Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FX33 Operating Instructions Manual page 146

2: The picture is not played back.
• Is the mode dial set to playback [
• Is there a picture on the built-in memory or
the card?
The pictures on the built-in memory
appears when a card is not inserted. The
picture data on the card appears when a
card is inserted.
3: The folder number and the file number
are displayed as [—] and the screen
turns black.
• Is the picture edited with a PC or recorded
with a digital camera from another
manufacturer?
This may also happen if the battery is
removed immediately after recording or if
recording with a exhausted battery.
– Format the data to delete the pictures
mentioned above.
irretrievably deletes all data including the
other pictures. Check the data carefully
before formatting.)
4: The picture is displayed with a date
different from the actual recording date
in calendar playback.
• Was the picture edited with a PC or
recorded with a digital camera from
another manufacturer?
This kind of picture may be displayed with
a date different from the actual recording
date in calendar playback.
• Is the clock in the camera set properly?
(P17)
For example, if the clock setting on the
camera is different from the date and time
set on the PC and you acquire pictures
recorded with the camera to the PC and
then write them back to the card, the
pictures may be displayed with dates
different from the actual recording dates in
calendar playback etc.
(P15)
(P124) (Formatting
(P94)
Others
5: White round spots like soap bubbles
appear on the recorded picture.
]?
• If you take a
picture with the
flash in a dark
place or indoors,
white round spots
may appear on the
picture caused by the flash reflecting of
particles of dust in the air. This is not a
malfunction.
• A characteristic of this is that the number
of round spots and their position differ in
every picture.
∫ TV, PC and printer
1: The picture does not appear on the
television.
• Is the camera connected to the TV
correctly?
• Set the TV input to external input mode.
2: The display areas on the TV screen and
the camera's LCD monitor are different.
Depending on the TV model, the area
display may be smaller so the picture may
be stretched horizontally or vertically and
the top and bottom or left and right of the
picture may be cut off when it is displayed.
This is due to the TV specifications and is
not a malfunction.
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