Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3 Operating Instructions Manual

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76 VQT3E65 VQT3E65 77Q&A Troubleshooting (Continued)LCD monitor (Continued)Monitor flickers indoors.●Monitor may flicker after turning on (prevents influence from fluorescent lighting).Black/blue/red/green dots or interference appears. Monitor looks distorted whentouched.●This is not a fault, and will not be recorded on the actual pictures, so there is no need toworry.Date/age is not displayed.●The current date and [Age] are displayed for about 5 seconds in instances such aswhen the camera is turned on, when you switch from Playback Mode to RecordingMode, when you switch to [Baby] Scene Mode.FlashNo flash emitted.●Flash set to [Forced Flash Off] (→36).●Flash is disabled when using [Burst] or when using the following Scene Modes.[Scenery], [Panorama Assist], [Night Scenery], [Sunset], [Fireworks]Multiple flashes are emitted.●Red-Eye Reduction is active (→36). (Flashes twice to prevent eyes from appearing red.)PlaybackPictures have been rotated.●[Rotate Disp.] is set to .→ For full-screen display without picture rotation, set [OFF].Cannot view pictures.●Press the Playback button.●No pictures in built-in memory or card (pictures are played from card if inserted, frombuilt-in memory if card is not inserted).●Camera set to [Filtering Play].→ Set Playback Mode to [Normal Play] (→53).Folder/file number displayed as [-]. Picture is black.●Picture edited on computer or taken with a different device.●Battery removed immediately after picture taken, or picture taken with low battery.→ Use [Format] to delete (→30).The Playback volume and beep volume are low.●The speaker is blocked.Playback (Continued)Incorrect date displayed in Calendar Playback.●Picture edited on computer or taken with a different device.●[Clock Set] is incorrect (→16).(Incorrect date may be displayed in Calendar Playback on pictures copied to computerand then back to camera, if computer and camera dates differ.)White round spots like soap bubbles appear on the recorded picture.●If you take a picture with the flash in a dark place or indoors, white roundspots may appear on the picture caused by the flash reflecting particles ofdust in the air. This is not a fault. A characteristic of this is that the numberof round spots and their position differ in every picture.[Thumbnail is displayed] is shown on the screen.●The still pictures may have been recorded with another device. If so, they may bedisplayed with poor picture quality.Blackened red areas in recorded pictures. (DMC-S3 only)●When digital red-eye correction ( , , ) is operating, if a subject is recorded thathas skin-coloured areas with red areas inside, the digital red-eye correction functionmay blacken the red areas.→ We recommend setting the Flash Mode to , or , or [Red-Eye Removal] to[OFF] before recording.The sound of the recorded motion pictures sometimes breaks up.●This unit automatically adjusts the aperture during motion picture recording. At suchtimes, the sound may break up. This is not a malfunction.Motion pictures recorded on this camera cannot be played on other devices.●Motion pictures (Motion JPEG) recorded with this camera may not be played ondigital cameras of other manufacturers. Additionally, motion pictures recorded with thiscamera cannot be played on Panasonic LUMIX digital cameras sold before July 2008.(However, motion pictures recorded with LUMIX digital cameras sold before this datecan be played on this camera.)TV, computer, printerNo image appear on TV. Image blurred or not coloured.●Not connected correctly. (→69)●The television has not been switched to auxiliary input.●Check the [Video Out] setting (NTSC/PAL) on the camera. (→29)TV screen display different to LCD monitor.●Aspect ratio may be incorrect or edges may be cut off with certain televisions.Cannot play motion pictures on TV.●Card is inserted into TV.→ Connect the camera to the TV with the AV cable (optional), and then accessPlayback Mode on the camera. (→69)

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