Panasonic DMC-TZ4, DMC-TZ5 Date/age is not displayed, No flash emitted, Two flashes emitted

LCD monitor (continued)

Date/age is not displayed.

Current date, ‘TRAVEL DATE’ (P.53), and ages in ‘BABY’ and ‘PET’ (P.48) scene modes are only displayed for approx. 5 sec. after start-up, setting changes, or mode changes. They cannot be always displayed.

Flash

No flash emitted.

Flash set to ‘FORCED FLASH OFF ’ (P.38).

When set to ‘AUTO ’, flash may not be emitted in certain conditions.

Flash cannot be emitted in (MOTION PICTURE mode), or the ‘SCENERY’, ‘NIGHT SCENERY’, ‘SUNSET’, ‘HI-SPEED BURST’, ‘FIREWORKS’, ‘STARRY SKY’, and ‘AERIAL PHOTO’ scene modes, or when using ‘AUTO BRACKET’ or ‘BURST’.

Two flashes emitted

Red-eye reduction is active (P.38).

(Flashes twice to prevent eyes appearing red.)

Playback

Pictures have been rotated.

‘ROTATE DISP.’ is set to ‘ON’.

(Automatically rotates pictures from portrait to landscape. Some pictures taken facing up or facing down may be interpreted as being portrait.)

→Set ‘ROTATE DISP.’ to ‘OFF’. You can also rotate display manually using ‘ROTATE’(P.76).

Cannot view 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).

Camera set to ‘CATEGORY PLAY’ or ‘FAVORITE PLAY’.

→Set playback mode to ‘NORMAL PLAY’ (P.69).

Folder/file number displayed as ‘-’. Picture is black.

Picture edited on computer or taken on different device.

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

→Use ‘FORMAT’ to delete (P.27).

Incorrect date displayed in calendar playback.

Picture edited on computer or taken on different device.

‘CLOCK SET’ is incorrect (P.19).

(Incorrect date may be displayed in calendar playback on pictures copied to computer and then back to camera, if computer and camera dates differ.)

Depending on the subject, an interference fringe may appear on the screen.

This is called moire. This is not a malfunction.

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