Nikon MB-D12, User Manual

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8
En
Battery Level
The camera displays battery level as follows:
EN-EL15/EN-EL18
Control panel Viewfi nder Description
L
— Battery fully charged.
K
—
Battery partially
discharged.
J
I
H d
Low battery. Ready
fully-charged spare
battery or charge
battery.
H
(blinks)
d
(blinks)
Battery exhausted.
Charge or exchange
battery.
AA Batteries
Control panel Viewfi nder Description
L
— Charge remaining.
I
d
Low batteries. Ready
spare batteries.
H
(blinks)
d
(blinks)
Batteries exhausted.
Shutter release
disabled.
An option in Group d of
the camera Custom Set-
tings menu can be used
to change the order in
which the batteries are used. When the camera
is drawing power from the MB-D12, a
s
icon
is displayed in the control panel. If the
s
icon
blinks, the battery-chamber cover is not locked.
Close and latch the battery-chamber cover.
To ensure that the
camera shows the cor-
rect battery level when
AA batteries are used,
choose the appropriate
option for
MB-D12 bat-
tery type in the camera Custom Settings menu
(Group d). If the correct option is not selected,
the camera may fail to function as expected.
Option Battery type
1
LR6 (AA alkaline) AA alkaline (LR6)
2
HR6 (AA Ni-MH) AA Ni-MH (HR6)
3 FR6 (AA lithium) AA Lithium (FR6)
Remove the batteries when the MB-D12 is not
in use.
Battery Info
Battery information
(including calibration
information for EN-EL18
batteries) can be viewed
from the camera setup
menu (the camera bat-
tery is listed on the left, the MB-D12 on the
right). Only the battery level icon is shown
when AA batteries are used. See the camera
manual for details.
Note : The illustrations on this page are from the
D800.