If the camera has no battery, what occurs during a power outage? It no longer works? And you have to enter room when power is back on to turn it on?
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If the power goes out it would stop working yes. It has a switch on the side of it so if you left it alone as soon as the power comes back on so will the camera. Hope this helps!
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The camera is being charged up when its plunged in. There should be no reason to have to turn it back on. It should stay on.
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Hi Christa, thank you for your interest in Levana. The camera would go out in a power outage, since the camera has a switch that slides to the on and off position it will turn back on as soon as your power is restored.
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It will not work when the power goes out. But the on/off is a switch and it remains in the in position, so u won't have to go back in the room
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Hi Christa!Yes, with a power outage this would go out, because it is plugged into the wall. I, personally, keep it plugged in to a socket that has its own switch to turn it on off. I always keep it on, so if the power goes out (as it has in my house), when the power comes back on, as long as it is still plugged back in, it comes right back on by itself! Hope that answers your question! :)
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Hi Christa! Yes, with a power outage this would go out, because it is plugged into the wall. I, personally, keep it plugged in to a socket that has its own switch to turn it on off. I always keep it on, so if the power goes out (as it has in my house), when the power comes back on, as long as it is still plugged back in, it comes right back on by itself! Hope that answers your question! :)
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Yes. Mine froze up so I ordered a new battery......problem solved. This is a fantastic camera!
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When the Wasabi battery is installed in the camera, you get a "Cannot communicate with the battery pack. Continue using this battery pack? Yes/No" message whenever you power up the camera, but only when you power up the camera. If you answer Yes, then you do not see the message again until you power up the camera again. If you answer No, the camera powers down. I have never run the Wasabi batteries until they lose power, so I don't know what happens when they run out of power.
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I am having problems with my S6500 also, but my problem is the camera somehow is depleting the battery when it is not even on. I purchased the Square Trade repair replacement policy for it through Amazon and they have had it twice within the past month and it still is not working right. I will give them one more try to repair and if it still does not work properly, I will requests a replacement or refund per the contract. I ended up having to purchase another camera to take on a vacation just to make sure I had one.
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One possibility could be the battery. If it was not charged for 2 years, there's a good chance that it might me dead. Try to connect your camera to external power, i.e. charger and try to turn it on. If it all goes OK, then it is the battery. If it doesn't turn on, then the problem is somewhere else -> go to technician.
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Oops. Are we not to use rechargeables? My ds got this camera for Christmas and we put rechargeables in (and have not had to replace them yet). No problems here....
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No i have been having problems with my battery also. In the manual it says that there is a small light that lights up when it is charging..i plugged it in accoarding to what the manual says and the light has never turned on. I charged the camera over night and it will only turn on it it is plugged into the charger....anyone have any advice on this?
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It must be defective because mine works all of the time. Since I have had the camera I only had one incident. I unplugged the camera and restarted it and have never had another problem.
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This camera has an internal battery but only lasts a few seconds for me. I assume so it will continue to operate if there is a short momentary lapse in power? I see other users are getting much longer battery life.
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The camera comes with a combination power/USB cord and the battery. I rarely use the electrical plug because the camera recharges when plugged into my computer to upload photos. I know that there was a complaint about the fact that it doesn't come with a memory card, but no camera I've ever purchased came with a card (or film), so I didn't expect one. Now that I've had the camera for a few months, I have noticed one small bug. Whenever I turn off the camera with the lens zoomed out, it won't turn back on again until I remove the battery for a second. Thankfully, the date/time programming remains when the battery is removed for such a short period.
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Battery: The battery in this unit is intended to operate the unit for 15 seconds after power loss due to an accident or crash. If the unit is turned on without the Cigarette Lighter Adapter attached you can manually start recording and the camera will operate for approximately 1.5 hours on battery power. Note that the screen will turn off after 30 seconds to conserve battery.
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I own three of these cameras, no batteries, one of them takes a lot longer for the capacitor to discharge, the others shutdown like in 15 seconds after I shutdown the vehicles. Maybe they send you the one with a rechargeable battery. Call them.
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Yes, turning the camera on/off is not working right. First delivered one was bad and the replaced one is also the same bad condition which is very frustrating. This camera is a junk. I wasted my money for it. I do not use this camera any more. If it is possible for you, I would like to return the camera to you for refund. Hiro Inoue
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I am having exactly the same problem, taking the battery out for 30 minutes works for a time but the problem starts again after a few days. Leaving the battery out until required sometimes makes the camera difficult to switch on or off. I don't think that Creative are interested. If anyone has the answer please let us know.
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It just shuts down like a TV on standby, when it receives a signal (say putting your car in reverse so the camera is activated) then the picture comes back on. So to answer the question it goes to standby with a blank (black) screen.
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I haven't had any issues that I know of. The nice thing is the camera doesn't really eat battery power anyway, but I always carry the extra one when I'm out. I don't pay attention to which one goes in, and I couldn't tell you a difference. My only suggestion is you ALWAYS take care of your batteries, and they'll last.
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The camera has a wall charger and then the option for batteries which would be good in case of a power outage. I LOVE this monitor! Recommend it to everyone