QUICKTIME SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Problem
SymptomCause
Solution
IBM PC / AT Compatible

Pentium processor-based PC

or compatible computer

Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP.

128MB or more of RAM

To install QuickTime, follow the instructions in the installer. QuickTime is not supplied with the camera in all sales regions. Users can download the latest version of QuickTime free of charge from the Apple Computer web site: http://www.apple.com.

Pictures are not sharp.

Subject is too close.

Focus signal is

red.

A special situation is preventing the autofocus system from focusing (p. 27).

Make sure the subject is within the autofocus range (p. 26) or use the macro mode (p. 30).

Use the focus-lock function to focus on an object at the same distance as the subject (p. 26).

APPENDIX

TROUBLESHOOTING

The section covers minor problems with basic camera operation. For major problems or damage, or if a problem continues to reoccur frequently, contact our service facility.

Pictures are not sharp.

Pictures are

 

taken indoors

Slow shutter speeds result

or in low-light

in blurred images when

situations with- the camera is hand-held. out flash.

Use a tripod, change the camera sensitivity to a higher setting (p. 46), or use the flash (p. 28).

Problem Symptom
Cause

The batteries are dead.

Solution

Recharge batteries (p. 14).

While using flash, the pictures are too dark.

Move closer to the subject or

The subject is beyond the flash range (p. 46). change the camera sensitivity to a higher setting (p. 46).

The camera will not work.

Shutter will not release.

Nothing displayed on the monitors.

Card-full or internal-memory -full warning appears on the monitor.

Card-locked warning appears on the monitor.

The AC adapter is not connected properly.

Memory card or internal memory is full and unable to store an image at the image-quality or image- size setting on the camera.

Memory card is locked.

Check that the adapter is connected to the camera and a live electrical outlet (p. 17).

Insert a new memory card (p. 18), use the internal memory, delete some images (p. 33), or change the image-quality or image-size setting (p. 42).

Unlock the memory card using the write-protect switch (p. 108).

Occasionally

The sandglass

 

the camera

indicator

The CCD is being calibrated. Do not remove the battery during

does not turn

appears on a

calibration. This is not a defect and the camera turns off auto-

off immediate-

blank monitor

matically.

ly.

display.

 

If the camera does not function normally, turn it off, remove and reinsert the battery, or unplug and reconnect the AC adapter set. Always turn the camera off using the main switch otherwise the memory card may be damaged and camera settings reset.

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