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Installing Batteries

Installing Batteries

 

AAA alkaline batteries

 

 

1

Lightly press down on the arrow and slide the

1 battery cover open.

 

 

 

Insert two AAA batteries, observing the correct

 

2 polarity.

 

 

2

3 Close the battery cover completely.

Replacing batteries

 

 

 

The battery indicator on the display changes as the batteries

 

lose power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When

appears on the display, replace the batteries as

 

soon as possible.

 

 

3

When the batteries are too weak, the recorder shuts down

and “BATTERY LOW” appears on the display.

 

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Notes

Be sure to turn OFF the recorder before replacing the batteries. Removing the batteries while the recorder is in use may corrupt the card. If you are recording into a file and the batteries run out, you will lose your currently recorded file since the file header will not be written. It is crucial to replace the batteries when one hash mark in shown in the battery icon.

Be sure to replace both batteries at the same time.

Never mix old and new batteries, or batteries of different types and/or brands.

If it takes longer than 1 minute to replace dead batteries, you may have to reset the time when you load new batteries.

Remove the batteries if you are not going to use the recorder for an extended period of time.

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Olympus DS-4000 manual Installing Batteries, Battery indicator on the display changes as the batteries

DS-4000 specifications

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