Problem

Cause/Solution

A

Date not imprinted on

The date cannot be imprinted on movies and images

 

images even when Print

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date is enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screen for setting time and

 

 

date is displayed when

Clock battery is exhausted; all settings were restored

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camera is turned on.

to their default values.

Camera settings reset.

 

 

 

 

 

Monitor turns off, and the

Battery temperature is high. Turn off camera and

 

allow battery to cool down before resuming use. After

 

power-on lamp flashes

the lamp flashes for three minutes, the camera will

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quickly.

turn off automatically. Pressing the power switch also

 

 

turns off the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

The camera may become hot when recording movies

 

Camera becomes hot.

for an extended period of time, or when the camera is

 

used in a hot area; this is not a malfunction.

 

 

 

 

Shooting Issues

Technical

Problem

 

Cause/Solution

A

Cannot switch to shooting

Disconnect USB cable.

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mode.

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Notes

 

When camera is in playback mode, press the

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c (shooting/playback mode) button, the shutter-

 

 

 

No image captured when

 

release button, or the b(emovie-record) button.

 

and

When menus are displayed, press the

 

the shutter-release button is

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c (shooting/playback mode) button, shutter-

Index

pressed.

 

release button, or b (e movie-record) button.

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Battery is exhausted.

 

 

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When flash lamp flashes, flash is charging.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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