Troubleshooting

Technical Notes and Index

156

Problem

 

Cause/Solution

A

 

These options cannot be used with movies.

106

 

These options cannot be used with images

37

Cannot use quick retouch,

 

captured at an Image mode setting of P

 

 

3968 × 2232.

 

D-Lighting, skin softening,

 

 

Select images that support quick retouch,

94

small picture, or crop.

 

D-Lighting, skin softening, small picture, or crop.

 

 

 

 

 

Camera is unable to edit images captured

94

 

 

with other cameras.

 

 

Select the correct Video mode in the setup

135

Images not displayed on

 

menu.

 

Memory card contains no images. Replace the

20

television.

 

memory card. Remove the memory card to

 

 

 

 

 

 

play back images from the internal memory.

 

 

 

 

 

The desired image was sorted to a category

78

 

 

other than the category currently displayed.

 

 

Images saved by a camera other than the

79

 

 

COOLPIX S5100 and images copied using the

 

 

 

Copy option cannot be displayed in auto sort

 

 

mode.

 

The saved images are not

Images saved in the internal memory or on

displayed in auto sort mode.

 

the memory card may not be played back

 

 

 

correctly if overwritten by a computer.

 

 

Up to 999 images and movies in total can be

79

 

 

added to each category. If the desired

 

 

 

category already contains 999 images or

 

 

 

movies in total, new images or movies cannot

 

 

 

be added.

 

 

Camera is off.

17

 

Battery is exhausted.

22

 

USB cable is not correctly connected.

109

 

Camera is not recognized by the computer.

Nikon Transfer 2 does not start

Confirm system requirements.

108

when camera is connected.

Computer is not set to start Nikon Transfer 2

112

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

For more information on Nikon Transfer 2,

 

 

 

refer to help information contained in ViewNX

 

 

 

2.

 

 

With some PictBridge-compatible printers, the

 

The PictBridge startup screen is

PictBridge startup screen may not be displayed

 

and it may be impossible to print images when

 

not displayed when the

 

Auto is selected for the Charge by computer

136

camera is connected to a

option in the setup menu. Set the Charge by

 

printer.

 

computer option to Off and reconnect the

 

 

 

 

camera to the printer.

 

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Nikon Coolpix Digital Camera, S5100 user manual 156

Coolpix Digital Camera, S5100 specifications

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