to

 

w h e n s h u t t e r

 

PLAY.

 

 

 

 

REC.

 

 

 

 

 

button is pressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power failure

 

Low battery power

 

 

 

Replace all three batter-

Recording

during self-timer

 

 

 

 

 

ies with a set of new ones

operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 13).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator

on

Over exposure

 

 

 

Change

aperture

switch

 

LCD

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting to [ ] (page 26).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator

on

Under exposure

 

 

 

Change

aperture

switch

 

LCD

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting to [ ] (page 26).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

Probable Cause

 

 

 

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macro photography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more precise im-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

age

composition, use

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

t h e

L C D m o n i t o r

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

screen instead

of

the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

viewfinder.

 

 

Recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aiming at an angle that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

is

diagonal

to

the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

viewfinder’s

optical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

axis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is best to point the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lens directly at the sub-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ject, and not at an

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

angle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color of recorded

1. Reflection from sun-

 

1. Reorient the

camera

 

image is strange.

light or light from an-

 

 

so that light is not shin-

 

 

other source

 

 

 

 

ing directly into lens.

 

 

2. Difference

between

 

2. This difference

does

 

 

Record

Mode

and

 

 

not indicate a problem

 

 

Playback

Mode char-

 

 

or malfunction.

 

 

 

 

acteristics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playback

No [+]/[–] button

Button

operation

during

 

Wait until an image is on

operation during

page change

 

 

 

 

the LCD before perform-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

multi-page dis-

 

 

 

 

 

 

ing a button operation.

 

 

play

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C a n n o t s t a r t

O n l y

o n e

i m a g e

i n

 

Auto play can be used

 

auto play opera-

memory

 

 

 

 

 

only when there are two

 

 

tion

 

 

 

 

 

 

or more images in cam-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

era memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reference

 

 

Symptom

Probable Cause

 

 

 

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor LCD image

I n c o r r e c t

N O R M A L /

 

Use NORMAL for scen-

 

focus

 

MACRO switch

setting

 

ery and group

photos,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and MACRO for close-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ups (page 24).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor

color and

Indoor fluorescent lighting

 

Shoot under incandes-

 

brightness when

 

 

 

 

 

cent or other non-fluores-

 

indoors

 

 

 

 

 

cent lighting (page 23).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recorded image

Strong direct or reflected

 

Change aperture

setting

 

has

greenish

sunlight

 

 

 

 

to [] (F8). Note that this

 

tinge.

 

 

 

 

 

condition is due to CCD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

characteristics, and does

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not indicate camera mal-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

function.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording

Part of the im-

1. Blocking

of

the lens

 

1. Hold

the

camera cor-

age is missing.

when recording.

 

 

rectly,

making

sure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that your finger or the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wrist strap is not block-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ing the lens.

 

 

 

 

2. Failure

to

correctly

 

2. Take

particular care

 

 

 

center the object when

 

under

the

following

 

 

 

aiming through

the

 

conditions,

which

can

 

 

 

viewfinder.

 

 

 

cause the recorded im-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

age to be slightly differ-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ent from the image that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

appears in the view-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

finder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reference

 

Symptom

Probable Cause

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All pages do not

Protected memory pages

 

Unhide protected memo-

 

appear

during

are hidden.

 

ry pages (page 47).

 

auto play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camera

is

con-

1. Function switch set to

 

1. Set function switch to

 

nected

to

a

TV,

REC

 

PLAY (page 32).

 

 

but LCD monitor

2. Incorrect camera-TV

 

2. Connect correctly us-

 

contents do

not

connection

 

ing the special

video

 

appear

on

TV

 

 

cable that

comes

with

 

screen.

 

 

 

 

the camera (page 34).

 

 

 

 

 

3. Wrong TV channel

 

3. Select

the

correct

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

channel for video play-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

back. See the TV’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

user documentation for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playback

Some

images

Protected memory pages

 

Unhide protected memo-

are missing.

are hidden.

 

ry pages by holding down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[–] while turning power on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 47).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C a n n o t

 

u s e

Protected memory pages

 

Unhide protected memo-

 

multi-page dis-

are hidden.

 

ry pages by holding down

 

play.

 

 

 

 

 

[–] while turning power on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 47).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot

protect

Protected memory pages

 

Unhide protected memo-

 

memory pages.

are hidden.

 

ry pages by holding down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[–] while turning power on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 47).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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