Troubleshooting

e If you think the camera is faulty, check the following once more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

Cause

 

Remedy

 

No power.

i The batteries are exhausted.

i Load fully charged batteries.

 

 

i The AC power adapter plug has come out

i Plug the adapter back in.

 

 

of the power outlet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power cuts out during

i The batteries are exhausted.

i Load fully charged batteries.

 

operation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Batteries run out

i You are using the camera in extremely

i Put the batteries in your pocket or another

 

quickly.

cold conditions.

 

warm place to heat it and then load it into

 

 

 

 

the camera just before you take a picture.

 

 

i The terminals are soiled.

i Wipe the battery terminals with a clean,

 

 

 

 

dry cloth.

 

 

i The batteries have reached the end of its

i Load new fully charged batteries.

 

 

operating life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No photograph is taken

i No SmartMedia is loaded.

i Load a SmartMedia.

 

when the shutter button

i The SmartMedia is fully recorded.

i Insert a new SmartMedia or erase some

 

is pressed.

 

 

unwanted frames.

 

 

i The SmartMedia is write-protected.

i Remove the write-protection.

 

 

i The SmartMedia is not formatted.

i Format the SmartMedia.

 

 

i The SmartMedia contact area is soiled.

i Wipe the SmartMedia contact area with a

 

 

 

 

clean dry cloth.

 

 

i The SmartMedia is damaged.

i Load a new SmartMedia.

 

 

i The Auto Power Off function has switched

i Switch the camera on.

 

 

the camera off.

 

 

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i The batteries are exhausted.

i Load fully charged batteries.

 

 

 

 

Problem

Cause

Remedy

I can’t use the flash to

i The flash is set to Suppressed Flash mode.

i Set the flash to Auto, Red-Eye Reduction

take pictures.

 

or Forced Flash mode (the flash cannot be

 

 

 

used in some modes).

 

 

i You pressed the shutter button while the

i Wait until charging is completed before

 

 

flash was charging.

pressing the shutter button.

 

 

i The batteries are exhausted.

i Load fully charged batteries.

 

 

 

 

The

photographed

i The subject is too far away.

i Move closer to the subject.

image

is dark even

i Your finger was covering the flash/flash

i Hold the camera correctly.

though I used the flash.

control sensor.

 

 

 

 

The image is blurred.

i The lens is dirty.

i Clean the lens.

 

 

i You photographed a distant subject with

i Cancel Macro mode.

 

 

the macro selector switch set to “5”.

 

 

 

i You took a close-up shot with the macro

i Set the camera to Macro mode.

 

 

selector switch set to “t”.

 

 

 

 

There is speckling on

i The shot was taken with a slow shutter

i This is a characteristic of CCDs and does

the image.

speed (long exposure) in a high-

not indicate a camera fault.

 

 

temperature environment.

 

 

 

 

I can’t format the

i The SmartMedia is write-protected.

i Remove the write-protection.

SmartMedia.

 

(Peel off the write-protect sticker.)

 

 

 

 

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