Troubleshooting - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX5 Operating Instructions Manual

Troubleshooting

1: The camera is not turned on.
1-1: Are the battery inserted or the AC
adaptor correctly connected?
Check the connection.
1-2: Is the battery sufficiently charged?
Use a sufficiently charged battery.
2: As the camera is turned on, it
turns off immediately.
2: Is the battery charge insufficient to
operate the camera?
Use a sufficiently charged battery.
3: The brightness of the screen
changes dark or bright for a
moment.
3: This phenomenon appears when
pressing the shutter button
halfway to set the aperture value
and does not affect the recorded
pictures.
4: The picture cannot be recorded.
4-1: Is the card inserted?
4-2: Is the mode dial correctly set?
Check it.
4-3: There is no memory capacity left
on the card. Before recording,
delete some pictures.
5: The picture is not displayed on
the LCD monitor.
5: Is the LCD monitor set to OFF?
Press the [DISPLAY] button
several times to switch to LCD
monitor display.
Others
6: The screen is too bright or dark.
6: Adjust the brightness of the
screen.
7: Flash is not activated.
7: The flash mode is set to forced
OFF. Change the flash mode.
8: Unreadable language was
selected by mistake.
8: Select [
menu to set the desired language.
9: The subject is not focused
properly.
9-1: The focus range depends on the
recording mode. Set the mode dial
to the mode corresponding to the
distance to the subject.
9-2: Set the [AF TRIGGER] to
[
SHUTTER
10: The picture is not played back.
10-1: Is the card inserted?
10-2: Is there a picture in the card?
10-3: Is the mode dial set to playback
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