Battery Replacement
Ed Mullikin
camera with a dead INTERNAL battery so that she can no longer have the date
printed on the photos as she takes them. She wants to do that to her
photos. The Kodak camera is a DX6490. Yes, I know she can reset the date
and I know she should just get a new camera but please read the first
sentence again. She barely knows how to use this one and I do not want to
try to retrain her. I am moderately competent in such matters as this.
What kind of difficulty will I be in if I take a scredriver to the case in
an attempt to replace the internal battery?
Savageduck
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wrote:
I don't know that camera, I have been out of the business
since before digital, but must camera shops will still replace a
battery for you.
Ron Hunter
kodak site for a user manual, which might mention it.
Nicko
I like how you put that: "She wants to do that to her photos." So I
guess there is no persuading her not to?
I would go ahead and open up the camera, but only dissassemble it to
the point past which you won't be able to put it back together. If
you are reasonably adept at doing this sort of thing, and are careful,
it certainly won't hurt.
As Ron said, it's probably a button battery, and if you can find it
inside the camera in the first place (it might be obvious), it should
be easy enough to replace with a commercial equivalent. I couldn't
find anything at Kodak's web site, but I admit I didn't look very
hard.
Good luck.
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YOP...
dwight
"Ed Mullikin" <edm...@cox.net> wrote in message
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Is it possible that the date stamp was simply turned OFF?
Menu > Date Stamp > On/Off
Before you take a screwdriver to the camera (and the manual makes no mention
of an internal battery), check the simple things first.
Here's the manual:
http://www.kodak.com/global/plugins/acrobat/en/service/manuals/urg00132/DX6340_GLB_en.pdf
dwight
Ed Mullikin
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camera. The date did work and still will work correctly if it is RESET
every time the camera is activated. Otherwise, the date is consistently
incorrect and has to be turned off . I seem to remember that the earlier
camera's instruction books told one how to replace the internal battery if
necessary but they no longer do so. Kodak's web site said that support for
that model was no longer available. As I said earlier, I'd recommend that
she get a new camera but I don't want to go through the training period.
Another friend of my wife (They are all widows) got a new Sony and took a
bunch of photos. She wanted me to help her load them into her computer.
(That's another story.) About half of her photos were "movies". She had NO
idea how that could have happened. Cameras have too many options for
someone who just wants to take a snapshot, my wife included.
Ron Hunter
she could learn to use a similar model. Kodak cameras are known for
ease of use, and the newer ones are even easier than the older ones.
Frankly, if she is not able to deal with setting the date after
replacing the battery, then a MUCH simpler new camera is indicated. My
older Kodak camera requires that the time and date be set before the
lens with extend....
ASAAR
> I seem to remember that the earlier camera's instruction books told one
> how to replace the internal battery if necessary but they no longer do so.
> Kodak's web site said that support for that model was no longer available.
Kodak used to sell the Dock 6000 for the DX6490 and other series
6000 models. If you can find one (such as on eBay) you'd be able to
charge the DX6490's batteries without having to remove them from the
camera, presumably without loss of the date and time. Do you use
rechargeable batteries? If so, and you only have one set, so the
camera is without batteries while they're being charged, perhaps the
internal battery is only *nearly* dead and the camera might not lose
its clock information if you replace the batteries within 20 or 30
seconds. You could do this by keeping an extra pair of alkaline AA
batteries in the camera while the main pair is charging. Or you
could use two sets of rechargeable batteries, quickly swapping the
depleted pair with the charged pair. Another possibility is to
purchase Kodak's optional AC adapter if it's still available, or a
compatible power supply, and have it power the camera while you
recharge or replace the DX6490's batteries.
Nicko
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:28:05 -0400, Ed Mullikin wrote:
> > I seem to remember that the earlier camera's instruction books told one
> > how to replace the internal battery if necessary but they no longer do so.
> > Kodak's web site said that support for that model was no longer available.
>
> Kodak used to sell the Dock 6000 for the DX6490 and other series
> 6000 models.
Indeed