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Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting Warning indicator Cause Action to be taken Ref. page No J indicator appears. ŋ Batteries are not ŋ Re-install batteries correctly installed. with correct "+" and "-" directions. ŋ Battery power is weak. ŋ Install new batteries. ŋ Battery contacts inside ŋ Clean the battery the battery chamber are contacts. contaminated. P. 11 Power turns OFF. ŋBattery power is ŋ Replace the batteries P. 11, 18 exhausted. with fresh ones. ŋCamera setting switch ŋ Set the camera setting P. 13 is set to K for switch to ˚. cameras in Group VII. No indicator bars appear. ŋ Built-in bounce flash adapter is used for bounce flash operation or not correctly set into place. ŋ Fold the diffuser card back into the unit. P. 52 M above the ŋ Auto zoom-head ZOOM blinks. positioning is (for cameras in canceled. Group I and II) ŋ Resume auto zoomhead positioning. P. 20 No Ø indicator lights up (for cameras in Group I) ŋ A lens other than a Nikkor lens with built- in CPU is mounted. ŋ Flash mode is set to Standard TTL Flash. ŋ Mount a Nikkor lens with built-in CPU. ŋ Press the "M" button until the flash mode indicator Ø appears. P. 24 P. 24 ÷ indicator ŋ Flash has fired at full blinks and expo- output but the light sure compensa- may have been tion value lights insufficient. up (for cameras in Group I). ŋ Reconfirm the flash shooting distance range, move closer to the subject, or select a wider aperture, and then reshoot. P. 40 f blinks ŋ Lens aperture is not ŋ Set the lens aperture set to its minimum (highest f-number). to its minimum, or set the exposure mode to N/A A or M. 

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Troubleshooting
Cause
･
Batteries are not
correctly installed.
･
Battery power is weak.
･
Battery contacts inside
the battery chamber are
contaminated.
･
Battery power is
exhausted.
･
Camera setting switch
is set to
K
for
cameras in Group VII.
･
Built-in bounce flash
adapter is used for
bounce flash operation
or not correctly set into
place.
･
Auto zoom-head
positioning is
canceled.
･
A lens other than a
Nikkor lens with built-
in CPU is mounted.
･
Flash mode is set to
Standard TTL Flash.
･
Flash has fired at full
output but the light
may have been
insufficient.
･
Lens aperture is not
set to its minimum
(highest f-number).
Action to be taken
･
Re-install batteries
with correct "+" and "–"
directions.
･
Install new batteries.
･
Clean the battery
contacts.
･
Replace the batteries
with fresh ones.
･
Set the camera setting
switch to
˚
.
･
Fold the diffuser card
back into the unit.
･
Resume auto zoom-
head positioning.
･
Mount a Nikkor lens
with built-in CPU.
･
Press the "M" button
until the flash mode
indicator
Ø
appears.
･
Reconfirm the flash
shooting distance
range, move closer to
the subject, or select
a wider aperture, and
then reshoot.
･
Set the lens aperture
to its minimum, or set
the exposure mode to
A or M.
Ref.
page
P. 11
P. 11, 18
P. 13
P. 52
P. 20
P. 24
P. 24
P. 40
N/A
Warning
indicator
No
J
indicator
appears.
Power turns
OFF.
No indicator
bars appear.
M above the
ZOOM blinks.
(for cameras in
Group I and II)
No
Ø
indicator
lights up
(for cameras in
Group I)
÷
indicator
blinks and expo-
sure compensa-
tion value lights
up (for cameras
in Group I).
f
blinks