Technical Notes

Error Messages

The following table lists the error messages and other warnings that appear in the monitor and how to deal with them.

 

Display

 

 

Problem

Solution

 

 

Q

 

Z

 

 

Clock not set.

Set clock to current date and

14

 

(Flashes)

 

 

time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARNING ! !

 

Turn camera off and replace

 

 

BATTERY

 

 

Batteries exhausted.

12

 

 

 

batteries.

 

 

 

 

EXHAUSTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFz

 

 

 

Use focus lock

to

focus

on

 

 

 

 

Camera cannot focus.

another subject

at

same

dis-

21

 

(zflashes red)

 

 

tance, then recompose picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use flash, or steady camera

 

 

 

 

 

Slow shutter speed. Pictures

using tripod, by placing cam-

18,

2

 

 

era on level surface, or

by

 

 

 

 

may be blurred.

holding camera in both hands

24-25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with elbows against torso.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recorded picture may be

Select Yes to keep picture,

91

 

SAVE PICTURE?

 

 

 

 

 

No to delete.Camera shake

 

PICTURE IS BLURRED.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

 

 

blurred.

warning can be hidden.

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARNING ! !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLEASE WAIT

Camera turned off or x but-

Message clears from display

 

FOR THE CAM-

ton pressed during recording.

automatically when recording

21

ERA TO FINISH

The mode dial was rotated

is complete.

 

 

 

 

 

RECORDING

 

 

during recording.

 

 

 

 

 

<

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEMORY

 

 

Write-protect switch is in

Slide write-protect to "write"

 

CARD IS WRITE

11

"lock" position.

position.

 

 

 

 

PROTECTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/ CARD IS NOT

 

Press multi selector up to

 

 

FORMATTED

Memory card has not been

highlight FORMAT and press

93,

 

 

 

 

to right to format

card,

or

 

Format

 

 

formatted for use in camera.

turn camera off and replace

10-11

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

>

 

card.

 

 

 

 

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Nikon 3200 2200 manual Error Messages, Display Problem Solution