Troubleshooting, Power, Display on a tv – Canon PowerShot ELPH 340 HS User Manual

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137

Before Use

Basic Guide

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics
Auto Mode / Hybrid

Auto Mode
Other Shooting

Modes
P Mode

Playback Mode

Wi-Fi Functions

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

Before Use

Basic Guide

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics
Auto Mode / Hybrid

Auto Mode
Other Shooting

Modes
P Mode

Playback Mode

Wi-Fi Functions

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

Troubleshooting

If you think there is a problem with the camera, first check the following.

If the items below do not solve your problem, contact a Canon Customer

Support Help Desk.

Power

Nothing happens when the power button is pressed.

•

Confirm that the battery pack is charged (

=

10

).

•

Confirm that the battery pack is inserted facing the correct way (

=

11

).

•

Confirm that the memory card/battery cover is fully closed (

=

11

).

•

Dirty battery terminals reduce battery performance. Try cleaning the terminals with a

cotton swab and reinserting the battery pack a few times.

The battery pack runs out of power quickly.

•

Battery performance decreases at low temperatures. Try warming the battery pack a

little by putting it in your pocket, for example, ensuring that the terminals do not touch

any metal objects.

•

If these measures do not help and the battery pack still runs out of power soon after

charging, it has reached the end of its life. Purchase a new battery pack.

•

Dirty battery terminals reduce battery performance. Try cleaning the terminals with a

cotton swab and reinserting the battery pack a few times.

The lens is not retracted.

•

Do not open the memory card/battery cover while the camera is on. Close the cover,

turn the camera on, and then turn it off again (

=

11

).

The battery pack is swollen.

•

Battery swelling is normal and does not pose any safety concerns. However, if

battery swelling prevents the battery pack from fitting in the camera, contact a Canon

Customer Support Help Desk.

Display on a TV

Camera images look distorted or not displayed on a TV (

=

123

).

Shooting

Cannot shoot.

•

In Playback mode (

=

64

), press the shutter button halfway (

=

20

).

Strange display on the screen under low light (

=

20

).

Strange display on the screen when shooting.

Note that the following display problems are not recorded in still images but are

recorded in movies.

•

The screen may flicker and horizontal banding may appear under fluorescent or LED

lighting.

No date stamp is added to images.

•

Configure the [Date Stamp

] setting (

=

34

). Note that date stamps are not

added to images automatically, merely because you have configured the [Date/Time]

setting (

=

12

).

•

Date stamps are not added in shooting modes (

=

150

) in which this setting cannot

be configured (

=

34

).

[h] flashes on the screen when the shutter button is pressed, and

shooting is not possible (

=

29

).

[ ] is displayed when the shutter button is pressed halfway (

=

29

).

•

Set [IS Mode] to [Continuous] (

=

63

).

•

Set the flash mode to [

h] (

=

61

).

•

Increase the ISO speed (

=

54

).

•

Mount the camera on a tripod or take other measures to keep it still. In this case, you

should set [IS Mode] to [Off] (

=

63

).

Shots are out of focus.

•

Press the shutter button halfway to focus on subjects before pressing it all the way

down to shoot (

=

20

).

•

Make sure subjects are within focusing range (

=

155

).

•

Set [AF-assist Beam] to [On] (

=

38

).

•

Confirm that unneeded functions such as macro are deactivated.

•

Try shooting with focus lock or AF lock (

=

59

,

61

).

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