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APPENDIX
Troubleshooting
The section covers minor problems with basic camera operation. For major problems or
damage, or if a problem continues to reoccur frequently, contact a Minolta service facility
listed on the back cover of this manual.
Problem
Symptom
The batteries are dead.
The auto-power-save
function has turned the
Nothing dis-
camera off.
The camera
played on the
will not work.
monitor.
The AC adapter is not
connected properly.
"0" is dis-
Memory card is full and
played on the
unable to store an image
frame counter.
at the compression or
The red indica-
resolution setting on the
tor lamp grows
camera.
steadily.
Shutter will
not release.
No-card warn-
ing appears on
the monitors.
No memory card in the
The red indica-
camera.
tor lamp
blinks.
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Cause
Solution
Replace batter
ies
(p. 12).
Press the main switch or the
button described in page 18 to
restore power. The length of
the auto-power-save period
can be changed in the setup
mode.
Check that the adapter is con-
nected to the camera and a
live electrical outlet (p. 14).
Insert a new memory card (p.
15), erase some images (p.
57), or change the compres-
sion or resolution setting (p.
42).
Insert a memory card (p. 15).
Problem
Symptom
Card-locked
Shutter will
warning
Memory card is locked.
not release.
appears on the
monitor.
The focus sig-
nal and/or
Subject is too close.
focus frame
did not appear
when the shut-
ter-release
A special situation is pre-
button was
venting the autofocus sys-
Pictures are
pressed part-
tem from focusing (p. 29).
not sharp.
way down.
Pictures are
Slow shutter speeds
taken indoors
result in blurred images
or in low-light
when the camera is hand-
situations with-
held.
out flash.
While using
flash, the pic-
The subject is beyond the flash range (p.
tures are too
32).
dark.
Subject
Viewfinder was used for framing. Parallax
appears too
is apparent with subjects closer than 1m
far to the right
(3ft.) at the zoom's wide-angle position or
in the image.
3m (10ft) at the telephoto position.
Cause
Solution
Unlock the memory card using
the write-protect switch (p. 16).
Make sure the subject is within
the autofocus range (p. 26).
Use the focus-lock function to
focus on an object at the same
distance as the subject (p. 28).
Use a tripod, or use the flash
(p. 31).
Move closer to the subject.
Only use the LCD monitor for
framing with close subjects.
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