Instruction manual

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To play images back, the camera must be turned off and the LCD monitor activated.
To activate the LCD monitor, press and hold the display/enter button.
Problem
Symptom
Cause
Solution
The LCD mon-
itor will not
activate.
Nothing dis-
played on the
data panel.
Auto-power-off function
has shut off the cam-
era
The batteries are
dead.
The batteries are
inserted incorrectly.
The AC adapter is not
connected properly.
Press and hold the dis-
play/enter button until
the monitor activates
(p. 21).
Replace batteries
(p. 15).
Reinsert the batteries
taking care that the
negative and positive
terminals are orientat-
ed as indicated on the
inside of the battery
chamber door (p. 20).
Check that the adapter
is connected to the
camera and a live elec-
trical outlet (p. 22).
The LCD mon-
itor has turned
off.
Nothing dis-
played on the
data panel
Cannot access
the camera
from the com-
puter.
Nothing dis-
played on the
data panel or
LCD monitor.
Auto-power-off function
has shut off the cam-
era
Television
image has a
lot of static
and noise.
Camera is set to the
wrong video standard.
Set the correct stan-
dard for the region with
the setup menu
(p.72 - 75).
Cannot use
enlarged play-
back with
image.
Image was recording
with the digital zoom
and at half-image size
(p. 54).
The image file
is corrupt.
The CompactFlash
card was removed
while the camera was
accessing the card.
Never remove a
CompactFlash card
while the green focus
lamp is blinking.
If the camera does not function normally, turn it off, remove and reinsert the batter-
ies, or unplug and reconnect the AC adapter. Always turn the camera off using the
lens-cover slide (recording mode) or the display/enter button (playback mode) other-
wise the CompactFlash card may be damaged and camera settings reset.
Turn on the camera
using the lens-cover
slide or display/enter
button (p. 21).
TROUBLESHOOTING - Playback Mode
Problem Symptom Cause Solution
Shutter will not
release.
Function dial
set to setup or
PC.
Camera not in a
recording mode.
Set the function dial to
the desired recording
mode (p. 37).
Data panel
and LCD mon-
itor is on. Lens
cover closed.
Camera is in playback
mode.
Turn off LCD monitor
and open lens cover to
turn on camera.
A long delay
before the
shutter is
released.
Function dial set to
self-timer.
Set the function dial to
the appropriate record-
ing mode. (p. 37).
Pictures are
not sharp.
Green focus
lamp blinks
quickly.
Subject is too close.
Make sure the subject
is within the autofocus
range (p. 29) or use
the macro mode
(p. 32).
The camera is in
macro mode.
Cancel the macro
mode setting (p. 32).
A special situation is
preventing the autofo-
cus system from focus-
ing (p. 29)
Use the focus-lock
function to focus on an
object at the same dis-
tance as the subject
(p. 28).
Pictures are
taken indoors
or in low-light
situations with-
out flash.
Slow shutter speeds
result in blurred
images when the cam-
era is hand-held.
Use a tripod, change
the camera sensitivity
to high (p. 44 -49), or
use the flash (p. 30).
While using
flash, the pic-
tures are too
dark.
The subject is beyond
the flash range (p. 32).
Move closer to the sub-
ject or change the
camera sensitivity to
high (p. 44-49).
All images are
consistently
too dark or too
light.
[+/–] appears
on the data
panel.
The exposure compen-
sation has been set to
a value other than 0.0.
Reset the exposure
compensation to 0.0
(p. 34).
Cannot
change the
flash modes.
Function dial
set to continu-
ous advance
or movie
recording.
The flash modes can-
not be set in the con-
tinuous-advance or
movie modes.
Set the function dial to
single-frame recording.
The flash modes can
also be changed when
using the self-timer.
TROUBLESHOOTING - Recording Mode
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