Power Supply
Getting Acquainted
The camera features a
To load batteries
Be sure that camera power is turned off whenever loading or replacing batteries.
1. Slide the battery compartment lock on the bottom of the camera in the direction indicated by arrow
1, and swing open the battery compartment cover as indicated
by arrow 2.
2. Insert four batteries and close the battery compartment cover.
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Battery Handling Precautions
Incorrect use or handling of batteries can cause them to leak or burst and seriously damage your camera. Be sure to note the following important precautions to avoid problems with batteries.
| • Use only LR6 |
| FR6 type lithium dry cell batteries |
| with this camera. Never mix old bat- |
| teries with new ones. Failure to do so |
| can result in bursting or leaking of |
| batteries, creating the danger of fire |
| or personal injury. |
Caution | • Always make sure that the positive |
| [+] and negative |
| teries are facing correctly, as noted |
| by the markings on the camera itself. |
| Improper loading of batteries can re- |
| sult in bursting or leaking of batteries, |
| creating the danger of personal injury |
| or soiling of objects nearby. |
Be sure | to use | Alkaline | or Lithium | batteries. Never use | |
manganese batteries (see precautions on the next page). |
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• | Make sure that the positive | + and negative | - ends of the | ||
| 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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Power Supply
•Dead batteries are susceptible to leakage, which can cause serious damage to your camera. Remove batteries from the camera as soon as you notice they are dead.
•The batteries that power this camera normally become warm when they lose power. This does not indicate malfunction.
Standard Battery Life
The battery life reference values given below indicate the amount of
time at standard temperature (25° C) until power automatically turns off due to battery failure. They do not guarantee that batteries will
perform the amount of service indicated. Battery life is reduced by low temperatures and continued use.
LR6(AM3) AA-size alkaline batteries
Approximately 130 minutes (Auto Play)
Approximately 500 images (continuous recording)
FR6 AA-size lithium batteries
Approximately 210 minutes (Auto Play)
Approximately 900 images (continuous recording)
Low Battery Indicator
The low battery indicator ( | ) appears in the center of the LCD |
whenever remaining battery power drops below a certain level. It tells | |
you that power will soon turn off automatically if you continue using | |
the camera without replacing | batteries. Be sure to replace all four |
batteries with a fresh set of new ones.
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•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 two ends of a battery, and never try to take batteries apart.
•Do not expose batteries to direct heat or dispose of them by burn- ing. Doing so can create the danger of explosion.
•Never mix batteries of different types.
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Getting Acquainted
Flash Memory
The camera features flash memory for storage of images. Flash memory does not require electrical power to store data, so image data is retained in memory even when you turn camera power off. If 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.
Auto Power Off
Power automatically turns off whenever you do not perform any cam-
era operation for a period of time. Power turns off after about one minute in the Record Mode or after about five minutes in the Playback Mode.
•To restore power, simply slide the POWER switch to the right as you normally do.
POWER
ON/OFF 
Important!
The Auto Power Off function does not operate under the following conditions.
•During Auto Play (page 45)
•When operations are being performed on a computer connected to the camera via the camera’s DIGITAL terminal.
•Whenever the AC adaptor is connected to the camera.
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