Panasonic DMC-TS3 owner manual 184, Others

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[Precautions] is displayed repeatedly whenever the power is turned on.

•Press [MENU/SET] after viewing the last screen (12/12) of the [Precautions]. For details, refer to P9.

An unreadable language was selected by mistake.

>Press [MENU/SET], select the [Setup] menu icon [ ]. Then press [MENU/SET], and then select the [~] icon to set the desired language. (P53)

White lamp may come on when the shutter button is pressed halfway.

•AF Assist Lamp (P108) will turn on white in the dark place to assist the focusing.

The AF Assist Lamp does not turn on.

•Is [AF Assist Lamp] on the [Rec] Mode menu set to [ON]? (P108)

•The AF Assist Lamp does not turn on in bright places.

The camera becomes warm.

•The surface of the camera may become warm during use. This does not affect the performance or quality of the camera.

The side door will not close.

•Have foreign objects become trapped?

>Remove the foreign objects. (P10)

•When closing, do not set the [LOCK] switch to the locked side. Doing so may cause damage or leaks.

>Release the lock. (P21)

A part of the camera such as the zoom button and side door does not move.

•If the camera is used in cold places such as ski resorts or places at high altitude with the snow or water droplets adhered to the camera, some parts of the camera may become hard to move with snow or water droplets freezing in the gap of the zoom button or the camera [OFF/ON] button. This is not a malfunction. When the camera returns to normal temperature it will function as normal.

•When using the camera in a place with sand or dust, some parts of the camera may become hard to move with foreign objects getting in the gap of the zoom button, or the camera [OFF/ ON] button. Either clean with the supplied brush or wash off with fresh water.

The camera makes a rattling sound or you can feel some vibration.

•Below cases are not malfunctions, so you can use the camera as normal.

>You hear a "rattling" sound when the camera is shaken while the power is off or during Playback Mode. (Sound of lens moving)

>When power is turned on or off, or when switching from recording to Playback Mode, there is a rattling noise (this is the sound of the lens moving).

>When zooming, you can feel some vibration (this is caused by the lens moving).

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