Olympus 5050 C-5050 Zoom Reference Manual (11 MB) - Page 208

Troubleshooting The camera does not work The camera does not turn on or function buttons do not respond. Possible cause Corrective action Ref. Page The power is off. Turn the power on. P.31 The batteries are loaded incorrectly. Reload the batteries correctly. P.21 The batteries are exhausted. Replace the batteries with new ones. P.18 The batteries are temporarily Warm the batteries by putting them in your - unable to function because of pocket for a while. the cold. The camera is in the sleep mode. Operate the camera (press the shutter button or the zoom lever). P.32 There is condensation* inside Wait until the camera dries before turning it - the camera. on again. The camera is connected to a The camera will not operate while it is - PC. connected to a PC. *Condensation: When it is cold outside, the water vapor in the air is rapidly cooled and turns to droplets of water. Condensation occurs when the camera is suddenly taken from a cold place into a warm room. No picture is taken when the shutter button is pressed. Possible cause Corrective action The camera is in the playback mode. Set the mode dial to any position except . The flash has not finished charging. Remove your finger from the shutter button, and wait until the orange lamp stops blinking. Press the shutter button again. The card is full. Erase unwanted pictures or insert a new card. Before erasing, download important images to a PC. The batteries ran out of power during shooting or while the images were being written to the card. (Only the battery check indicator on the control panel blinks.) Replace the batteries with new ones. (If images are being recorded on the card, wait until recording is finished.) The memory gauge on the monitor is full. Wait until there is room in the memory gauge. Ref. Page P.40 P.80 P.58, 163, 175 P.21 P.18 11 Miscellaneous 207