Casio QV-100 Caution, Power Supply, Flash Memory, Auto Power Off, or personal injury, or soiling of objects nearby

Power Supply								Getting Acquainted
The camera features a two-way power supply that lets you use either								Battery Handling Precautions
batteries (AA-size Alkaline or Lithium) or household AC current.								Incorrect use or handling of batteries can cause them to leak or burst
To load batteries								and seriously damage your camera. Be sure to note the following
								important precautions to avoid problems with batteries.
Be sure that camera power is turned off whenever loading or replac-
ing batteries.									• Use only LR6 (AM-3) type alkaline or
1.	Slide the	battery	compartment				2		FR6 type lithium dry cell batteries
	lock on the bottom of the camera								with this camera. Never mix old bat-
									teries with new ones. Failure to do so
	in the direction indicated by arrow						1
									can result in bursting or leaking of
	1, and	swing open the battery
									batteries, creating the danger of fire
	compartment cover		as indicated
									or personal injury.
	by arrow	2.
								Caution	• Always make sure that the positive
2. Insert four batteries and close the
									[+] and negative [–] ends of the bat-
	battery compartment cover.								teries are facing correctly, as noted
									by the markings on the camera itself.
									Improper loading of batteries can re-
							A		sult in bursting or leaking of batteries,
									creating the danger of personal injury
									or soiling of objects nearby.
								• Remove batteries from the camera if you do not plan to use it for
								more than two weeks.
								• Never recharge batteries, never allow direct connection between
Be	sure to use		Alkaline	or	Lithium	batteries. Never use		two ends of a battery, and never try to take batteries apart.
manganese batteries (see precautions on the next page).								• Do not expose batteries to direct heat or dispose of them by burn-
	• Make sure that the positive				+ and negative		- ends of the	ing. Doing so can create the danger of explosion.
								• Never mix batteries of different types.
	batteries are facing correctly.

•Press down on the battery compartment cover at the point

marked A in the above illustration until the cover locks into place with a click.

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		Power Supply	Getting Acquainted
•	Dead batteries are susceptible to leakage, which can cause serious		Flash Memory
	damage to your camera. Remove	batteries from the camera as	The camera features flash memory for storage of images. Flash
	soon as you notice they are dead.
			memory does not require electrical power to store data, so image
•	The batteries that power this camera normally become warm when		data is retained in memory even when you turn camera power off. If
	they lose power. This does not indicate malfunction.		batteries go dead, simply load a set of new batteries or connect the
			AC adaptor and you will be able to view images in camera memory.
Standard Battery Life			Auto Power Off
The following shows standard battery life of batteries when the cam-
era is used without interruption under normal temperatures. Lower			Power automatically turns off whenever you do not perform any cam-
temperatures can cause shortening of the standard battery life.			era operation for a period of time. Power turns off after about two
			minutes in the Record Mode or after about five minutes in the Play-
LR6 (AM3) AA-size alkaline batteries			back Mode.
	Approximately 150 minutes continuous operation		• To restore power, simply slide the POWER switch to the right as
	Recording for about 96 images (one image per minute)			you normally do.
FR6 AA-size lithium batteries
	Approximately 240 minutes continuous operation			POWER
				ON/OFF
	Recording for about 180 images (one image per minute)
Low Battery Indicator
A low battery indicator (		) appears on the LCD whenever remain-	Important!
ing battery power drops below a certain level.			The Auto Power Off function does not operate under the following
When this indicator appears, replace all four batteries with a fresh set			conditions.
of new ones. Once the low battery indicator appears, you can expect			• During Auto Play (page 38)
only about 10 more minutes (alkaline batteries) of operation before
			•	When operations are being performed on a computer connected to
total power failure.
				the camera via the camera’s DIGITAL terminal.
			•	Whenever the AC adaptor is connected to the camera.

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