Casio QV-5000SX POWER SUPPLY, Battery Handling Precautions, Playback Mode, 2. Insert four batteries and close the battery com, Standard Battery Life, Auto Power Off

MONITOR SCREEN

POWER SUPPLY

Indicator display

Playback Mode

The camera features a two-way power supply that lets

you

Be sure to use

alkaline

or lithium

batteries. Never use

The indicator display located on the top of the camera also

use either batteries (AA-size alkaline or lithium)

or

house-

manganese

batteries

(see precautions on the

next

hold AC current.

shows various camera status indicators during image re-

page).

cording. The indicator display especially comes in handy

when the monitor screen is turned off.

To load batteries

• Press down on the battery compartment cover at the point

Protect indicator

Be sure that camera power is turned off whenever loading or

marked

A in the illustration until the cover locks into place

with a click.

Pages

replacing batteries.

30

Remaining

1. Press the battery

compartment

memory

Mode

lock on the bottom of the camera

in the direction indicated by ar-

(SUPER FINE)

(FINE)

row ( 1), and swing open the bat-

(NORMAL)

tery compartment cover as indi-

Macro indicator

Resolution mode indicator

(ECONOMY)

cated by arrow (

2).

“SUPER FINE”

Self-timer indicator

Resolution mode indicator

2. Insert four batteries and close the battery com-

“FINE”

partment cover.

Flash On

Resolution mode indicator

Battery capacity

“NORMAL”

Flash Off

Resolution mode indicator

“ECONOMY”

Red-eye reduction

Remaining

Remaining memory

memory

indicator

Battery indicator

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POWER SUPPLY POWER SUPPLY

Battery Handling Precautions

• Never mix batteries of different types.

leakage, which can

Standard Battery Life

Auto Power Off

Incorrect use or handling of batteries can cause them to leak

•

Dead batteries are

susceptible to

This camera can be power using AA-size alkaline or lithium

Power automatically turns off whenever you do not perform

cause serious damage to your camera. Remove batteries

or burst and seriously damage your camera. Be sure to note

batteries.

any camera operation for a

period of time. Power turns off

from the camera as soon as you notice they are dead.

the following important precautions to avoid problems with

The battery

life

reference

values given

below indicate the

after about two minutes in

the Record Mode or after about

•

The batteries

that

power this

camera normally become

amount of time at standard temperature (25

° C) until power

batteries.

five minutes in the Playback Mode.

warm when they

lose

power. This

does

not indicate mal-

automatically

turns off

due

to battery

failure. They do

not

•

To restore power, simply slide the POWER Switch to the

• Use only LR6 (AM-3) type alkaline or FR6 type

function.

guarantee that batteries

will

perform

the

amount of service

lithium dry cell batteries with this camera.

indicated. Battery

life

is

reduced by

low

temperatures and

right as you normally do.

continued use.

Never mix old batteries with new ones. Failure

Low Battery Indicator

to do so can result in bursting or leaking of bat-

POWER

Type of

AA-size Alkaline

AA-size Lithium

teries, creating the danger of fire or personal

The battery capacity indicator in the lower left of the monitor

Operation

Batteries LR6

Batteries FR6

ON/OFF

injury.

screen (shown

only

when

image

information display is

Continuous

Approximately

Approximately

CAUTION

• Always make sure that the positive [+] and

turned on) changes to “

” whenever battery power goes

Playback

120 minutes

210 minutes

negative [–] ends of the batteries are facing

low. If you continue to

use

the

camera, a battery warning

Continuous

Approximately

Approximately

correctly, as noted by the markings on the

indicator “

”

will

appear

in the center of the monitor

Recording

320 shots

780 shots

camera itself. Improper loading of batteries can

screen, and then camera power will automatically turn off. If

•

The above

guidelines

are

based on

the

following battery

IMPORTANT!

result in bursting or leaking of batteries, creat-

this happens, replace all four batteries with new ones as

types:

ing the danger of personal injury or soiling of

The Auto Power Off function does not operate under the

soon as possible.

Alkaline:

MX1500 (AA)

DURACELL ULTRA

objects nearby.

Note that the camera

may

automatically shut down at a

Lithium:

Fuji Film

following conditions.

somewhat higher level of remaining battery capacity when a

•

Battery life varies with brand.

• During playback of a movie (page 38)

computer is connected to its DIGITAL terminal for data com-

“Continuous Recording” is made without use of the camera’s

•

Remove batteries from the camera if you do not plan to use

•

During playback of a panorama (page 39)

munication. This

is to protect

against

problems caused by

flash.

it for more than two weeks.

•

During Auto Play (page 43)

sudden power outage during data communications. Be-

Regardless of use of the camera’s flash, turning on and off

• Never recharge

batteries, never allow direct connection

• When operations are being performed on a computer

cause of this, we strongly recommend that you use the op-

the POWER Switch, as well as other operating conditions

between two ends of a battery, and never try to take batter-

tionally available AC adaptor to power the camera whenever

may affect the above values.

connected to the camera via the camera’s DIGITAL

ies apart.

performing data communication with a personal computer.

● Tips for Prolonging Battery Life

terminal. (page 66)

•

Do not expose batteries to direct heat or dispose of them

•

Whenever the AC adaptor is connected to the camera.

by burning. Doing so can create the danger of explosion.

•

Press the LCD button to turn off the monitor screen whenever

you are using the viewfinder to compose images.

•

Use the

button to turn off the flash when you are not using it.

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