APPENDIX
TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem | Cause | Solution | |
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The camera cannot be turned on. | Battery is dead. | Fully charge the battery or use a | |
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| compact power adapter. | |
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| The battery compartment door | Make sure the battery | |
| is open. | compartment door is securely | |
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| closed. | |
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The camera cannot take pictures | The flash is charging. | Wait till the flash is fully charged. | |
or video clips when the Shutter |
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Memory is full. | Delete unwanted files or insert a | ||
button is pressed. | |||
| new SD card. | ||
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| Maximum file number is | Turn “File No. Reset” on, then | |
| exceeded. | format the card or insert a new | |
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| card. | |
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The flash doesn’t fire. | Flash is set to OFF. | Set the flash to any mode except | |
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| OFF. | |
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Image is blurry or out of focus | The camera was moving when | Hold the camera steady when | |
| the image was captured | shooting picture. | |
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| The subject was beyond the | Turn the Macro mode on if the | |
| focus range. | subject is within 5 - 80 cm (0.16- | |
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| 2.62 ft.)(W) or 30 – 80 cm (0.98- | |
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| 2.62 ft.)(T). Don’t use Macro | |
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| mode when shooting subjects | |
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| further than 80 cm. | |
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Images/video clips cannot be | The SD card is unrecognizable. | Format the SD card with the | |
saved on the SD card. |
| camera. | |
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| The SD card is damaged. | Use a new card. | |
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Recorded images/video clips are | The camera was powered off | When the low Battery indicator | |
not saved in memory | before the image/video clips was | appears on the LCD monitor, | |
| stored in memory. | recharge the battery immediately. | |
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Cannot transfer files onto a | The camera driver is not installed | Install the camera driver before | |
computer after connecting the |
| you connect the camera to a | |
USB cable |
| computer and turn the camera | |
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| on. | |
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Images/video clips does not | The cable is not connected | Connect the camera to the TV | |
appear on the television | securely. | properly. | |
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| The TV output setting is incorrect. | Change the TV output to NTSC | |
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| or PAL. | |
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