Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Problem

Cause

Solution

 

 

 

 

- batteries are inserted in the

- reload batteries in the correct

 

direction

 

wrong direction

 

- replace with new batteries

Power does not turn on.

- batteries are dead

- make sure the battery

 

- the battery compartment door

 

compartment door is securely

 

is open

 

closed

 

 

 

 

 

 

- the mode dial is set to

- turn the mode dial to Auto,

 

Manual, or Video mode

 

Playback mode

 

- wait for the flash to charge

 

- the flash is charging

 

- reformat the SD card

The camera does not take

- memory is full

- the card may be defective, use

 

pictures.

- SD card is not formatted

a new card

 

correctly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- turn the mode dial to Auto or

 

 

Manual mode

 

- the mode dial is set to

- wait until the flash has finished

 

charging

 

Playback mode

Image is not recorded when the

- make space in memory by

 

shutter button is pressed.

- the flash is charging

deleting images you don't

 

 

- memory is full

 

want, or by downloading files

 

 

 

 

to a computer and erasing all

 

 

files or formatting memory

 

 

 

The flash doesn't fire.

- flash mode is set to OFF

- set the flash to any mode

except OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- hold the camera steady when

 

- the camera was moving when

shooting pictures

 

 

 

the image was captured

- turn the Macro mode on if the

Images are blurry or out of

- the subject was beyond the

subject is at 20 cm (zoomed

out) or 16 cm (zoomed in)

focus.

range within which the camera

- do not use Macro mode when

 

can focus

 

 

shooting distant subjects

 

 

 

Images are not displayed on the

- a memory card with non-DCIF

- this camera cannot display

images (recorded with another

LCD screen.

non-DCIF images

camera) is loaded

 

 

 

- the camera was turned

- if the battery low indicator

Recorded images are not saved

appears on the LCD screen,

off/powered down before the

in memory.

replace the batteries

image was stored in memory

 

immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot transfer images to a

 

- install the USB driver before

 

you connect the camera to a

computer after connecting the

- USB driver is not installed

computer

USB cable.

 

 

- turn the camera on

 

 

 

 

 

 

- the cable is not connected

- use the included video cable to

Images do not appear on the

securely

connect the camera to a TV

television.

- the video system setting is

- set the video system to the

 

incorrect

correct setting, NTSC or PAL

Error message on LCD after a

- The camera supports the FAT

Format the memory card using

file system. Occasionally

a computer and a memory

memory card has been inserted

memory cards are formatted

card reader/writer. Be sure to

into the camera:

with a file system that the

select FAT as the file system

Format Fail

camera does not support e.g.

when formatting the memory

Delete All?(OK)

NTFS and these memory

card on computers running

 

cards need to be reformatted

Windows 2000 Professional or

 

before they can be used with

Windows XP. Once the

 

the camera.

memory card has been

 

 

formatted with the FAT file

 

 

system, it should work in the

 

 

camera.

 

 

 

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