Corrective action
Possible cause
Error symptom
Turn off the power switch immediately and
contact your GE Healthcare representative
If odors are emitted from
the camera head then a
camera head failure has
occurred
Atypical odor is emitted
Turn off the power switch immediately and
contact your GE Healthcare representative
If odors are emitted then
an instrument failure has
occurred
Turn off the power switch immediately and
contact your GE Healthcare representative
If smoke is emitted from
the camera head then a
camera head failure has
occurred
Smoke is emitted
Turn off the power switch immediately and
contact your GE Healthcare representative
Smoke is emitted from the
instrument then an instru-
ment failure has occurred
If an error code is displayed, make a note
of it and contact your GE representative
A hardware error has oc-
curred
The Indicator is illuminated
red
Close the door and repeat the exposure
The door is open during ex-
posure
Turn off the instrument's Power switch im-
mediately and contact your GE Healthcare
representative
The light source is lit or the
motor is running when the
door to the instrument is
open, an interlock failure
has occurred
Operation is not stopped
when the door is opened
Remove the foreign object
The door to the instrument
cannot be opened or
closed or the door cannot
be locked because a for-
eign object is present in the
locking section or the door
sensor
The locking section is damaged. Contact
your GE Healthcare representative
The door to the instrument
cannot be opened or
closed, or the door cannot
be locked and no foreign
object is present
Lower the room temperature to 28°C or
lower
The ambient air tempera-
ture is too high
The instrument cannot be
cooled down properly
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6 Troubleshooting
6.1 Instrument problems