Nikon P520 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

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Monitor or
viewfinder is blank.

Camera is off.
Battery is exhausted.
Standby mode for saving power: Press the power switch,

shutter-release button,

c button or b (e movie-record)

button, or rotate the mode dial.

Monitor and viewfinder cannot be used simultaneously. It may

take some time to switch between monitor and viewfinder.

Camera and computer are connected via USB cable.
Camera and TV are connected via audio/video cable or HDMI

cable.

Interval timer shooting in progress.

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22
23

8

87, 90
87,

E17

E36

Monitor screen is
hard to see.

Ambient lighting too bright: move to darker location or use

viewfinder.

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

8

103,

E67

F6

The viewfinder is
hard to see.

Adjust diopter adjustment control.

8

Date and time of
recording are not
correct.

If the camera clock has not been set (“Date not set” indicator

flashes during shooting), still pictures have a time stamp of
“00/00/0000 00:00”; and movies are dated “01/01/2013 00:00.”
Set the correct date and time using Time zone and date in
the setup menu.

The camera clock is not as accurate as a normal clock, such as

watches. Check camera clock regularly against more accurate
timepieces and reset as required.

24, 103,
E65

103,

E65

No information
displayed on the
monitor.

Shooting and photo information may be hidden. Press the

s

button until shooting information or photo information is
displayed.

9

Print date not
available.

Time zone and date in the setup menu has not been set.

24, 103,
E65

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

A shooting mode that does not support print date is selected.
Another function that is set now is restricting the print date.
The date cannot be imprinted onto a movie.

103,

E68

75

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

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

25

Camera settings
reset.

Reset file
numbering

cannot be done.

Reset file numbering cannot be applied when the folder
number reaches 999 and there are images in the folder. Change
the memory card, or format the internal memory/memory card.

105,

E78

Problem

Cause/Solution

A

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