FujiFilm FinePix A101 Owner's Manual page 39

Troubleshooting
Problem Cause
Can't use the flash to iThe flash is set to Suppressed Flash
take pictures.
mode.
iYou pressed the shutter button while the
flash was charging.
iThe battery is exhausted.
The playback image is iThe subject is too far away.
too dark even though
iYour fingers are obscuring the flash or
the flash was used. flash control sensor.
The image is blurred. iThe lens is dirty.
iYou photographed a distant subject with
the macro selector switch set to " ".
iYou took a close-up shot with the macro
selector switch set to "
There is speckling on
iThe shot was taken with a slow shutter
the image.
speed (long exposure) in a high-temperature
environment.
I can't format the iThe SmartMedia is write-protected.
SmartMedia.
iThe frame is protected.
The ERASE ALL function
does not erase all the
iDPOF settings are specified for some
frames.
frames.
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eIf you think the camera is faulty, check the following once more
Remedy
iSet the flash to Auto, Red-Eye Reduction
or Forced Flash mode.
iWait until charging is completed before
pressing the shutter button.
iLoad a new battery.
iMove closer to the subject.
iHold the camera correctly.
iClean the lens.
iCancel Macro mode.
iSet the camera to Macro mode.
".
iThis is a characteristic of CCDs and does
not indicate a camera fault.
iRemove the write-protection.
Peel off the write-protect sticker)
iUnprotect the frame using the camera on
which the protection was first applied.
iCancel the DPOF settings for the frame
and try again.
Problem Cause
Frame erase does not iThe frame is protected.
erase the frame.
iDPOF settings are specified for some
frames.
Nothing happens when I iCamera malfunction.
use the Mode switch.
iThe battery exhausted.
When the camera is iThe special USB cable is not connected
connected to a personal
correctly to the PC or camera.
computer (PC), the shot iThe PC is not switched on.
image appears on the
camera's LCD monitor.
The camera no longer iThe camera has suffered an unforeseen
works correctly.
problem.
Remedy
iUnprotect the frame using the camera on
which the protection was first applied.
iCancel the DPOF settings for the frame
and try again.
iBriefly remove the batteries or disconnect
the AC power adapter. Then reload the
batteries or reconnect the AC power
adapter and try again.
iPurchase new batteries.
iSet up the camera and USB cable
correctly.
iSwitch the PC on.
iRemove the battery briefly and then
reload the battery and try again.
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