Troubleshooting - FujiFilm FinePix 40i Owner's Manual

Troubleshooting

Problem
No power • The battery is exhausted.
• The AC power adapter plug has come out
of the power outlet.
Power cuts out during • The battery is exhausted.
operation. • The terminals are soiled.
Battery runs out quickly. • You are using the camera in extremely
cold conditions.
• The terminals are soiled.
• The battery is flat.
• You are using alkaline batteries.
No photograph is taken • No SmartMedia is loaded.
when the shutter button • The SmartMedia is fully recorded.
is 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 battery is exhausted.
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eIf you think the camera is faulty, check the following once more.
Cause Remedy
• Load a new fully charged battery.
• Plug the adapter back in.
• Load a new fully charged battery.
• Wipe the battery terminals with a clean,
dry cloth before charging.
• Put the battery 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 before charging.
• Load a new fully charged battery.
• Use Ni-MH or Ni-Cd batteries.
• Load a SmartMedia.
• Load a new SmartMedia or erase a
frame.
• 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 a new fully charged battery.
Problem Cause
I can't use the flash to • The Mode dial has been moved to another
take pictures. setting.
• The flash is set to Suppressed Flash
mode (The flash is closed).
• You pressed the shutter button while the
flash was charging.
The flash will not charge. • No compatible SmartMedia is loaded.
• The camera is set to Suppressed Flash
mode.
• The camera is set to Macro Photography.
• The battery is exhausted.
The playback image is • The subject is too far away.
too dark even though I • Your finger covering the flash.
used the flash.
The image is blurred. • The lens is dirty.
• The lens is zoomed to telephoto in Macro
mode.
I cannot format the • The SmartMedia is write-protected.
SmartMedia.
I cannot erase all the • The frame is protected.
frames.
Remedy
• Set the Mode dial to the correct setting.
• Set the flash to Auto, Red-Eye Reduction or
Forced Flash mode (Pop the flash unit up).
• Wait until charging is completed before
pressing the shutter button.
• Load a new SmartMedia, erase a frame,
or remove the write-protection.
• Set the flash to Auto, Red-Eye Reduction
or Forced Flash mode.
• Cancel Macro Photography.
• Load a new battery.
• Move closer to the subject.
• Hold the camera correctly.
• Clean the lens.
• Cancel Macro mode.
• Remove the write-protection.
(Peel off the write-protect sticker.)
• Remove the frame protection.
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