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Troubleshooting, Problems with the sb-600 – Nikon Speedlight SB-600 User Manual

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If a warning indication appears on the SB-600’s LCD panel or inside the
camera’s viewfinder, use the following chart to determine the cause of the
problem before you take your Speedlight to a Nikon service center for repair.

Problems with the SB-600

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mation

Troubleshooting

Problem

The power cannot be turned on.

The ready-light does not light up.

The power turns off automatically.

A strange sound can be heard
caused by the flash head zooming
back and forth even when the
SB-600 is turned off.

No

D, or o indicator appears in

TTL auto flash mode.

The zoom-head position cannot be
adjusted to other than 14 mm.

The SB-600 does not work when
control buttons (

a button, i/j

button, or

s button) are pressed.

The ready-light blinks for 3 sec.
after firing.
The underexposure indicator blinks
and the amount of underexposure is
displayed, depending on the
camera in use.

Three beeps sound during wireless
multiple flash shooting.

In wireless multiple flash
photography, the ready-light blinks
quickly and slowly and the SB-600
alternately emits high and low tone
beeps for 6 seconds.

“– –” blinks in the zoom-head
position indicator.

Cause

The batteries are not correctly installed.

Battery power is weak.

The standby function is activated
and operating.

The batteries are extremely exhausted.

The batteries are extremely exhausted.

The camera’s exposure mode or
metering system is not correctly set or
a non-CPU lens is mounted.

The built-in wide-flash adapter is in use.

Control buttons are locked.

Underexposure may have occurred.

The flash has fired at its maximum output
and underexposure may have occurred.

The flash mode of the remote flash unit
is set to Non-TTL auto flash on the
Master flash unit. Reset the flash mode
to D, Manual G or Repeating q
flash mode. The same is applied when
the signal from the Master flash unit
cannot be received correctly.

A zoom-head position adjustment
error has occurred. Turn off the
SB-600 and camera, and detach
the SB-600 from the camera.
Then, reattach the SB-600 to the
camera and turn on the power.

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