Troubleshooting
Problem | Cause | Remedy |
Camera will not | Battery is not installed | Check battery is installed. If not, install |
turn on |
| battery. |
| Battery is installed | Check orientation of battery. |
| incorrectly | Reinsert battery, making sure that the |
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| battery matches the label inside the |
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| battery compartment. (p.14) |
| Battery power is low | Insert a charged battery or use the AC |
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| adapter. |
No image on | LCD monitor is set to Off | Press OK/Display button to turn LCD |
the LCD |
| monitor on. |
monitor |
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Image is displayed but is | Image on LCD monitor may be hard to see | |
| hard to see | when taking pictures outside in sunlight. |
Shutter will not | Flash is charging | When flash icon blinks red on the LCD |
release |
| monitor, flash is charging and no pictures |
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| can be taken. Flash icon lights red when |
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| charging is completed. |
| No available space on | Insert SD Memory Card with available space |
| SD Memory Card or in | or delete unwanted images. (p.23, 116) |
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| Recording | Wait until recording is finished. |
| The number of image, | Change SD Memory Cards or delete |
| movie, and sound files | unwanted files. |
| recorded on the SD |
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| Memory Card has |
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| reached 5000. |
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Picture is dark | Subject is too far away in | Picture becomes dark if subject is too far |
| a dark environment, | away. Take picture within range of flash. |
| such as a night scene |
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| Background is dark | When taking a picture of a person against |
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| a dark background, such as a night scene, |
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| the background may appear dark if the |
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| flash does not reach it, even with the |
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| correct exposure. Set to A mode to |
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| ensure both person and background are |
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| clear. (p.50, 61) |
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