Panasonic DMC-LS85 Operating Guide

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VQT1X17

Playback

The picture being played back is rotated and displayed in an unexpected

direction.

• [ROTATE DISP.] (P70) is set to [ON].

The picture is not played back.

• Is the recording/playback switch set to playback [5]? (P17)

• Is there a picture on the built-in memory or the card?

The pictures on the built-in memory appear when a card is not inserted. The picture

data on the card appears when a card is inserted.

• Is this a picture whose fi le name has been changed in the PC? If it is, it cannot be

played back by this unit.

The recorded pictures are not displayed.

• Has [FAVORITE PLAY] been set for playback?

Change to [NORMAL PLAY]. (P18)

The folder number and the fi le number are displayed as [—] and the screen turns

black.

• Is this a non-standard picture, a picture which has been edited using a PC or a picture

which was taken by another make of digital camera?

• Did you remove the batteries immediately after picture-taking or did you take the picture

using the batteries with a low remaining charge?

Format the card to delete the pictures mentioned above. (P24)

(Other pictures will be deleted as well and it will not be possible to restore them.

Therefore, check well before formatting.)

With a calendar search, pictures are displayed on dates differing from the actual

dates on which the pictures were taken.

• Is the clock in the camera set properly? (P16)

• When pictures edited using a PC or pictures taken by other equipment are searched,

they may be displayed on dates differing from the actual dates on which the pictures

were taken.

White round spots like soap bubbles appear on the recorded picture.

• If you take a picture with the fl ash in a dark place or indoors,

white round spots may appear on the picture caused by the fl ash

refl ecting of particles of dust in the air. This is not a malfunction.

A characteristic of this is that the number of round spots and their

position differ in every picture.

[THUMBNAIL IS DISPLAYED] appears on the screen.

• Is it a picture that has been recorded with other equipment? In such cases, these

pictures may be displayed with a deteriorated picture quality.

A clicking sound is recorded in the motion pictures.

• This unit automatically adjusts the aperture during motion picture recording. At such

times, a clicking sound is heard, and this sound may be recorded on the motion pictures.

This is not a malfunction.

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