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roubleshooting
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This paragraph describes remedies for any irregularity occurring on this equipment. If any irregularity should occur
on this equipment, check the following before contacting your Kowa dealer where you purchased it.
Irregularity Check item Remedy
Observation lamp does not
come ON.
Non-mydriatic mode wrongly selected. Switch to “Color” mode.
LCD monitoring mode wrongly selected. Switch to “Color” mode.
Observation lamp improperly fixed.
Fix the observation lamp properly.
See “7-5 Replacing observation lamp
with a new one.”
Observation lamp bulb has burnt out.
Replace with new observation lamp.
See “7-5 Replacing observation lamp
with a new one.”
Fuse blown.
Replace with new fuse.
See “7-7 Replacing fuse with a new
one.”
Shutter is not released with
35mm camera mounted.
Camera back improperly mounted.
Working camera back indicator on the
left-hand panel:
-mark ON.
Mount camera back properly.
If not,
-mark will not come ON.
Film improperly set.
Working camera back indicator on the
left-hand panel:
-mark FLASHING.
Set film properly.
If film is not loaded,
-mark will FLASH.
“Video camera adapter” for photography
optical path wrongly selected by camera
back select switch:
-mark ON.
Select “35-mm” ( -mark) for photogra-
phy optical path.
Make sure
-mark is ON.
The buzzer is sounding to warn you of
some wrong operation.
Remove filter from slot.
Shutter is not released with
the video camera connect-
ing adapter.
The buzzer is sounding to warn you of
some wrong operation.
The field angles of the main camera unit
and the video camera connecting adapt-
er do not agree with each other.
Make sure the field angle knob on the
main camera unit and the video cam-
era connecting adapter are pointing at a
proper guide mark.
This may occur immediately after ma-
nipulating the field angle select knob.
Immediately after manipulating the field
angle knob, it may not be detected
whether or not the field angles of the
main camera unit and the video camera
connecting adaptor are in agreement.
A picture image produced
via the video camera con-
necting adapter has some
shading on its periphery, or
is out of focus in some ar-
eas.
This may occur immediately after ma-
nipulating the field angle select knob.
Immediately after manipulating the field
angle knob, it may not be detected
whether or not the field angles of the
main camera unit and the video camera
connecting adaptor are in agreement.
Camera flash lamp is not
exposed.
Flash lamp improperly fixed.
Fix flash lamp properly.
See “7-6 Replacing flash lamp with a
new one.”
Flash lamp blurring in white.
Flash lamp degrading.
Replace with new flash lamp.
See “7-6 Replacing flash lamp with a
new one.”
Fuse blown. Replace with new fuse.