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Troubleshooting, Display and Setup

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Troubleshooting If the camera fails to function as expected, check the list of common problems below before consulting your retailer or Nikon representative. Refer to the page numbers in the right-most column for more information. Display and Setup Problem Solution B • Camera is off. 12 • Battery is exhausted. 16 • Monitor is off: press Q button. 8 Monitor is blank. • Stand-by mode: press shutter-release button. 16 • Flash lamp blinks red: wait until flash has charged. 24 • USB cable is connected. 58 • A/V cable is connected. 55 • Time lapse or interval timer photography in progress: 49, 74 monitor turns off automatically between shots. • Ambient lighting too bright: use viewfinder or move to 18 darker location. Monitor is hard to read. • Monitor has dimmed to saved power: press shutter- 16 release button halfway. • Adjust monitor brightness. 85 • Monitor is dirty: clean monitor. 96 Camera turns off without warning. • Battery is low. • Camera has turned off automatically to save power. • Battery is cold. 16 16 95 Camera clock is not correct. Check camera clock regularly pieces and reset as required. against more accurate time- 84-85 No indicators appear • Press Q button until indicators are displayed. 8 in monitor. • Slide show is in progress. 81 Date imprint not available. Camera clock has not been set. 84-85 Date not appearing on pictures taken with Date imprint. Date does not appear on movies or on pictures taken in C, 30, 32, K, O, P, or p mode, with Continuous or Continuous 33, 36, flash selected for Continuous, or while BSS or bracketing 47, 73, is on. 75 Camera settings reset. Clock battery exhausted: recharge clock battery. Pictures recorded before clock has been set will have time stamp of 85 "00.00.0000 00:00"; movies will be dated "01.01.2007 00:00." 100 Technical Notes

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100
Technical Notes
Troubleshooting
If the camera fails to function as expected, check the list of common problems
below before consulting your retailer or Nikon representative.
Refer to the page
numbers in the right-most column for more information.
Display and Setup
Problem
Solution
B
Monitor is blank.
•
Camera is off.
•
Battery is exhausted.
•
Monitor is off: press
Q
button.
•
Stand-by mode: press shutter-release button.
•
Flash lamp blinks red: wait until flash has charged.
•
USB cable is connected.
•
A/V cable is connected.
• Time lapse or interval timer photography in progress:
monitor turns off automatically between shots.
12
16
8
16
24
58
55
49, 74
Monitor is hard to
read.
• Ambient lighting too bright: use viewfinder or move to
darker location.
• Monitor has dimmed to saved power: press shutter-
release button halfway.
•
Adjust monitor brightness.
•
Monitor is dirty: clean monitor.
18
16
85
96
Camera turns off
without warning.
•
Battery is low.
•
Camera has turned off automatically to save power.
•
Battery is cold.
16
16
95
Camera clock is not
correct.
Check camera clock regularly against more accurate time-
pieces and reset as required.
84–85
No indicators appear
in monitor.
• Press
Q
button until indicators are displayed.
•
Slide show is in progress.
8
81
Date imprint
not
available.
Camera clock has not been set.
84–85
Date not appearing
on pictures taken
with
Date imprint
.
Date does not appear on movies or on pictures taken in
C
,
K
,
O
,
P
, or
p
mode, with
Continuous
or
Continuous
flash
selected for
Continuous
, or while BSS or bracketing
is on.
30, 32,
33, 36,
47, 73,
75
Camera settings
reset.
Clock battery exhausted: recharge clock battery.
Pictures
recorded before clock has been set will have time stamp of
“00.00.0000 00:00”; movies will be dated “01.01.2007 00:00.”
85