Nikon D200 - Manual (Page 198)

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Technical Notes—
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Storage
• To prevent mold or mildew, store the cam era
in a dry, well-ven ti lat ed area. If you will not be
us ing the prod uct for long pe ri ods, re move
the bat tery to pre vent leak age and store the
cam era in a plastic bag con tain ing a des ic cant.
Do not, how ev er, store the cam era case in a
plas tic bag, as this may cause the ma te ri al to
de te ri o rate. Note that des ic cant grad u al ly los es
its ca pac i ty to ab sorb mois ture and should be
re placed at reg u lar in ter vals.
• Do not store the camera with naph tha or
camphor moth balls, close to equip ment
that pro duc es strong mag net ic fi elds, or in
areas subject to extremes of tem per a ture, for
ex am ple near a space heater or in a closed
ve hi cle on a hot day.
• To prevent mold or mil dew, take the cam era
out of storage at least once a month. Turn
the camera on and re lease the shut ter a few
times before putting the cam era away again.
• Store the battery in a cool, dry place. Replace
the terminal cover before put ting the battery
away.
Notes on the monitor
• The monitor may contain a few pix els that
are always lit or that do not light. This is a
char ac ter is tic com mon to all TFT LCD moni-
tors and does not in di cate a mal func tion. Im-
ag es re cord ed with the prod uct will not be
aff ect ed.
• Images in the mon i tor may be diffi cult to see
in a bright light.
• Do not apply pressure to the monitor; this
could cause dam age or mal func tion. Dust or
lint on the mon i tor can be re moved with a
blower. Stains can be re moved by rub bing
the surface light ly with a soft cloth or cham-
ois leath er.
• Should the monitor break, care should be
taken to avoid injury due to bro ken glass and
to pre vent the liq uid crystal from the moni-
tor touch ing the skin or en ter ing the eyes or
mouth.
• Replace the monitor cover when trans port ing
the camera or leaving it un at tend ed.
Turn the product off before re mov ing or disconnecting
the power source
Do not unplug the product or re move the bat-
tery while the prod uct is on, or while im ag es
are being recorded or deleted. Forc ibly cut ting
pow er to the prod uct in these cir cum stanc es
could re sult in loss of data or in damage to
product memory or internal circuitry. To pre-
vent an ac ci den tal in ter rup tion of pow er, avoid
car ry ing the prod uct from one lo ca tion to an-
oth er while the AC adapter is con nect ed.
Batteries
• Dirt on the battery terminals can prevent the
camera from functioning.
• When you turn the device on, check the bat-
tery-level dis played in the con trol pan el to
de ter mine whether the bat tery needs to be
recharged or replaced. The bat tery needs to
be recharged or replaced when the battery-
level in di ca tor is fl ash ing.
• When tak ing pho to graphs on im por tant oc-
ca sions, ready a spare EN-EL3e bat tery and
keep it ful ly charged. De pend ing on your
lo ca tion, you may fi nd it diffi
cult to pur chase
re place ment bat ter ies on short notice.
• On cold days, the capacity of bat ter ies tends
to de crease. Be sure the battery is fully
charged before tak ing pho to graphs out side
in cold weath er. Keep a spare bat tery in a
warm place and ex change the two as nec-
es sary. Once warmed, a cold bat tery may
re cov er some of its charge.
• Continuing to charge the battery after it is ful-
ly charged can impair battery performance.
• Should the bat tery ter mi nals be come dirty,
wipe them off with a clean, dry cloth be fore
use.
• After removing the battery from the cam era,
be sure to replace the ter mi nal cov er.
• Used batteries are a valuable resource. Please
recycle used batteries in accord with local
regulations.