Canon EOS 1 Instruction Manual - Page 106

Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting If you run into a problem operating your camera, check the following table to see if you can find the cause of the problem. If the trouble persists, take the camera to your nearest Canon service center. (A list of service centers is provided at the back of this instruction book.) Symptom Cause Remedy Referral page The main switch is set to Set the main switch to A or 16 . . Nothing appears in the The battery is exhausted. Replace the battery with a 14 LCD panel. new one. The battery is inserted Reload the battery correct- 14 upside down. ly. The main switch is set to Set the main switch to A or 16 . . The automatic film load- ing function does not The film is not loaded cor- Remove the film and 23 operate. rectly. (The film transport reload it correctly. (wind/rewind) ( ) is blinking in the LCD panel.) The main switch is set to Set the main switch to A or 16 The camera settings . . cannot be changed. The quick control dial Set the quick control dial 10 switch is not set to . switch to . The lens' focus mode Set the lens' focus mode 18 switch is set to M. switch to AF. Autofocusing does not operate. Custom function F-4 is set to 1. Press AE lock button to autofocus, or set custom 82 84 function F-4 to 0 and press shutter button halfway. The main switch is set to Set the main switch to A or 16 . . The film is not loaded cor- Remove the film and 23 rectly. (The film transport reload it correctly. The shutter does not release. (wind/rewind) ( ) is blinking in the LCD panel.) A roll of rewound film is still Remove the exposed film 25 in the camera. (The film and load a new roll. rewind completion ( .) is blinking in the LCD panel.) 106

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Troubleshooting
If you run into a problem operating your camera, check the following table
to see if you can find the cause of the problem. If the trouble persists, take
the camera to your nearest Canon service center. (A list of service cen-
ters is provided at the back of this instruction book.)
The main switch is set to
.
The battery is exhausted.
The battery is inserted
upside down.
The main switch is set to
.
The film is not loaded cor-
rectly. (The film transport
(wind/rewind) (
) is
blinking in the LCD panel.)
The main switch is set to
.
The quick control dial
switch is not set to
.
The lens’ focus mode
switch is set to
M
.
Custom function F-4 is set
to 1.
The main switch is set to
.
The film is not loaded cor-
rectly. (The film transport
(wind/rewind) (
) is
blinking in the LCD panel.)
A roll of rewound film is still
in the camera. (The film
rewind completion (
.
) is
blinking in the LCD panel.)
Set the main switch to
A
or
.
Replace the battery with a
new one.
Reload the battery correct-
ly.
Set the main switch to
A
or
.
Remove the film and
reload it correctly.
Set the main switch to
A
or
.
Set the quick control dial
switch to
.
Set the lens’ focus mode
switch to
AF
.
Press AE lock button to
autofocus, or set custom
function F-4 to 0 and press
shutter button halfway.
Set the main switch to
A
or
.
Remove the film and
reload it correctly.
Remove the exposed film
and load a new roll.
Symptom
Cause
Remedy
Nothing appears in the
LCD panel.
The automatic film load-
ing function does not
operate.
The camera settings
cannot be changed.
Autofocusing does not
operate.
The shutter does not
release.
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