Troubleshooting - FujiFilm FinePix 2300 Owner's Manual

Troubleshooting

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Before you decide the camera is faulty, check the following once more.
Problem Cause
No power • The batteries are exhausted.
• The AC power adapter plug has come out of
the power outlet.
Power cuts out during • The batteries are exhausted.
operation.
Battery runs out quickly. • You are using the camera in extremely cold
conditions.
• The terminals are soiled.
• The batteries are flat.
No photograph is taken • No SmartMedia is loaded.
when the shutter button is • The SmartMedia is fully recorded.
pressed.
• The SmartMedia is write-protected.
• The SmartMedia is not formatted.
• The SmartMedia contact area is soiled.
• The SmartMedia is damaged.
• The Auto Power Off function has switched
the camera off.
• The batteries are exhausted.
I can't use the flash to take • The flash is set to Suppressed Flash mode.
pictures.
• The camera is in continuous shooting mode.
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Remedy
• Load new batteries.
• Plug the adapter back in.
• Load new batteries.
• Put the batteries in your pocket or another
warm place to heat it and then load it into the
camera just before you take a picture.
• Wipe the battery terminals with a clean, dry
cloth.
• Load new batteries.
• Load a SmartMedia.
• Erase some images or use a SmartMedia that
has ample free space.
• Remove the write-protection.
• Format the SmartMedia.
• Wipe the SmartMedia contact area with a
clean dry cloth.
• Load a new SmartMedia.
• Switch the camera on.
• Load new batteries.
• Set the flash mode to Auto, Red-Eye Reduction,
Forced Flash or Slow Synchro.
• Set continuous shooting to "OFF".
Problem Cause
I can't use the flash to take • The camera switches to Macro mode.
pictures.
• The shutter button was pressed when the
viewfinder indicator was blinking orange.
The flash will not charge. • No compatible SmartMedia is loaded.
• The camera is set to Suppressed Flash mode.
• The batteries are exhausted.
The playback image is too • The subject is too far away.
dark even though I used the • Your finger is covering the flash.
flash.
The image is blurred. • The lens is soiled.
• Macro photography was used to photograph
scenery.
I cannot format the • The SmartMedia is write-protected.
SmartMedia.
I cannot erase all the frames. • The frame is protected.
• DPOF settings are specified for one or more of
the frames.
Nothing happens when I use • Camera malfunction.
the camera buttons and • The Mode dial has been moved to another
switches. setting.
• The batteries are exhausted.
No image appears when I • The Mode dial is set incorrectly.
press the, "DISP" button.
Remedy
• Cancel Macro mode (allows forced flash and
slow-synchro photography).
• Wait until the flash has finished charging before
pressing the shutter button.
• Load a new SmartMedia, erase a frame, or
remove the write-protection.
• Set the flash mode to Auto, Red-Eye Reduction,
Forced Flash or Slow Synchro.
• Load new batteries.
• Move closer to the subject.
• Hold the camera correctly.
• Clean the lens.
• Cancel Macro photography.
• Remove the write-protection.
(Peel off the write-protect sticker.)
• Remove the frame protection.
• Reset the DPOF settings.
• Remove the batteries, re-insert them and try again.
• Move the Mode dial to the correct setting.
• Load new batteries.
• Move the Mode dial to the correct setting.
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