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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(blinks)

Clock not set.

Set clock to current date and time.

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARNING!! BATTERY

Battery exhausted.

Turn camera off and replace battery.

8

 

EXHAUSTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ ]

Camera can not

Use AF/AE lock to focus on another

 

 

 

 

 

focus.

 

subject at same distance, then

23

( flashes red)

 

recompose picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slow shutter speed.

Use flash, or steady camera using tri-

 

 

 

 

 

pod, by placing camera on level sur-

42, 43,

 

 

 

Pictures may be

 

 

 

face, or by holding camera in both

19

 

 

 

blurred.

 

 

 

 

 

hands with elbows against torso.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please wait

Camera turned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed during

Message clears from display auto-

 

 

WARNING!!

 

recording pic-

 

 

 

matically when recording is com-

22

PLEASE WAIT FOR THE

 

tures.

 

 

plete.

 

 

 

CAMERA TO FINISH

The mode dial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECORDING

 

rotated to another

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode during

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recording.

 

 

 

 

MEMORY CARD IS

Write-protect switch

Slide write-protect switch to “write”

 

 

WRITE PROTECTED

of the memory card

11

position.

 

 

 

 

is in “lock” position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Use approved card.

 

 

 

THIS CARD CANNOT

 

 

 

 

123

BE USED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Error accessing mem-

• Check that connectors are clean.

 

 

WARNING!!

 

 

ory card.

 

• Turn the camera off and make

 

 

THIS CARD CANNOT

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

sure the memory card is inserted

BE READ

 

 

 

 

 

 

correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARD IS NOT FOR-

 

 

 

Press of multi selector to highlight

 

 

MATTED

Memory card has not

 

 

FORMAT and press

to format

119,

 

 

 

been formatted for

 

 

 

card, or turn camera off and replace

10

FORMAT

use in camera.

card.

 

 

 

NO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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