Brand: GE
Category: Digital Camera
Document Type: Manual
Language: EN
Manual for E1486TW
Uploaded: Nov. 21, 2025, 6:36 p.m.
Manual Publish Date: 2010-01-01
Warranty Information
Copyright is held by General Imaging Company.
- Getting Started: Unpack your camera, identify components, charge and insert the battery, and insert an optional SD/SDHC card.
- Basic Operation: Learn to turn the camera on/off, use the touch panel, set time and language, and take pictures.
- Camera Function Controls: Explore various shooting modes like Auto, Manual, Scene modes, and adjust settings like Flash, Macro, EV, and White Balance.
- Playback Mode: View, manage, and edit your captured images and videos.
- Camera Connectivity: Connect your camera to a TV or PC for viewing and transferring files, and connect to a PictBridge compatible printer for direct printing.
- Appendices: Find specifications, error messages, and troubleshooting guides.
Troubleshooting and error codes
| Problem | Possible causes | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Camera does not turn on. |
• The battery has run out.
• The battery is not inserted correctly. |
• Charge the battery or replace with a fully charged battery.
• Re-insert the battery observing the correct polarity. |
| Camera turns off suddenly during operation. |
• The battery has run out.
|
• Charge the battery or replace with a fully charged battery.
|
| The picture is blurred. |
• The lens is dirty.
• appears when taking pictures. |
• Use a soft cloth to clean the lens on your camera
• Use the OIS Image Stabilization function. |
| Images, video clips, and audio files cannot be saved. |
• The memory card is full.
|
• Replace the memory card with a new one.
• Delete unwanted images. • Unlock the memory card. |
| No picture is taken when pressing the shutter button. |
• The memory card is full.
• No available space to store the files. |
• Replace the memory card with a new one or clean off current memory card.
• Delete unwanted images. • The memory card is locked. |
| Images cannot print from the connected printer. |
• The camera is not connected to the printer correctly.
• The printer is not PictBridge compatible. • The printer is out of paper or out of ink. • The paper is jammed. |
• Check the connection between the camera and printer.
• Use a PictBridge compatible printer. • Load some paper in the printer. • Replace the ink cartridge in the printer. • Remove the jammed paper. |