Ricoh RDC-5000 User Manual

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Camera not set to PIC mode

Camera set to flash off mode

White balance mode set to
setting other than auto

Batteries dead

Subject farther than approx. 3.0 m
(9.9 feet) with the zoom on
telephoto or approx. 3.4 m (11.2
feet) with the zoom on wide angle

The camera is too close to the
subject.

Over-exposed

Brightness setting of LCD monitor
not adjusted

Shot in low light area with camera
set to flash off mode

Under-exposed

Brightness setting of LCD monitor
not adjusted

Shooting conditions difficult for
white balance in auto mode

Screen display set to off

Camera not set to play mode

The playback source is different

SmartMedia memory card not
installed or doesn’t contain any files

Use SmartMedia memory card
not formatted by your camera

SmartMedia memory card
contains incorrectly recorded files

SmartMedia memory card
contains files in a format not read
by the camera.

Card door open

Video interface cable poorly
connected

Source of interference, such as
electric motor, nearby

SmartMedia memory card contact
surface dirty

The video I/O switch is set on [IN].

Error in internal memory in the
camera

Error with SmartMedia memory
card

Flash won’t fire,
or won’t charge

Use record menu to set record to PIC mode.

Cancel the flash off mode with flash
button.

Use record menu to set the white balance
to auto.

Replace batteries.

Come closer to subject.

Retake picture without flash.

Use record menu to adjust exposure
compensation.

Adjust brightness adjustment dial.

Press the flash button disengage flash off
mode.

Use record menu to adjust exposure
compensation.

Adjust brightness adjustment dial.

Place a white object near the subject, use
the flash or select one of the manual
white balance modes.

Press the ENTER button to switch screen
display mode.

Set mode dial to [

].

Press the CARD/IN button to change the
playback source

Insert a SmartMedia memory card with
recorded images.

Use a SmartMedia memory card that has
been formatted and recorded by your
camera.

Insert a SmartMedia memory card containing
pictures property recorded by the camera.

Check the format type

Ensure that card door is securely closed.

Check connection.

Relocate camera away from source.

Clean contact surface with soft dry cloth.

Set video I/O switch is set on [OUT].

Copy required files from internal memory
to the SmartMedia memory card and
format internal memory.

Test camera with another SmartMedia
memory card. If second card displays
well, problem is with card not camera.

Image dark
even with flash

Image is too
bright

Image is too
dark

Unnatural
coloration of
image

Date and other
recording data
will not display

Can’t playback
or image won’t
appear

Replay is not
clear

Problem

Cause

Solution

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