TV screen display different to LCD monitor

Others 3 Q&A Troubleshooting (Continued)

Playback (continued)

White round spots like soap bubbles appear on the recorded picture.

If you take a picture with the flash in a dark place or indoors, white round spots may appear on the picture caused by the flash reflecting of particles of dust in the air. This is not a fault. A characteristic of this is that the number of round spots and their position differ in every picture.

Sounds of camera operations will be recorded in motion pictures.

Camera operation sounds may be recorded as camera automatically adjusts lens aperture during motion picture recording; this is not a fault.

TV, computer, printer

No image appears on TV. Image blurred or not colored.

Not connected correctly (P.86, 87).

TV input setting not set to auxiliary input.

‘VIDEO OUT’ not set to ‘NTSC’ (P.26).

TV is not compatible with SDHC memory card. (When using SDHC memory card)

TV screen display different to LCD monitor.

Aspect ratio may be incorrect or edges may be cut off with certain televisions.

Cannot play motion pictures on TV.

Card is inserted into TV.

→Connect with AV cable (supplied) or component cable (sold separately: DMW- HDC2) and play on camera (P.86, 87).

Picture is not displayed on full TV screen.

Check ‘TV ASPECT’ settings (P.26).

Cannot send pictures to computer.

Not connected correctly (P.81).

Check whether computer has recognized camera.

Set ‘USB MODE’ to ‘PC’ (P.25).

Computer does not recognize card (only reads built-in memory).

Disconnect USB connection cable and reconnect with card in place. Set mode dial to any except .

I want to play computer pictures on my camera.

Use the supplied software PHOTOfunSTUDIO-viewer- to copy pictures from computer to camera. To save to clipboard, use software to copy from computer to card, then copy to clipboard folder with ‘COPY’ (P.80) in PLAYBACK menu.

Cannot print when connecting to printer.

Printer not compatible with PictBridge.

Set ‘USB MODE’ to ‘PictBridge (PTP)’ (P.25).

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Panasonic DMC-TZ5, DMC-TZ4 No image appears on TV. Image blurred or not colored

Models: DMC-TZ5 DMC-TZ4