Troubleshooting – Olympus C-5000 Zoom User Manual
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Troubleshooting
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Preparatory operations
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Shooting
Possible cause
Corrective action
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The camera does not turn on or function buttons do not respond.
The power is off.
Turn the power on.
The battery is 
exhausted.
Charge the battery.
The battery is 
temporarily unable to 
function because of 
the cold.
Warm the battery by putting them in your pocket 
for a while.
—
The camera is in the 
sleep mode.
Operate the camera (press the shutter button or 
the zoom lever).
The camera is 
connected to a PC.
The camera will not operate while it is connected 
to a PC.
—
Possible cause
Corrective action
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No picture is taken when the shutter button is pressed.
The battery is 
exhausted.
Charge the battery.
The camera is in the 
playback mode.
Set the mode dial to any position except
q.
The flash has not 
finished charging.
Remove your finger from the shutter button, and 
wait until the 
# (flash standby) indication stops
blinking. Press the shutter button again.
The card is full.
Erase unwanted pictures or insert a new card. 
Before erasing, download important images to a PC.
The battery ran out of 
power during 
shooting or while the 
images were being 
written to the card. 
(Monitor turns off, or 
the battery check 
indicator blinks.)
Charge the battery. (Wait until the card access 
lamp turns off when flashing.)
The memory gauge 
is full.
Wait until there is room in the memory gauge.
There is a problem 
with the card.
Refer to “Error codes”.
