Nikon S510 Troubleshooting, Display, Settings and Power Supply

Troubleshooting

If the camera fails to function as expected, check the list of common problems below before consulting your retailer or Nikon-authorized service representative. Refer to the page numbers in the right-most column for more information.

Display, Settings and Power Supply

	Problem		Cause/Solution	A
	Monitor is blank	•	Camera is off.	20
		•	Battery is exhausted.	20
		• Standby mode for saving power: press the		21, 25
			shutter-release button halfway.
		• When flash lamp blinks red, wait until flash		29
			has charged.
		• Camera and computer are connected via USB		69
			cable.
		• Camera and TV are connected via AV cable.		67
		• Time lapse or interval timer photography in		–
			progress.
	Monitor is hard to read	•	Adjust monitor brightness.	104
		• Monitor is dirty. Clean monitor.		119
		• Monitor has dimmed to save power. Monitor		21
			brightens when controls are used.
	Camera turns off without	•	Battery is low.	20
	warning	• Camera has turned off automatically to save		109
		•	power.
			Battery is cold.	118
Technical	Date and time of recording are	• Pictures recorded before clock was set, and		16
	not correct		“Date not set” indicator blinks during shooting,
			will have time stamp of “00/00/0000 00:00”;
			movies and voice recordings will be dated “01/
Notes			09/2007 00:00.”
		• Check camera clock regularly against more		101
			accurate timepieces and reset as required.
	No indicators displayed in	[Hide info] is selected for [Photo info].		104
	monitor	Select [Show info].
	[Date imprint] not available	Camera clock has not been set.		16,
				101
	Date not appearing on pictures	Date does not appear on movies or on pictures		35, 38,
	even when [Date imprint] is	taken using d, l, por when [Continuous] is		40, 55,
	enabled	set to [Continuous] or [BSS].		86
	Camera settings reset	Backup battery is exhausted; all settings were		102
		restored to their default values.

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