Error Messages

The following table lists the error messages and other warnings displayed in the monitor, as well as the solutions for dealing with them.

 

Display

Description

Solution

A

 

O(blinks)

Clock not set.

Set date and time.

E80

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

Battery exhausted.

Charge or replace battery.

14, 16

 

Battery exhausted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turn off camera, and allow

 

 

 

 

battery to cool down

 

 

P

Battery temperature is

before resuming use. When

 

 

Battery

this message appears, the

21

 

high.

 

temperature high

power-on lamp blinks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rapidly for five seconds and

 

 

 

 

the monitor turns off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

Inside of the camera or the

Turn off camera, and allow

 

 

The camera will

 

 

memory card has become

battery to cool down

21

 

turn off to prevent

 

hot.

before resuming use.

 

 

overheating.

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

The slide cover (power

Open or close the slide

 

 

Check the sliding

21

 

switch) is not fully open.

cover fully.

 

cover

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

 

 

Refocus.

28, 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus on another subject

39

 

Q(● blinks red)

Camera cannot focus.

positioned at the same

 

Section

 

 

distance from the camera

 

 

 

as the intended subject.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wait until message clears

 

 

P

 

from display automatically

 

 

Camera cannot perform

when recording is

 

 

Please wait for the

 

 

other operations until

complete. Do not open the

 

camera to finish

 

recording is complete.

battery-chamber/memory

 

 

recording.

 

 

 

card slot cover during

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recording.

 

 

u

Write-protect switch is in

Slide write-protect switch

 

 

Memory card is

 

“lock” position.

to “write” position.

 

write protected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

 

Use approved card.

19

 

This card cannot be

 

 

 

Check that terminals are

18

 

used.

Error accessing memory

 

clean.

 

 

P

card.

 

 

Confirm that memory

18

 

This card cannot be

 

 

 

card is correctly inserted.

 

 

read.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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