Troubleshooting

Getting

Ready

Taking

Photographs

Playing

Back Images

Erasing

Images

Handy

Functions

Other

Applications

Additional

Information

First check the warning displayed on the LCD monitor (Page 128) and the color of the viewfinder LED (Page 118). Then check the following items.

Problem

Causes

Remedy

See Page

No power supply

The batteries are exhausted.

Replace with new batteries.

P.25

 

The AC adapter plug has come

Plug the adapter back in.

P.28

 

out of the power outlet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The camera turns OFF

The batteries are exhausted.

Replace with new batteries.

P.25

during operation.

 

 

 

The battery runs out

You are using the camera in

Put the battery in your pocket or another

P.16

quickly.

extremely cold conditions.

warm place to heat it and then load it into

 

 

 

the camera just before you take a picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The terminals are dirty.

Wipe the battery terminals with a clean, dry

 

 

cloth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The battery has reached its

Replace with new batteries.

P.25

 

effective life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No photograph is taken

No SmartMedia™ is loaded.

Load a SmartMedia™.

P.31

when the shutter button

 

 

 

The SmartMedia™ is loaded

Load the SmartMedia™ correctly.

P.32

is pressed.

incorrectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not enough space on the

• Load a new SmartMedia™.

P.31

 

SmartMedia™

• Erase photographed images or change

P.87

 

 

the size and quality to increase space on

P.94

 

 

the SmartMedia™.

P.96

 

 

 

 

 

The SmartMedia™ is write-

Remove the write-protection or replace with

P.34

 

protected.

a new SmartMedia™.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The SmartMedia™ is not formatted.

Format the SmartMedia™.

P.91

 

The SmartMedia™ is damaged.

Load a new SmartMedia™.

P.31

 

The Auto Power OFF function is

Turn the power on again.

P.110

 

activated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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