Olympus SP-700 Digital Camera User Manual


 
Troubleshooting
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Appendix
(Preparatory operations
(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.
P. 9
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.
P. 141
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.
P. 44
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.
P. 93,
140
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”. P. 147