Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Ts5 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Troubleshooting
First, try out the following procedures (P251–266).
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The battery is exhausted. Charge the battery.
•If you leave the camera on , the battery will be exhausted.
> Turn the camera off frequently by using the [Economy] etc.  (P57)
•If you connect to a TV compatible with VIERA Link with an HDMI micro cable (optional) and turn the 
TV off with the remote control for the TV, this unit is also turned off.
> If you are not using VIERA Link, set [VIERA Link] to [OFF].  (P60)...

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•[GPS Setting] is set to [OFF]. (P122)
•Radio waves from GPS satellites may not be received depending on the recording environment, 
such as indoors or close to a building.  (P121)
> It is recommended to use  by holding the camera still for a while at an outdoor location clear to 
the sky, with the antenna pointed upward.
•[GPS Setting] is set to [ON]. > Set [GPS Setting] to [OFF] or [Airplane Mode] to [ON] when you turn the unit off onboard an 
airplane or inside a hospital etc.  (P53)...

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•Is there any memory remaining on the built-in memory or the card?> Delete the pictures which are not necessary to increase the available memory.  (P46)
•You may not be able to record for a short while after turning this unit on when using a large capacity 
card.
•The picture can become whitish if there is dirt e.g. fingerprints on the lens.
> When it is dirty, lightly wipe the surface of the lens with soft and dry cloth.
•Is the inside of the lens fogged?
> There is condensation. Refer to...

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•Is there any memory remaining on the built-in memory or the card?
•Is the ISO sensitivity high or the shutter speed slow?
(ISO sensitivity is set to [AUTO] when the camera is shipped. Therefore, when taking pictures 
indoors etc. noise will appear.)> Decrease the ISO sensitivity.  (P98)
> Take pictures in bright places.
•Has [High Sens.] in the Scene Mode been set? If so, the resolution of the recorded picture 
decreases slightly because of high sensitivity processing, but this is not a...

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•Use a card with SD Speed Class with “Class 4” or higher when recording motion pictures.
•Depending on the type of the card, recording may stop in the middle.> If Motion Picture Recording stops during use of a ca rd of at least “Class 4” or if you use a card 
that has been formatted on a PC or other equipment, the data-writing speed is lower. In such 
cases, we recommend that you make a backup of the data and then format (P61)  the card in this 
unit.
•Object seems to be warped slightly...

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•This phenomenon appears when you press the shutter button halfway to set the aperture value and 
does not affect the recorded pictures.
•This phenomenon also appears when the brightness changes when the camera is zoomed or when 
the camera is moved. This is because of operation of the automatic aperture of the camera, and it is 
not a malfunction.
•The LCD monitor may flicker for a few seconds after this unit is turned on. This is an operation to 
correct flicker caused by lighting such...

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•[Rotate Disp.] (P60) is set to [ ] or [ ].
•Is there a picture on the built-in memory or the card?
> The pictures on the built-in memory appear when a card is not inserted. The picture data on the 
card appears when a card is inserted.
•Is this a folder or picture which was processed in the PC? If it is, it cannot be played back by this unit.
> It is recommended to use the “PHOTOfunSTUDIO” software in the CD-ROM (supplied) to write 
pictures from PC to card.
•Are you playing back filtered...

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•When Red-Eye Removal ([ ], [ ]) is in operation, if you take a picture of a subject with red 
color surrounded by a skin tone color, that red part may be corrected to black by the Red-Eye 
Removal function.> It is recommended to take a picture with the Flash Mode set to [ ‡], [‰] or [ Œ], or 
[Red-Eye Removal] on the [Rec] menu set to [OFF].  (P116)
•Is it a picture that has been recorded with other equipment? In such cases, these pictures may be 
displayed with a deteriorated picture...

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•Use within the communication range of the wireless LAN network.
•Connection types and security setting methods are different depending on the wireless access point.> Refer to the operating instructions of the wireless access point.
•When the radio waves are interrupted, the condition may improve by moving the location or 
changing the angle of the wireless access point.
•It may not automatically connect when the network SSID of the wireless access point is set not to 
broadcast.
> Set the...

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•It may take longer time to connect depending on the Wi-Fi connection setting of the smartphone/
tablet, but it is not a malfunction.> Try switching the ON/OFF of the Wi-Fi function in  the Wi-Fi settings of the smartphone/tablet.
•Check the information in the login screen of “LUMIX CLUB”.
http://lumixclub.panasonic.net/eng/c/
•Service user registration for the “LUMIX CLUB” is not possible in the environment without a wireless 
access point.
•When the firewall of the OS, security software,...