Panasonic DMC-S5 Menu not displayed in desired language, Camera rattles if shaken, Camera is hot

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Menu not displayed in desired language.

●Change [Language] setting (→39).

Camera rattles if shaken.

●This sound is made by the lens movement and is not a fault.

Red lamp illuminated when pressing shutter button halfway in dark locations.

●[AF Assist Lamp] is set to [ON] (→62).

AF Assist Lamp is not illuminated.

●[AF Assist Lamp] is set to [OFF].

●Not illuminated in bright locations.

Camera is hot.

●Camera may become a little warm during use, but this does not affect performance or quality.

Lens makes a clicking noise.

●When brightness changes, the lens may make a clicking noise and the monitor brightness may also change, but this is due to aperture settings being made.

(Does not affect recording.)

Clock is incorrect.

●Camera has been left for a long period. → Reset the clock (→16).

When using zoom, picture becomes slightly warped and the edges of the subject become colored.

●Pictures may be slightly warped or colored around the edges, depending on the zoom ratio, but this is not a fault.

File numbers are not recorded in sequence.

●File numbers are reset when new folders are created (→83).

File numbers have jumped backwards.

●Battery was removed/inserted with power on.

(Numbers may jump backwards if folder/file numbers are not correctly recorded.)

When the camera is left alone, the slide show is suddenly displayed.

●This is the [Auto Demo] to introduce the features of the camera.

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