Pentax S10 Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Problem	Cause	Remedy
The camera will	The battery is not	Check if a battery is installed. If not, install
not turn on	installed	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	body heat.
	is too cold
No image	The LCD monitor is set	Press the OK/Display button to turn the
appears on the	to 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.
The shutter will	The flash is charging	When the flash icon blinks red on the LCD
not release		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	space or delete unwanted images. (p.23,
	in the built-in memory.	131)
	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	The picture will become dark if the subject
dark	away in a dark	is too far away. Take pictures within the
	environment, such as a	specified flash range.
	night scene
	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.74)

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