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mbrooks
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Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:09 am Post subject:
Nikon 995 won't work on battery power |
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Is there a switch or something that makes a Nikon Coolpix 995 use the
battery? I got an AC line power cord when I got the camera and it
worked fine. Eventually, I wanted to go outside with the camera. I
charged up the battery and it didn't seem to turn the camera on. I
thought maybe leaving it uncharged too long damaged it so I bought a
second battery and charged that too - and the camera still doesn't
light up at all. It works fine with AC power. Did I accidentally do
something to it by not using the camera for so long?
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Toy
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Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:09 am Post subject:
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"mbrooks" <mbrooks@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Is there a switch or something that makes a Nikon Coolpix 995 use the
battery? I got an AC line power cord when I got the camera and it
worked fine. Eventually, I wanted to go outside with the camera. I
charged up the battery and it didn't seem to turn the camera on. I
thought maybe leaving it uncharged too long damaged it so I bought a
second battery and charged that too - and the camera still doesn't
light up at all. It works fine with AC power. Did I accidentally do
something to it by not using the camera for so long?
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a few checks
1. Check battery contacts for oxidation/corrosion. Clean with alcohol and or
a very small amount of metal polish
2. Are you putting batteries in the correct way around as per pic near
battery cover.
3. Try a set of alkaline batteries to ensure rechargeables are not the
problem.
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nk
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Sat Nov 27, 2004 6:09 am Post subject:
Re: Nikon 995 won't work on battery power |
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I had a 995 that would not work with the battery and we had to send to Nikon for
service. There was a problem with the unit. After the service it worked fine.
Nath
mbrooks wrote:
| Quote: | Is there a switch or something that makes a Nikon Coolpix 995 use the
battery? I got an AC line power cord when I got the camera and it
worked fine. Eventually, I wanted to go outside with the camera. I
charged up the battery and it didn't seem to turn the camera on. I
thought maybe leaving it uncharged too long damaged it so I bought a
second battery and charged that too - and the camera still doesn't
light up at all. It works fine with AC power. Did I accidentally do
something to it by not using the camera for so long? |
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jean
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Sat Nov 27, 2004 6:10 am Post subject:
Re: Nikon 995 won't work on battery power |
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The 995 has a special battery, it can't be inserted the wrong way. Maybe
the AC adapter has a "switch" to make sure the battery and theAC adapter are
not in parallel and this "switch" is not reverting back to battery power
when the AC adapter plug is removed.
Jean
"Toy" <toy@155btinternet.com> a écrit dans le message de
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"mbrooks" <mbrooks@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:f2035f4d.0411261152.7cac6782@posting.google.com...
Is there a switch or something that makes a Nikon Coolpix 995 use the
battery? I got an AC line power cord when I got the camera and it
worked fine. Eventually, I wanted to go outside with the camera. I
charged up the battery and it didn't seem to turn the camera on. I
thought maybe leaving it uncharged too long damaged it so I bought a
second battery and charged that too - and the camera still doesn't
light up at all. It works fine with AC power. Did I accidentally do
something to it by not using the camera for so long?
a few checks
1. Check battery contacts for oxidation/corrosion. Clean with alcohol and
or
a very small amount of metal polish
2. Are you putting batteries in the correct way around as per pic near
battery cover.
3. Try a set of alkaline batteries to ensure rechargeables are not the
problem.
dj
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mbrooks
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Sun Nov 28, 2004 6:08 pm Post subject:
Re: Nikon 995 won't work on battery power |
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I found out I had an anomaly - TWO bad batteries in a row! Unusual
circumstance. I bought another battery from CompUSA, a Digipower,
which I think is a house brand. Anyway, it was a lot cheaper than the
Nikon battery at Ritz Camera. Charged it up, it worked fine first time
out.
This was definitely unusual, to get two bad batteries in a row like
that.
nk <nbkaplan@optonline.net> wrote in message news:<7rTpd.4131$L41.3664@fe12.lga>...
| Quote: | I had a 995 that would not work with the battery and we had to send to Nikon for
service. There was a problem with the unit. After the service it worked fine.
Nath
mbrooks wrote:
Is there a switch or something that makes a Nikon Coolpix 995 use the
battery? I got an AC line power cord when I got the camera and it
worked fine. Eventually, I wanted to go outside with the camera. I
charged up the battery and it didn't seem to turn the camera on. I
thought maybe leaving it uncharged too long damaged it so I bought a
second battery and charged that too - and the camera still doesn't
light up at all. It works fine with AC power. Did I accidentally do
something to it by not using the camera for so long? |
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