Panasonic DMC-S1K Monitor flickers indoors, Date/age is not displayed, No flash emitted

Q&A Troubleshooting (Continued)

LCD monitor (Continued)

Monitor flickers indoors.

●Monitor may flicker after turning on (prevents influence from fluorescent lighting).

Black/blue/red/green dots or interference appears. Monitor looks distorted when touched.

●This is not a fault, and will not be recorded on the actual pictures, so there is no need to worry.

Date/age is not displayed.

●The current date and [Age] are displayed for about 5 seconds in instances such as when the camera is turned on, when you switch from Playback Mode to Recording Mode, when you switch to [Baby] Scene Mode.

Flash

No flash emitted.

●Flash set to [Forced Flash Off] (→36).

●Flash is disabled when using [Burst] or when using the following Scene Modes. [Scenery], [Panorama Assist], [Night Scenery], [Sunset], [Fireworks]

Multiple flashes are emitted.

●Red-Eye Reduction is active (→36). (Flashes twice to prevent eyes from appearing red.)

Playback

Pictures have been rotated.

●[Rotate Disp.] is set to .

→For full-screen display without picture rotation, set [OFF].

Cannot view pictures.

●Press the Playback button.

●No pictures in built-in memory or card (pictures are played from card if inserted, from built-in memory if card is not inserted).

●Camera set to [Filtering Play].

→Set Playback Mode to [Normal Play] (→53).

Folder/file number displayed as [-]. Picture is black.

●Picture edited on computer or taken with a different device.

●Battery removed immediately after picture taken, or picture taken with low battery.

→Use [Format] to delete (→30).

The Playback volume and beep volume are low. ●The speaker is blocked.

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