Rob wrote:
> "Ron Hunter" <> wrote in message
> news:4SePa.23998$. ..
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>>Rob wrote:
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>>>I have a Kodak DX3600 digital camera. I have stopped using the
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> rechargable
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>>>battery as it got to the point that it would only take a few pictures
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> and
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>>>then would need recharging. Not much good when on holiday.
>>>So for the fast few months I have been using NiMh batteies. These have
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> been
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>>>very good and have lasted for a good number of shots even with the
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> camera
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>>>being left on for a bit....
>>>
>>>BUT I went to use the camera last week and it said the battiries were
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> dead.
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>>>So i buy some new ones and they worked for a couple shots, turned it off
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> and
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>>>on again a few minutes later to take some more shots and with the camera
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> in
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>>>shoot mode it extended the lens then said "reading card" but then just
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> shut
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>>>down leaving the lense out. Every time I now switch it on it gets to the
>>>same point and dies. If I have it in browse mode I get to look a couple
>>>pictures then it flashes the low battery and dies within seconds.
>>>I have since tried 2 new sets of batteries and exactly the same happens,
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> it
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>>>turns it self off within a few seconds of turning it on.
>>>
>>>Anyone have any ideas or is the camera just shafted? I would have hoped
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> it
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>>>would have lasted a bit longer than this.
>>>
>>>Rob
>>>
>>>
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>>Rob,
>> First, the rechargeable battery you got if you bought the dock is a
>>NIMH battery in a plastic holder, which notifies the dock that you have
>>a rechargeable battery. If it stopped working then you need to either
>>buy a new rechargeable pack from Kodak, or buy regular NIMH batteries
>>with a charger, and properly recharge them. This entails about 3 or 4
>>recharge cycles before they begin to work properly.
>>
>>When you said you bought new batteries, what type (NIMH, alakline,
>>regular lead/acid) batteries did you buy? The symptom you describe is
>>about what would happen if you put alkalines in that camera as it is NOT
>>built for that voltage.
>>
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> The battery I got with the camera was indeed the NiMH battery in the plastic
> holder. I am not too bothered about that as they obviously only have a
> certain life.
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> When I said I have tried new batteries I meant I had tried new Duracell
> Alkaline, Sony & Rayovac heavy Duty ones. The fact these don't work is the
> annoying bit.
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>
RTFM!!!
There are at LEAST 4 places in the manual where it warns you NOT to use
alkalines. The voltage is too high, and the current too low. Use
either a good quality NIMH or lithium (CRV3) cells, ONLY.
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