Before calling for service

Power supply
There’s no power.

• Make sure the battery and AC adaptor are connected properly.

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Check the connections again.

 

 

 

 

Power goes off as soon as

• The battery may have run out.

 

 

 

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it is turned on.

If the remaining battery charge display

 

 

turns red, the

 

 

battery is exhausted.

 

 

 

 

 

Either recharge the battery or replace the discharged battery

 

 

with a fully charged one.

 

 

 

 

Battery
The battery runs down

• Make sure the battery is fully charged.

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quickly.

Keep charging until the CHARGE lamp on the battery charger

 

 

goes out.

 

 

• Are you using the battery in a cold place?

 

 

The battery is affected by the ambient temperature. Its

 

 

operating time is reduced in low-temperatures.

 

 

• The battery may have reached the end of its service life. The

 

 

battery will become unchargeable. The battery has a certain

 

 

service life which varies depending on how the battery is used.

 

 

If the battery operates only for a short period even when it is

 

 

charged adequately, it has reached the end of its service life.

 

The remaining battery

• The remaining battery capacity display is merely a guideline.

capacity is not displayed

To ensure that remaining battery capacity is displayed correctly,

 

correctly.

use the battery completely from a fully-charged state, and

 

 

charge the battery again. (Remaining battery capacity may still

 

 

not be displayed correctly if the battery has been used for long

 

 

periods in high or low temperatures, or if the battery has been

 

 

recharged a large number of times.)

 

Shooting/recording
Cannot start shooting.

• Make sure the POWER/Mode selector switch is ON.

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Cannot record even

• Is the write-protect switch on the SD Memory Cards in the

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through the SD Memory

“LOCK” position? The card cannot be recorded to if the switch

 

Cards are inserted

is in the “LOCK” position.

 

correctly.

• Is the remaining memory available on the SD Memory Cards

 

 

extremely low? Please save contents onto different media and

 

 

delete unneeded data from the cards, or use new cards instead.

 

 

• Have the SD Memory Cards been correctly formatted?

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Alternatively, are the cards of a format that is incompatible with

 

 

this camera? Reformat the cards with the camera.

 

 

• 8 MB - 16 MB SD Memory Cards cannot be used.

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Recording stops by itself.

• Is your SD Memory Card compatible with use for video

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recording?

 

 

Always use SD Memory Cards compatible with use for video

 

 

recording.

 

There is a vertical

• Adjust the images using the 3D FINE function, to minimize

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misalignment between the

misalignment. If the misalignment cannot be reduced to the

 

left and right images.

specified value even if adjusted with the 3D FINE function,

 

 

consult your dealer.

 

There is focus

• The focus may have been misaligned by shock applied to

misalignment between the

the camera. Turn the power off then on again. If the focus

 

left and right images.

misalignment persists, consult your dealer.

 

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