Nikon COOLPIX P500 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

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Monitor is hard to
read.

Ambient lighting too bright: use viewfinder or move to

darker location.

Adjust monitor brightness.
Monitor is dirty. Clean monitor.

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The viewfinder is
hard to read.

Adjust diopter adjustment control.

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Display does not
switch to monitor
(or viewfinder)
when the

x

button is pressed.

You cannot switch the display in the following situations:

- While recording or playing back movies
- While recording or playing back voice memos
- During interval timer shooting
- While connected to a printer
- While displaying image deletion screens

You cannot switch the display while displaying a certain

error message.

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Date and time of
recording are not
correct.

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

indicator blinks during shooting), still pictures have a time
stamp of “00/00/0000 00:00”; and movies are dated “01/
01/2011 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.

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No information
displayed in
monitor.

Shooting data and photo information may be hidden. Press
the

s button until shooting data or photo information is

displayed.

17

Print date not
available.

Time zone and date has not been set.

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

A shooting mode that does not support Print date is

selected.

The date cannot be imprinted onto a movie.
The date cannot be imprinted on still images saved during

movie recording.

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Camera settings
reset.

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

189

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.

• Reset file numbering cannot be set when the scene

mode is set to Panorama, or when the shooting mode is
j, k, l, m or M and Intvl timer shooting is chosen for
the continuous shooting.

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Problem

Cause/Solution

A

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