Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ1GN Operating Instructions Manual

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Others99VQT0P83∫ LCD monitor1: The brightness of the screenbecomes dark or bright for a moment.• This phenomenon appears whenpressing the shutter button halfway toset the aperture value and does notaffect the recorded pictures.2: The screen is too bright or dark.• Adjust the brightness of the screen.3: Some pixels are inactive or always liton the LCD monitor.• These pixels do not affect the recordedpictures.This is not a malfunction.4: Noise appears on the LCD monitor.• In dark places, noise may appear tomaintain the brightness of the LCDmonitor.This does not affect the pictures you arerecording.5: A vertical red line appears on the LCDmonitor.• This is called smear. It is specific toCCD, not a malfunction. It appearswhen the subject has a bright part. It isrecorded on motion images, but notrecorded on still pictures.∫ Flash1: Flash is not activated.• Is the flash setting set to Forced OFF[ ]?– Change the flash setting. (P39)• The flash is not activated when inmotion image mode [ ], [SCENERY],[NIGHT SCENERY], or [FIREWORKS]in scene mode (P56) is selected.2: The flash is activated 2 times.• When you select AUTO/Red-eyereduction [ ], the first flash isactivated for red-eye prevention on thesubject (red-eye phenomenon) beforeactually recording pictures. After thefirst flash, the flash is activated again forrecording.∫ Playback1: Pictures being played are rotated anddisplayed in an unexpected direction.The camera has a function toautomatically rotate and display picturesrecorded by holding the cameravertically.(If you take pictures aiming the cameraup or down, the camera may recognisethat it is held vertically.)• When [ROTATE DISP.] (P71) is set to[OFF], you can display the pictureswithout being rotated.• You can rotate pictures with [ROTATE]function (P71).2: The picture is not played back.• Is the mode dial set to playback [ ]?• Is there a picture in the built-in memoryor the card?When a card is not inserted, the picturedata in the built-in memory appear.When a card is inserted, the picturedata in the card appear. (P19)3: The picture played back looks rough.Noise appears on the picture.• Is the ISO sensitivity is high or is theshutter speed slow?– Decrease the ISO sensitivity. (P64)– Set [PICT.ADJ.] to [NATURAL]. (P68)– Take pictures in bright places.∫ TV, PC and printer1: The picture does not appear on thetelevision.• Is the camera connected to the TVcorrectly?• Set the TV input to external input mode.2: When connecting to a PC, picturescannot be transferred.• Is the camera connected to the PCcorrectly?• Is the camera recognised by the PCcorrectly?• Set [USB MODE] to [PC]. (P84)