Nikon CoolPix L1 Manual

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63Technical NotesProblem SolutionCamera turns offwithout warning• Batteries are low.• Batteries are cold.1060Monitor is blank• Camera is off.• Batteries are exhausted.• Standby mode: press shutter-release button halfway.• Flash lamp blinks: wait until fl ash has charged.• USB cable is connected.• A/V cable is connected.101010, 451432, 3531No indicators appearin monitor Hide Info is selected for Photo Info. Select Show Info. 43Monitor is hard toread• Adjust monitor brightness.• Monitor is dirty: clean monitor.4360Camera clock is notcorrectCheck camera clock regularly against more accurate time-pieces and reset as required. 42Camera settings resetClock battery exhausted: recharge clock battery. Picturesrecorded before clock has been set will have time stamp of“00.00.0000 00:00”; movies will be dated “01.01.2005 00:00.”42No picture takenwhen shutter-releasebutton is pressed• Camera is in playback mode: press button.• Menus are displayed: press MENU button.• Batteries are exhausted.• Flash lamp blinks: fl ash is charging.26391014Camera can not focususing autofocus• Subject is low in contrast, dominated by repeating geomet-ric patterns, covers too small an area of the frame, or con-tains many fine details, objects of sharply differing bright-ness, or objects at different distances from the camera. Usefocus lock to focus on another subject at same distance.• Focus error. Turn camera off and then on again.5310TroubleshootingIf the camera fails to function as expected, check the list of common problemsbelow before consulting your retailer or Nikon representative. Refer to the pagenumbers in the right-most column for more information.In extremely rare instances, unusual characters may appear in the monitor and the cam-era may stop functioning. In most cases, this phenomenon is caused by a strong externalstatic charge. Turn the camera off, remove and replace the batteries, and then turn thecamera on again. In the event of continued malfunction, contact your retailer or Nikonrepresentative. Note that disconnecting the power source as described above may resultin the loss of any data not recorded to internal memory or the memory card at the timethe problem occurred. Data already recorded will not be affected.Electronically Controlled Cameras