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

 

Cause/Solution

A

 

 

O

Clock not set.

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(flashes)

Set date and time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery exhausted.

Charge or replace the battery.

12, 14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery temperature is high.

 

 

 

 

Turn off camera, and allow battery to cool down before

 

 

 

Battery temperature

resuming use. Five seconds after this message appears, the

 

 

 

is elevated. The

monitor is turned off, and the power-on lamp starts flashing

19

 

 

camera will turn off.

quickly. After the lamps flash for 3 minutes, the camera turns off

 

 

 

 

automatically, but you can also press the power switch to turn it

 

 

 

 

off manually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The camera will turn

Inside of the camera has become hot. The camera turns off

 

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

off to prevent

–

 

 

Leave the camera off until the inside of the camera has cooled

 

 

overheating.

 

 

 

and then turn it on again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q

Camera cannot focus.

 

 

 

•

Refocus.

26

 

 

(flashes red)

 

 

•

Use focus lock.

81

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please wait for the

Camera cannot perform other operations until recording is

 

 

 

complete.

 

 

 

camera to finish

–

 

 

Wait until message clears from display automatically when

 

 

recording.

 

 

 

recording is complete.

 

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory card is write

Write-protect switch of Eye-Fi card is in “lock” position.

 

 

 

Write-protect switch of the memory card is in “lock” position.

–

 

 

protected.

Slide the write-protect switch to “write” position.

 

Section

 

card is locked.

Error accessing Eye-Fi card.

–

 

 

Not available if Eye-Fi

Slide the write-protect switch to “write” position.

 

 

 

• Check that the terminal is clean.

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Confirm that memory card is correctly inserted.

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This card cannot be

Error accessing memory card.

 

 

 

used.

• Use an approved card.

17

 

 

 

This card cannot be

• Check that the terminal is clean.

16

 

 

read.

• Confirm that memory card is correctly inserted.

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory card has not been formatted for use in this camera.

 

 

 

Card is not formatted.

All data stored on the memory card is deleted when formatted.

 

 

 

Format card?

If there is any data on the card that you want to keep, select No,

16

 

 

Yes

and backup the data to a computer before formatting the

 

 

 

No

memory card. To format the memory card, select Yes and press

 

 

 

 

the kbutton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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