Troubleshooting
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Appendix
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Preparatory operations
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Taking pictures
Troubleshooting
Possible cause
Corrective action
Ref.
page
The camera does not turn on or function buttons do not respond.
The power is off.
Press the
o
button to turn the camera
on.
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The battery power is
exhausted.
Charge or change the battery.
–
The battery is temporarily
unable to function
because of the cold.
Warm the battery by putting it in your pocket
for a while.
–
The camera is in the
sleep mode.
Press the shutter button or turn the zoom
lever.
–
The camera is connected
to a computer.
The camera will not operate while it is
connected to a computer.
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Possible cause
Corrective action
Ref.
page
No picture is taken when the shutter button is pressed.
The battery power is
exhausted.
Charge or change the battery.
–
The camera is in the
playback mode.
Set the mode switch to the
K
or
A
position
to enable a shooting mode.
P. 9
The flash has not
finished charging.
Remove your finger from the shutter button,
and wait until the
#
(flash charge) mark
stops blinking before taking the picture.
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The power is off.
Set the mode switch to
K
or
n
, and press
o
.
P. 10
The internal memory or
card is full.
Insert a new card or erase unwanted
pictures. Before erasing, download important
pictures to a computer.
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The battery ran out of
power during shooting or
while the images were
being written to the internal
memory or the card.
Charge the battery. (Wait until the power/
card access lamp turns off when blinking.)
–
The memory gauge is
full.
Wait until there is space in the memory
gauge.
–
There is a problem with
the card.
See “Error messages”.
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