Q&A Troubleshooting (Continued)

LCD monitor

LCD monitor dims during motion picture recording.

LCD monitor may dim if continuing motion picture recording for long periods.

Brightness is unstable.

Aperture value is set while shutter button is pressed halfway.

(Does not affect recorded picture.) This symptom may also occur when the brightness changes because the zoom is operated or the camera is moved. This is the automatic aperture operation of the camera and is not a malfunction.

Monitor flickers indoors.

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

Monitor is too bright/too dark.

[LCD Mode] is activated. (→20)

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.

Flash

No flash emitted.

Flash set to [Forced Flash Off] (→40).

Flash cannot be emitted in the [Scenery], [Panorama Assist], [Night Scenery], [Sunset], [Hi-Speed Burst], [Starry Sky], [Fireworks], and [Aerial Photo] Scene Modes, or when using [Auto Bracket] or [Burst].

Multiple flashes are emitted.

Red-Eye Reduction is active (→40). (Flashes twice to prevent eyes appearing red.)

The Scene Mode is set to [Flash Burst].

Playback

Pictures have been rotated.

[Rotate Disp.] is set to .

Cannot view pictures. There are no recorded pictures.

REC/PLAY switch is not set to (play).

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

Has the file name of the picture been changed on a computer? If so, it cannot be played back on the camera.

The Playback Mode has been changed.

→ Set Playback Mode to [Normal Play] (→87).

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Panasonic DMC-TZ18 LCD monitor dims during motion picture recording, Brightness is unstable, Monitor flickers indoors

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