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Troubleshooting
Others
Problem
The unit does not
turn on.
The status indicator
Is the battery sufficiently charged?
is flashing while
using the battery.
To conserve the battery, the unit automatically turns
off if the unit has not been in use for about 5 minutes.
The unit turns off
To resume unit use, set the mode dial to [OFF] and
on its own.
then the desired mode position.
When [ECONOMY] is set to [OFF], the unit does not
turn off automatically. (P.84)
Is the battery run down?
The unit turns off as
Charge the battery if the remaining battery life
soon as it is turned
indication is flashing or the [LOW BATTERY.]
on.
message appears on the LCD monitor. (P.18)
●
Is the battery sufficiently charged?
●
Is the unit being used in low temperatures?
The battery is affected by ambient temperature. In
The battery runs
cold places, battery availability shortens.
down quickly.
●
Is the battery at the end of its service-life?
If the battery lasts only a short while when fully
charged, it has reached the end of its service-life.
The battery is
The lithium ion battery used with this unit may swell if
swollen.
charged/discharged often, but this is no risk to safety.
●
Is the LCD monitor open?
●
Check that the card access lamp is out, then eject
The unit cannot be
the SD card, remove the battery or disconnect the
operated though it
AC adaptor, wait about 1 minute, then reinsert the
is turned on.
battery or reconnect the AC adaptor. Then about
The unit does not
1 minute later, turn the unit off and turn back on.
operate normally.
(Performing the above operation while the SD card
is being accessed can damage data.)
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What to check
Problem
The display
If the demo (camera introduction) video starts, set
changes suddenly.
[DEMO MODE] to [OFF]. (P.84)
Indications
(remaining pictures,
When [DISPLAY] of the [SETUP] menu is set to
elapsed time, etc.)
[OFF], indications other than warnings and the date
do not appear on
do not appear.
the LCD monitor.
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Is the SD card write-protected? (P.15)
Pictures cannot
●
Is the SD card full? Either delete unnecessary
be recorded even
scenes or insert a new card. (P.54)
though the SD card
●
Is the unit in a recording mode?
is properly inserted.
●
Is the card/battery door open?
●
Are you using an applicable SD card? (P.14)
●
Even with applicable SD cards, recording may stop
Motion picture
when using an SD card on which data has been
recording stops on
written many times.
its own.
Copy the data to a computer, then format the SD
card on this unit. (Formatting deletes all data on the
SD card.)
When [PICT. QUALITY] is set to [
Still pictures come
subjects are recorded, pictures come out like
out like mosaics.
mosaics. Set to [
●
Is the unit set to manual focus? Press the [AUTO]
button to set auto focus.
The unit does not
●
Are you recording a scene that is hard to focus
focus automatically.
automatically?
Focus the subject manually. (P.42)
Audio is not output.
Is the volume set low? (P.50)
What to check
] and detailed
] when recording. (P.31)
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