Canon A450 - Manual (Page 71)

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Troubleshooting
Camera
Camera will not operate.
Power is not turned on. z Press the power button (Basic
Guide p. 8).
Memory card slot/battery
cover is open. z Confirm that the memory card slot
/battery cover is securely closed
(Basic Guide p. 5).
Batteries are loaded in the
wrong direction. z Reload the batteries in the correct
direction (Basic Guide p. 5).
Batteries are not the right
type. z Use only unused AA-size alkaline
batteries or Canon AA-size NiMH
batteries
(p. 83) .
Battery charge is low and
the camera will not operate.
(“Change the batteries”
message displays). z Replace the camera batteries with
2 unused or fully charged batteries
(p. 83) .
z Use the AC Adapter Kit ACK800
(sold separately)
(p. 89) .
Poor contact between
camera and battery
terminals. z Wipe the battery terminals with a
clean dry cloth.
z Reload the batteries several times.
When the power is turned on
“Card locked!” message appears.
The SD memory card’s or
SDHC memory card’s write
protect tab is set to “Write
protect”. z When recording to, erasing from
or formatting the memory card,
slide the write protect tab upward
(p. 85) .
The Date/Time menu appears.
The lithium date/time battery
charge is depleted. z Replace the lithium date/time battery
(p. 92) .