Olympus IR-500 Reference Manual page 229

Possible cause
The card is full.
The battery has run out during shooting
or storing image data on the card (the
monitor has turned off after
"BATTERY EMPTY" was displayed).
The whole memory gauge is lit.
( The monitor has turned off.
The power is off.
( Colors in the monitor look distorted while the camera is focusing on a subject.
When you press the shutter button in
half way, the colors in the monitor may
look distorted.
( The flash does not fire.
"FLASH MODE" is set to "$" (flash
off).
Corrective action
Erase unnecessary images or replace
the card with a new one. If you do not
want to erase any image, transfer the
images on the card to your computer
before erasing the image data on the
card.
Charge the battery (if the card access
lamp is blinking, wait until the card
access lamp goes off before charging).
Wait until the top of the memory gauge
goes off.
The camera automatically turns off if
you leave the camera for some time.
Turn on the camera by opening the
multi-swing display or pressing the
power switch.
It is not a malfunction. The colors will
appear correctly after the focus is on.
Set "FLASH MODE" to other than
"$" (flash off).
If a problem arises
Ref.
page
P.127
P.215
P.33
P.28
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