My display is all fuzzy looking. Is there something wrong in my settings? I recently used the camera and it worked fine.

Are you sure the battery is ok? Did you press the button display (bottom right nest to the display) several times? Next, how long did you not use this camera? If it was for long, something inside could be corroded. Did you recently drop the camera? Something more serious could be wrong. I'm not sure you can make any picture, because you don't need the screen to make a picture. You then could look is a proper picture is on the memory card. If the rest of the camera is working ok the viewing must work also. Check is the off button is moving correct. (And not blocked) Resetting could be an option, but you need the display to answer the question. This is in the user manual.

thats a good assumption. try multiple sources and see if its just the one source. if its fuzzy, maybe youre using coax cable?? and the cable is bad or has poor signal. try tightening all the connections and making sure the cables are ok, let me know if this doesn't help.

you defiently have something wrong in the settings so don't worry its not wrecked check your settings check your zoom, and if that doesn't fix it take it to someone that knows alot about cameras so goodluck:) and please rate this solution...

Hey mea411,
What you should do is have the camera looked at by an authorized service technician. There is most likely something wrong with the LCD screen itself. I hope this helps!

Sincerely,
Allan
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Open the camera, look at the Flat-cable going from the CCD to the 'camera HW', there is a small connector where the latch mecanism is open,-meaning it does not put pressure on the commenctors and if you touch the flat-cable you can see the flicker/lines, simply use a pen tip to lock the connector latch again, or apply som glue to fix the connector.

Same problem here too! dark spot and what looks like dust appearing on all pictures. Comes into sharper focus on extreme zoom.

I am not used it but i think the problem is the improper display time settings, it is used for long battery stand by time, its not a fault
sol. check the menu screen, settings-display-increase the display timings

I have had a similar issue with a Sony 52" circa 2001 tv. It was bad and then got better. The only problem now is that when I plug anything into the component 1-5 (but not 4) the screen is fuzzy. The DVD is plugged into 4 and it works fine. I tried plugging something else into that and it showed up in black and white. Very frustrating. Fancy TV if you only watch cable or a DVD. All other modes show up fuzzy. Sony recommended a tv repair place in St. Paul but they want around $400 just to look at it.

Press [MENU - SET ] to display the [SETUP] menu and select [RESET]. The [REC] or [SETUP] menu settings are reset to the initial (factory) settings. You can download the manual following the link below: http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/DMCTZ1-MULTI.PDF

A small amount of dirt on the lens would just produce some flare and redule overall contrast slightly. It wouldn't produce a grossly out of focus image. Either you misaligned something or you messed up the autofocus system somehow. Can you focus the lens manually. Many consumer grade digital cameras allow you to set the focus at some specific distance. Do that measuring the distance carefully, and see if the image is still out of focus. Digital cameras tend to have a lot of depth of field, so there must be something seriously wrong with the mechanism.