Pentax A40 Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Problem	Cause	Remedy
The camera	The battery is not installed	Check if a battery is installed. If not,
will not turn on		install a battery. (p.16)
	The battery is installed	Check orientation of the battery and
	incorrectly	reinsert it. (p.16)
	The battery is exhausted	Charge the battery. (p.17)
	The battery performance	Warm up the battery by putting it in a
	has temporarily	pocket where it can come in contact with
	deteriorated because it is	body heat.
	too cold
No image	The LCD monitor is set to	Press the OK/Display button to turn the
appears on the	Off	LCD monitor On.
LCD monitor
	The image is displayed	The image on the LCD monitor may be
	but is hard to see	hard to see when taking pictures outside
		in sunlight. Try raising the brightness of
		the LCD monitor.
The shutter will	The flash is charging	When the flash icon blinks red on the
not release		LCD monitor, the flash is charging and no
		pictures can be taken. The flash icon
		lights red when charging is completed.
	There is no available space	Insert an SD Memory Card with available
	on the SD Memory Card or in	space or delete unwanted images. (p.23,
	the built-in memory.	137)
	Recording	Wait until recording is finished.
	The number of image,	Replace the SD card with another having
	movie, and sound files	available space or delete unwanted files.
	recorded on the SD
	Memory Card has
	reached 10,000.
The picture is	The subject is too far away	The picture will become dark if the
dark	in a dark environment,	subject is too far away. Take pictures
	such as a night scene	within the specified flash range.
	The background is dark	When taking a picture of a person against
		a dark background, such as a night
		scene, the background may appear dark
		if the flash does not reach it, even with
		the correct exposure. Set the capture
		mode to A (Night Scene) to ensure that
		both the person and the background are
		clear. (p.53, 77)

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