9 Appendix

Troubleshooting

Problem

Cause

Remedy

 

The battery is not

Check if a battery is installed. If not,

 

installed

install a battery.

The camera will

The battery is installed

Check orientation of the battery. Reinsert

the battery with the label facing the lens

not turn on

incorrectly

(p.34).

 

 

 

The battery is

Charge the battery.

 

exhausted

 

 

 

The camera is

The display is off when the camera is

 

connected to a

No image appears

connected to a computer.

computer

on the display

 

 

The camera is

The display is off when the camera is

 

 

connected to a TV

connected to a TV.

 

The brightness level of

Adjust the brightness level in [Brightness

 

the display is set too

Level] in the [W Setting] menu (p.202).

 

dark

 

 

 

 

When the Power Saving function is

The display is

 

activated, the display automatically

 

darkens after a certain amount of time.

hard to see

Power Saving function

Press a button to return to the normal

 

 

is activated

brightness level.

 

 

Select [Off] in [Power Saving] in the

 

 

[W Setting] menu to turn the Power

 

 

Saving function off (p.203).

 

 

Pictures cannot be taken while the flash

 

The flash is charging

is charging. Wait until charging is

 

 

finished.

The shutter will

There is no available

Insert an SD Memory Card with available

not release

space on the SD

space or delete unwanted images (p.39,

 

Memory Card or in the

 

p.148).

 

built-in memory

 

 

Recording

Wait until recording is finished.

The picture is dark

The subject is too far

The picture becomes dark if the subject is

when using the

away in a dark

too far away. Take pictures within the

environment, such as

flash

specified flash range.

a night scene

 

 

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