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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

Improper loading of batteries can re-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

two ends of a battery, and never try to take batteries apart.

Be

sure to use

 

Alkaline

or

Lithium

batteries. Never use

• Do not expose batteries to direct heat or dispose of them by burn-

manganese batteries (see precautions on the next page).

 

 

ing. Doing so can create the danger of explosion.

 

• Make sure that the positive

 

+ and negative

- ends of the

• 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 battery life reference values given below indicate the amount of

 

 

time at standard temperature (25

° C) until power automatically turns

Power automatically turns off whenever you do not perform any cam-

off due to battery failure. They do not guarantee that batteries will

era operation for a period of time. Power turns off after about two

perform the amount of service indicated. Battery life is reduced by low

minutes in the Record Mode or after about five minutes in the Play-

temperatures and continued use.

 

back Mode.

LR6 (AM3) AA-size alkaline batteries

 

• To restore power, simply slide the POWER switch to the right as

 

 

you normally do.

 

 

 

 

 

Approximately 130 minutes continuous operation

 

 

Recording for about 96 images (one image per minute)

FR6 AA-size lithium batteries

Approximately 220 minutes continuous operation

Recording for about 180 images (one image per minute)

Low Battery Indicator

 

 

Important!

 

 

The Auto Power Off function does not operate under the following

The low battery indicator (

) appears in the center

of the LCD

conditions.

whenever remaining battery power drops below a certain level. It tells

 

 

• During Auto Play (page 38)

you that power will soon turn off automatically if you continue using

 

 

•

When operations are being performed on a computer connected to

the camera without replacing batteries. Be sure to replace all four

 

batteries with a fresh set of new ones.

 

 

 

the camera via the camera’s DIGITAL terminal.

 

 

 

•

Whenever the AC adaptor is connected to the camera.

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