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Battery/card basics
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• Charging of the battery usually takes 2 hours.
Charging may be completed quickly depending on how much
battery power remains.
• Do not use a battery charger other than the specified battery
charger.
• If the charging indicator blinks red, this may indicate that the battery
is not properly attached or that the battery has malfunctioned.
• Charging of the battery may cause noise on a television or radio
sharing the same wall outlet; however, this is not a malfunction. If this
should happen, plug the battery charger into a separate wall outlet.
• The battery may become hot during charging; however, this does
not indicate a malfunction.
• This battery charger is guaranteed to operate within an ambient
temperature range of 0°C to 40°C. To ensure maximum
performance of the battery charger, however, you are
recommended to use it between 10°C and 30°C.
• When using the battery charger in a foreign country, be sure to use
a travel converter that matches the wall outlet in the area the camera
is being used. Please consult a travel agency for more information
on travel converters.
Card basics
“Card” in this manual refers to the xD-Picture Card. The camera uses the card
to record pictures.
The card corresponds to normal camera film for recording the pictures you
have taken. Pictures recorded and stored on the card can easily be erased,
overwritten, and/or edited on a PC.
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Index area
You can write down the card’s contents.
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Contact area
Comes into contact with the camera’s signal read
contacts.
Compatible cards
• xD-Picture Card (16 – 512MB)
• This camera may not recognize a non-Olympus card or a card that
was formatted on another device (such as a PC, etc.). Before use, be
sure to format the card on this camera.
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