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The camera features a |
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| Battery Handling Precautions |
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To load batteries |
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Be sure that camera power is turned off whenever loading or replac- |
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ing batteries. |
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| • Use only LR6 | |
1. | Slide the | battery | compartment |
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| FR6 type lithium dry cell batteries |
| lock on the bottom of the camera |
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| with this camera. Never mix old bat- | ||
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| teries with new ones. Failure to do so | |||
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| 1, and swing open | the battery |
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| batteries, creating the danger of fire | |||
| compartment | cover as | indicated |
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| Caution | • Always make sure that the positive | ||
2. Insert four batteries and close the |
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| battery compartment cover. |
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| teries are facing correctly, as noted | ||
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| by the markings on the camera itself. |
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| Improper loading of batteries can re- |
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| creating the danger of personal injury |
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| or soiling of objects nearby. |
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| • Remove batteries from the camera if you do not plan to use it for | |
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| more than two weeks. |
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| • Never recharge batteries, never allow direct connection between | |
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| 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). |
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| • 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. | ||||
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| batteries are facing correctly. |
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•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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• | 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 | ||||||
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| memory does not require electrical power to store data, so image | |||||||
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• | 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 | |||||||
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| AC adaptor and you will be able to view images in camera memory. | ||||||
Standard Battery Life |
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The following shows standard battery life of batteries when the cam- | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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| minutes in the Record Mode or after about five minutes in the Play- | ||||||
LR6 (AM3) | 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) |
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| Approximately 240 minutes continuous operation |
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| Recording for about 180 images (one image per minute) |
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Low Battery Indicator |
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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total power failure. |
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| • | Whenever the AC adaptor is connected to the camera. |
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