Nikon S6100 User Manual

Troubleshooting

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Monitor is blank.

• Camera is off.
• Standby mode for saving power: press the 

power switch, the shutter-release button, A 
button, 

c button, or b (e movie-record) 

button.

• When flash lamp blinks, wait until flash has 

charged.

• Camera and computer are connected via USB 

cable.

• Camera and TV are connected via audio/video 

cable or HDMI cable.

Date and time of recording are 
not correct.

• If camera clock has not been set, “Date not 

set” indicator blinks during shooting and 
movie recording. Images and movies saved 
before clock is set are dated “00/00/0000 
00:00” or “01/01/2011 00:00” respectively. Set 
the correct time and date using the Date and 
time setting in Time zone and date option 
in the setup menu.

• Check camera clock regularly against more 

accurate timepieces and reset as required.

Monitor is hard to read.

• Adjust monitor brightness.
• Monitor is dirty. Clean monitor.

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No indicators displayed in 
monitor.

Playback is set to Auto info for Monitor 
settings in the setup menu.

Print date not available.

Set the correct time and date using the Date 
and time setting in Time zone and date 
option in the setup menu.

Date not appearing on images 
even when Print date is 
enabled.

• Another function that restricts the Print date 

option is enabled.

• The current shooting mode is one that does 

not support Print date.

Screen for setting date and 
time is displayed when camera 
is turned on.

Clock battery is exhausted; all settings were 
restored to their default values. 

Camera settings reset.

Problem

Cause/Solution

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