Nikon Coolpix Digital Camera, S5100 Electronically Controlled Cameras, 152, Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Technical Notes and Index

Problem	Cause/Solution	A
	• If camera clock has not been set, “Date not set”	18,
	indicator blinks with shooting and movie recording.	123
	Images and movies saved before clock is set are
Date and time of	dated “00/00/0000 00:00” or “01/01/2010 00:00”
recording are not correct.	respectively. Set the correct time and date from the
	Date option in the setup menu.
	• Check camera clock regularly against more accurate	123
	timepieces and reset as required.
No indicators displayed	Hide info is selected for Photo info.	126
in monitor.	Select Show info.
Date imprint not	Camera clock has not been set.	18,
available.		123
Date not imprinted on	• The current shooting mode is one that does not
images even when Date	support Date imprint.	128
imprint is enabled.	• The date cannot be imprinted on movies.
Screen for setting date
and time is displayed	Clock battery is exhausted; all settings were restored to	18,
when camera is turned
	their default values.	124
on.
Camera settings reset.
	Battery temperature is high. Turn off camera and allow
Monitor turns off, and	battery to cool down before resuming use. After the
the power-on lamp	lamp blinks for three minutes, the camera will turn off	17
blinks rapidly.	automatically. Pressing the power switch also turns off
	the camera.

Electronically Controlled Cameras

In extremely rare instances, unusual characters may appear in the monitor and the camera may stop functioning. In most cases, this phenomenon is caused by a strong external static charge. Turn the camera off, remove and replace the battery, then turn the camera on again. In the event of continued malfunction, contact your retailer or Nikon-authorized service representative. Note that disconnecting the power source as described above may result in the loss of any data not saved to internal memory or the memory card at the time the problem occurred. Data already saved will not be affected.

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