Checking The Battery Power - Sankyo SUPER CME666 Instruction Manual

4) CHECKING THE BATTERY POWER
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A . Set the manual aperture indicator to AUTO
position .
B. While looking through the finder, push the
battery checker button .
C. If the batteries have ample power, the indi-
cator needle will point to the right side of
the ( ... ) mark . A power reserve below the
requ ired level is indicated if the needle
points to the left side of the ( ... ) mark, in
which case, the batteries should be replaced .
D. When the indicator does not move, it means
that the battery power has been exhausted
or that the batteries have been installed in
the wrong way. In such a case, reload the
batteries according to the polarity diagram.
• In extremely cold temperature, the battery
power indicator needle may sometimes point
to the left side of the ( ... ) mark even if a
set of fresh batteries has been installed. In
such a case, remove the battery case from
the battery compartment and put it in your
pocket to warm the batteries before attempt-
ing to operate your camera . To prevent
damage due to leakage of chemicals, remove
the' batteries from the battery case when the
camera is to be left unused over any great
length of time.