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Q&A
Troubleshooting
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LCD monitor (Continued)
Monitor flickers indoors.
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Monitor may flicker after turning on (prevents influence from fluorescent lighting).
Black/blue/red/green dots or interference appears. Monitor looks distorted when
touched.
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This is not a fault, and will not be recorded on the actual pictures, so there is no need to
worry.
Date/age is not displayed.
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The current date and [Age] are displayed for about 5 seconds in instances such as
when the camera is turned on, when you switch from Playback Mode to Recording
Mode, when you switch to [Baby] Scene Mode.
Flash
No flash emitted.
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Flash set to [Forced Flash Off] (
→
36).
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Flash is disabled when using [Burst] or when using the following Scene Modes.
[Scenery], [Panorama Assist], [Night Scenery], [Sunset], [Fireworks]
Multiple flashes are emitted.
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Red-Eye Reduction is active (
→
36). (Flashes twice to prevent eyes from appearing red.)
Playback
Pictures have been rotated.
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[Rotate Disp.] is set to
.
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For full-screen display without picture rotation, set [OFF].
Cannot view pictures.
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Press the Playback button.
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No pictures in built-in memory or card (pictures are played from card if inserted, from
built-in memory if card is not inserted).
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Camera set to [Filtering Play].
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Set Playback Mode to [Normal Play] (
→
53).
Folder/file number displayed as [-]. Picture is black.
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Picture edited on computer or taken with a different device.
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Battery removed immediately after picture taken, or picture taken with low battery.
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Use [Format] to delete (
→
30).
The Playback volume and beep volume are low.
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The speaker is blocked.
Playback (Continued)
Incorrect date displayed in Calendar Playback.
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Picture edited on computer or taken with a different device.
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[Clock Set] is incorrect (
→
16).
(Incorrect date may be displayed in Calendar Playback on pictures copied to computer
and then back to camera, if computer and camera dates differ.)
White round spots like soap bubbles appear on the recorded picture.
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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 particles of
dust in the air. This is not a fault. A characteristic of this is that the number
of round spots and their position differ in every picture.
[Thumbnail is displayed] is shown on the screen.
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The still pictures may have been recorded with another device. If so, they may be
displayed with poor picture quality.
Blackened red areas in recorded pictures. (DMC-S3 only)
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When digital red-eye correction (
,
,
) is operating, if a subject is recorded that
has skin-colored areas with red areas inside, the digital red-eye correction function may
blacken the red areas.
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We recommend setting the Flash Mode to
,
or , or [Red-Eye Removal] to
[OFF] before recording.
The sound of the recorded motion pictures sometimes breaks up.
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This unit automatically adjusts the aperture during motion picture recording. At such
times, the sound may break up. This is not a malfunction.
Motion pictures recorded on this camera cannot be played on other devices.
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Motion pictures (Motion JPEG) recorded with this camera may not be played on
digital cameras of other manufacturers. Additionally, motion pictures recorded with this
camera cannot be played on Panasonic LUMIX digital cameras sold before July 2008.
(However, motion pictures recorded with LUMIX digital cameras sold before this date
can be played on this camera.)
TV, computer, printer
No image appear on TV. Image blurred or not colored.
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Not connected correctly. (
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69)
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The television has not been switched to auxiliary input.
TV screen display different to LCD monitor.
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Aspect ratio may be incorrect or edges may be cut off with certain televisions.
Cannot play motion pictures on TV.
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Card is inserted into TV.
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Connect the camera to the TV with the AV cable (optional), and then access
Playback Mode on the camera. (
→
69)
