Nikon S700 Troubleshooting, Display, Settings and Power Supply

Troubleshooting

Notes Technical

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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		69
		audio/video USB cable.
	• Camera and TV are connected via audio/video		67
		USB cable.
	• Time lapse or interval timer photography in		–
		progress.
Monitor is hard to read	•	Adjust monitor brightness.	106
	• 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		111
	•	power.
		Battery is cold.	118
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/
		09/2007 00:00.”
	• Check camera clock regularly against more		103
		accurate timepieces and reset as required.
No indicators displayed in	[Hide info] is selected for [Photo info].		106
monitor	Select [Show info].
[Date imprint] not available	Camera clock has not been set.		16,
			103
Date not appearing on pictures	Date does not appear on movies or on pictures		35, 38,
even when [Date imprint] is	shot using d, l, por when [Continuous] is set		40, 55,
enabled	to [Continuous] or [BSS].		86
Camera settings reset	Backup battery is exhausted; all settings were		104
	restored to their default values.