North Star S510 user manual Troubleshooting, Display, Settings and Power Supply, 124

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, p or 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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