Troubleshooting
Power supply
There’s no power. | • Make sure the battery and AC adapter are connected properly. | P25 | |||
| Check the connections again. |
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Power goes off for no | • To prevent the battery from running down needlessly, the portable | P92 | |||
apparent reason. | recorder automatically turns off when it has been left in the shooting |
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| pause mode for more than 5 minutes. |
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| Check [POWER SAVE] in the [OTHER FUNCTIONS] setup menu. |
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Power goes off as soon as | • The battery may have run out. | P24 | |||
it is turned on. | If the remaining battery charge display is blinking or |
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| appears, the battery has run out. |
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| Either recharge the battery or replace the discharged battery with a |
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| fully charged one. |
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Battery
The battery runs down | • | Make sure the battery is fully charged. | P23 |
quickly. | • | Keep charging until the AC adapter’s CHARGE lamp goes out. |
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| Are you using the battery in a cold place? |
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| The battery is affected by the ambient temperature. Its operating |
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| • | time is reduced in |
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| The battery may have reached the end of its service life. The |
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| battery will become unchargeable. The battery has a certain |
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| service life which varies depending on how the battery is used. If |
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| the battery operates only for a short period even when it is charged |
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| adequately, it has reached the end of its service life. |
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The battery cannot be | • | The battery cannot be charged if the DC cable is connected. | P23 |
charged. |
| Disconnect it. |
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The remaining battery | • | The remaining battery capacity display is merely a guideline. To | — |
capacity is not displayed |
| ensure that remaining battery capacity is displayed correctly, use |
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| the battery completely from a |
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| the battery again. (Remaining battery capacity may still not be |
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| displayed correctly if the battery has been used for long periods in |
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| high or low temperatures, or if the battery has been recharged a |
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| large number of times.) |
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Shooting
Cannot start shooting. | • | Make sure that the power is on. | P26 | |
Cannot focus automatically. | • | Make sure that the unit is not in manual focus mode. | P50, 83 | |
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| When auto focus mode is selected, focusing is performed |
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| You may be shooting a scene where it is difficult to bring the |
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| subject into focus in the auto focus mode. If this is the case, use the |
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| manual focus mode. |
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| It may be hard to bring the subject into focus when |
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| · | both close and distant objects are shot at the same time |
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| · | shooting through a dirty window |
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| · | shooting in a dark place |
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| · | there are sparkling or shiny objects around the subject |
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| · | the subject is moving fast |
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| · | shooting a scene with minimal contrast |
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Cannot focus while | • | Sometimes when focus control is in the macro range, the zoom | P74 | |
zooming. |
| position is at the wide end or telephoto end, and the camera cannot |
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| focus while zooming. |
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