Recharged Not they are installed in a Incorrectly, or

Problem	Possible Cause	Solution

I have to	Extended Image	See Extending Battery Life on
replace or	Display use for	page 150.
recharge the	video recording,
batteries	excessive flash
frequently.	use, or Display
	Brightness set to
	High, increases
	the rate of
	battery drain.

	The NiMH	NiMH batteries are not fully
	batteries you	charged when new, and they
	are using were	discharge over time whether or
	recharged	not they are installed in a
	incorrectly, or	camera. Batteries that are new
	have drained on	or have not been charged
	their own	recently must be recharged to
	because they	reach full capacity (see
	have not been	page 155).
	used lately.

	Battery	See Performance per Battery
	chemistry type	Type on page 152.
	is inappropriate
	for the way the
	camera is being
	used.

The camera	Rechargeable	Install NiMH batteries. Lithium
batteries will	batteries are not	and Alkaline batteries cannot
not charge.	inserted.	be recharged.

	Batteries are	Battery charging will not start if
	already	the NiMH batteries were
	charged.	recently charged. Try charging
		them again after they have
		drained a while.

HP M23 manual Recharged Not they are installed in a Incorrectly, or