Cyber-shot User Guide
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Batteries
On the battery
About the remaining battery charge
Batteries you can and cannot use with your camera
On alkaline batteries (supplied) / Oxy Nickel Primary Battery (sold separately)
On Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries (sold separately)
On the battery
Avoid rough handling, disassembling, modifying, physical shock, or impact such as
hammering, dropping or stepping on the battery.
Do not use a deformed or damaged battery.
Do not mix a used battery together with a new battery or different types of batteries.
Remove the batteries from the camera when you do not operate the camera for long periods,
or when the batteries are dead.
About the remaining battery charge
A: High
B: Low
A remaining charge indicator appears on the LCD screen.
It takes about one minute until the correct remaining charge indicator appears.
The remaining charge indicator may not be correct under certain circumstances.
When [Power Save] is set to [Standard] or [Stamina], if you do not operate the camera for a
certain period of time while the power is on, the LCD screen becomes dark, then the camera
turns off automatically (Auto power-off function).
Batteries you can and cannot use with your camera
In the table below, indicates the battery can be used, while indicates the one cannot be
used.
Battery type Supplied Supported Rechargeable
LR6 (size AA) alkaline batteries*
HR 15/51: HR6 (size AA) Nickel-Metal Hydride
batteries*
ZR6 (size AA) Oxy Nickel Primary batteries*
Lithium batteries
Manganese batteries
