Troubleshooting - Nikon CoolPix 990 Manual

Troubleshooting

Check the list below before consulting your retailer or Nikon
representative. Click the page numbers in the rightmost col-
umn for more information on how to solve the problems listed.
Problem
• Camera is off
• Batteries are not correctly in-
serted or battery-chamber cover
Control panel
is not fully closed
display is blank
• Batteries are dead
• AC adapter (available separately) is
not properly connected
• Monitor is off. Press MONITOR
button.
LCD monitor
• Monitor Off selected in Display
is blank
Mode sub-menu of M-REC setup
menu
• Indicators are hidden. Press
No indicators
MONITOR button until indicators
appear in LCD
are displayed.
monitor
• Slide show is in progress
LCD monitor • Display options require adjustment
is hard to read • Monitor is dirty
Possible cause
Problem
• Mode dial is not set to A-REC or
• Batteries are exhausted
• AF lamp flickers: camera unable to
No photo • Flash lamp flickers: flash is charging
taken when • Number of exposures remaining in
21
shutter-release
14
button fully
pressed • Message "CARD IS NOT FOR-
14
• Message "NO CARD PRESENT"
15
• Shutter-speed indicator in LCD
86
Photos are • Aperture indicator in LCD moni-
15
over- or under-
exposed
• Subject outside of flash range
75
• Exposure compensation too high
86
98
Possible cause
M-REC
focus
control panel shows zero: not
enough memory remaining
MATTED" appears in LCD moni-
tor: card not correctly formatted
appears in LCD monitor: no
memory card inserted in camera
monitor blinks: shutter speed too
low or too high
tor blinks: aperture too wide or
too small
or too low
100
21
14
34
25
21
102
16
43
43
39