john volkman
5 year old buck +
if you havent already, make sure they are inserted correctly. That message will come up if even one battery is in wrong.I just put new D batteries in my cuddeback and I am getting a "battery dead" message. None of the commands work. I put a different set of 4 batteries in and still "Battery dead" message.....I took the batteries out of the camera and still "battery dead" message. What should I do to fix ??
When you remove the batteries hit the test button so all the power in the capacitor is used up, even without batteries in the camera the capacitor will hold power for some time. Once you do that, leave the batteries out of the camera for 4-5 minutes and insert the new batteries again.
One other thing to check, is to make sure the contacts are not compressed to the point where the batteries arent connecting correctly.