30Chapter 2: PreparationAbout the battery and cardAbout the battery and cardAbout the batteryThe Olympus LI-12B (supplied) or LI-10B lithium ion battery can be used with this camera. Donot use any other type of battery. The battery is not fully charged when the camera is purchased.Charge the battery using the supplied cradle before using the camera. For details, see “Chargingthe battery” (g page 33).About the cardThis camera stores image data on an xD-Picture Card (described as “card” in this manual).Images stored on the card can be erased or overwritten. The images on the card also can betransferred, processed, and edited on a computer.Compatible cardsxD-Picture Card (16 to 512MB)What is xD-Picture Card?The xD-Picture Card is an miniature storage device developed specially for digital cameras.The card can be used with any xD-Picture Card compatible digital camera.NoteThis camera may not recognize a non-Olympus card or a card that was formatted on another device such as acomputer. Before use, be sure to format the card on this camera. For details on how to format the card, see“Formatting a card (FORMAT)” (g page 172).Contact areaThe camera’s contacts for readingsignals connect with this portion of thecard. Never touch this portion.Index areaFill in the title of thecontents here.Memory sizeThe card memory capacity(16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB) is printed.
