Nikon MB-D12 User Manual

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The camera displays battery level as follows:
EN-EL15/EN-EL18

L

—

Battery fully charged.

K

—

Battery partially 
discharged.

J
I

H

d

Low battery. Ready 
fully-charged spare 
battery or charge 
battery.

H

(blinks)

d

(blinks)

Battery exhausted. 
Charge or exchange 
battery.

L

—

Charge remaining.

I

d

Low batteries. Ready 
spare batteries.

H

(blinks)

d

(blinks)

Batteries exhausted. 
Shutter release 
disabled.

An option in Group d of 
the camera Custom Set-
tings menu can be used 
to change the order in 
which the batteries are used. When the camera 
is drawing power from the MB-D12, a 

s

 icon 

is displayed in the control panel.  If the 

s

 icon 

blinks, the battery-chamber cover is not locked. 
Close and latch the battery-chamber cover.

To ensure that the 
camera shows the cor-
rect battery level when 
AA batteries are used, 
choose the appropriate 
option for MB-D12 bat-
tery type in the camera Custom Settings menu 
(Group d).  If the correct option is not selected, 
the camera may fail to function as expected.

1 LR6 (AA alkaline)

AA alkaline (LR6)

2 HR6 (AA Ni-MH)

AA Ni-MH (HR6)

3 FR6 (AA lithium)

AA Lithium (FR6)

Remove the batteries when the MB-D12 is not 
in use.

Battery information 
(including calibration 
information for EN-EL18 
batteries) can be viewed 
from the camera setup 
menu (the camera bat-
tery is listed on the left, the MB-D12 on the 
right). Only the battery level icon is shown 
when AA batteries are used. See the camera 
manual for details.

Note: The illustrations on this page are from the 
D800.