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KODAK DC215 Zoom Digital Camera
Preparing to Take Pictures

Before you start taking pictures with your camera, you first need to install the batteries or connect a Kodak-specified AC adapter for power, and insert a KODAK Picture Card (camera memory card) into the camera. A Kodak-specified AC adapter is available as an accessory from a dealer of Kodak products or from go/accessories.

Loading Batteries

Your camera comes with four AA batteries so you can start taking pictures immediately. For information on guidelines for battery usage, see Using Your Batteries.

1. Slide the Battery switch located on the side of the camera to the right to unlock the battery tray.

   

2. Slide the battery tray out of the camera.
3. Insert the batteries as indicated on the battery tray.
4. Slide the battery tray into the camera until it locks in place.

Turning the Camera On and Off

You turn the camera on and off using the Power switch, located on the back of the camera.

• To turn on the camera, slide the Power switch to the right.

  

The green ready light next to the viewfinder, and the Status Display on top of the camera turn on.

• To turn off the camera, slide the Power switch again to the right.

Checking Batteries

So you are never caught with dead batteries, your camera indicates the power level of the batteries in the form of a battery status symbol, which appear in the Status Display when you turn on the camera. For information on guidelines for battery usage, see Using Your Batteries.

Since digital cameras are very demanding on batteries, keep extra sets of batteries handy, or consider purchasing either a Kodak-specified AC adapter or KODAK Ni-MH/Ni-Cd Battery Charger with KODAK Ni-MH Rechargeable Batteries. Both are available as accessories from a dealer of Kodak products, or from go/accessories.

1. Set the Slider switch to Capture, Review, or Preferences.

   

   The battery status symbol is not visible if you set the camera to Connect.

   

2. Turn on the camera.
3. Check the battery status symbol that appears in the Status Display.

   	Full—indicates batteries are charged and ready to use.
   	Low—indicates batteries are not fully charged and will soon need to be replaced or recharged.
   	Exhausted (blinking)—indicates batteries are too weak to power the camera and need to be replaced.

The red ready light next to the viewfinder comes on when the batteries become exhausted.

Owner's Manual Contents
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Getting Started
Introduction | Batteries and Power | Memory Cards | Setting the Clock | Adjusting the LCD Brightness