Casio QV-70 Troubleshooting, Reference, Reference

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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