8Appendix
Troubleshooting
Symptom | Cause | Solution | |
Camera does not turn on. | - The batteries are inserted | - | Reload the batteries. |
| incorrectly. | - | Replace with new batteries. |
| - The batteries are dead. | - | Make sure the battery |
| - The battery compartment |
| compartment door is properly |
| door is open. |
| closed. |
The camera does not take | - The camera is set to | - Set the camera to Photo mode. | |
pictures. | Playback mode. | - | Wait for the flash to charge. |
| - The flash is charging | - Reformat the SD card. | |
| - The memory is full. | - | The card may be defective, use |
| - The SD card is not |
| a new card. |
| formatted correctly. |
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Image is not recorded | - The camera is set to | - Set camera to Photo mode. | |
when the shutter button is | Playback mode. | - Wait for flash to charge. | |
pressed. | - The flash is charging | - Make space in memory by | |
| - Memory is full. |
| deleting unwanted images or |
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| downloading files to a |
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| computer. |
The flash doesn't fire. | The Flash mode is set to OFF. | Set the flash to any mode except | |
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| OFF. | |
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Images are blurry or out of | - The camera was moving | - Hold the camera steady. | |
focus | when the image was | - Turn the Macro mode on if the | |
| captured. |
| subject is very close. |
| - The subject was beyond the | - Turn Macro mode off when | |
| focal range of the camera. |
| shooting distant subjects. |
Images are not displayed | A memory card with | This camera cannot display non- | |
on the LCD screen. | images (recorded with another | EXIF images. | |
| camera) is loaded. |
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Images are not saved in | The camera was turned off | If the battery low indicator | |
memory. | before the image was stored in | appears on the LCD screen, | |
| memory. | replace the batteries immediately. | |
Cannot transfer images to | The USB driver is not installed. | - Install the USB driver before | |
a computer after |
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| you connect the camera to a |
connecting the USB cable. |
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| computer. |
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| - Turn the camera on. | |
Images do not appear on | - The cable is not connected | - Use the included video cable to | |
the television. | securely. |
| connect the camera to a TV. |
| - The TV Out setting is | - Set the video system to the | |
| incorrect. |
| correct setting, NTSC or PAL. |
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