Table 3.

Digital Cervicography Trouble-Shooting

Description	Problem	Trouble shooting
Picture appears dark or  has a shadow	Inadequate lighting	Redirect floor lamp onto cervix, reposition speculum and make sure camera flash is turned on.  If shadow is on anterior tilt lens of camera towards the ceiling; if shadow is on posterior cervix  tilt lens towards the floor
Image is hazy or blurred	Inadequate focus	Check that autofocus is selected. Depress the button halfway to allow automatic focus. Once focus  is optimized, hold the camera steady while fully depressing shutter release button
Image appears orange	Batteries are not fully  charged	Recharge or replace
Vaginal walls obstructing  view of cervix	Speculum is too small or  not fully open.	Use a larger speculum and open as wide as possible. If speculum is large and fully open and view  is still obstructed, use a vaginal wall retractor. If no vaginal wall retractor is available, cut off the  tip of a condom and place residual condom over speculum then reinsert in vagina
Too much speculum in  image	Inadequate zoom	Move camera closer to the cervix before capturing the image