Error Messages

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

 

Display

Description

 

Solution

A

 

O

Clock not set.

Set date and time.

144

 

(blinks)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

Battery exhausted.

Charge or replace the battery.

14, 16

 

Battery exhausted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turn off camera, and allow battery to

 

 

 

 

cool down before resuming use. Five

 

 

 

 

seconds after this message appears,

 

 

P

Battery temperature is

the monitor is turned off, and the

 

 

power-on lamp flickers. After the

19

 

Battery temperature high

high.

lamp blinks for three minutes, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera turns off automatically, but

 

 

 

 

you can also press the power switch

 

 

 

 

to turn it off manually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

Inside of the camera

Leave the camera off until the inside

 

 

has become hot. The

 

 

The camera will turn off

of the camera has cooled and then

 

camera turns off

 

to prevent overheating.

turn it on again.

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q(blinks red)

Camera cannot focus.

Refocus.

28, 29

 

Use focus lock.

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technical

P

Camera cannot

Wait until message clears from display

 

Please wait for the

perform other

 

automatically when recording is

camera to finish

operations until

complete.

 

recording.

recording is complete.

 

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

N

Write-protect switch is

Slide the write-protect switch to

 

Memory card is write

23

and

protected.

in “lock” position.

“write” position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Index

 

 

 

 

P

 

Use an approved card.

167

This card cannot be used.

Error accessing

Check that connectors are clean.

23

 

P

memory card.

Confirm that memory card is

22

 

This card cannot be read.

 

 

correctly inserted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nikon COOLPIXP300BK user manual Error Messages, 170, Display Description Solution