Minolta 2163-910, 2084401, 9222-2163-11 instruction manual Trouble Shooting, 120

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TROUBLE SHOOTING

Contact your nearest Minolta Service Facility if the following information does not cover the problem which you are experiencing or the condition continues.

Problem	Cause	Solution	Page
	Situation is unsuitable	Use focus lock or	34/
Autofocus does	for autofocus.	manual focus.	75
not work when the	Camera is set to	Hold the focus-	75
shutter-release	manual focus mode.	mode switch down.
button is pressed
partway down.		Check the minimum	–
	Subject is too close.	focus distance for
		your lens.
	Focus cannot be	Use focus lock or	34/
	confirmed.	manual focus.	75
	Camera is attached to
Shutter cannot be	a microscope or tele-	Set custom 14 to	113
	scope and custom	setting 2.
released.
	function 14-1 is set.
	Custom function is	Set custom 5 to	109
	set to 5-2 (shutter-
		setting 1.
	release lock (Film)).
Flash fires when	Flash was used as AF	To turn off the AF
		illuminator, set the
the shutter-release	illuminator to assist	flash mode to	112
button is pressed	the autofocus sys-	flash cancel or
partway down.	tem.	custom 11 to set-
		ting 2
	Flash did not fire in a
Picture is blurred.	low-light situation	Use fill flash, a tri-	–
	and the shutter speed	pod, or faster film.
	was slow.

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Problem	Cause	Solution	Page
Flash pic-	Subject is	Make sure the subject is within	36
ture is too	beyond flash
		the flash range.
dark.	range.
When using	Lens hood	Remove the lens hood.
the built-in	was attached
flash, the		To prevent lens shadowing, the	–
	or subject
bottom of		subject must be at least 1m (3.3ft.)
	distance was
the picture		from the camera.
	less than 1m.
is dark.
		Remove and reinstall the batter-
Err appears		ies. If normal camera operation
	Camera mal-	does not resume or the camera	–
on the data
	function	malfunctions repeatedly, contact
panel.
		an authorised Minolta Service
		Facility.

This camera has a safety-lock feature and the back- cover cannot be opened if film is loaded. In case the back cannot be opened, following these steps.

•Remove the film in a dark place of under a thick blanket. After removing the film, contact an authorized Minolta Service Facility to repair your camera.

After the	1.	Turn the main switch to OFF.
film	2.	Turn the function dial to ISO.
rewinds,	3.	While pressing the function dial and spot-AE
the back		lock button, turn the main switch to ON. The
cover can		film-chamber-lock indicator should turn black.
not be		The back cover can now be opened.
opened.
	If the back cover did not open,
	1.	Find the lever located near
		the film-chamber release.	APPENDIX
	2.	Slide the lever down to
		open the cover.
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