Coolpix P900 battery: I just bought a p900 and Everytime I change batteries all my settings are lost and I have to put in the date and time all over again. Has anybody else had this...

Grasshopper

I just bought a p900 and Everytime I change batteries all my settings are lost and I have to put in the date and time all over again. Has anybody else had this problem? Do I need to send it back for repair?
Thank you

ILFarmer

I have never had that problem.

retired2014 Loc: Indiana

Do you leave the battery out very long?

cwp3420

Grasshopper wrote:

I just bought a p900 and Everytime I change batteries all my settings are lost and I have to put in the date and time all over again. Has anybody else had this problem? Do I need to send it back for repair?
Thank you

Is the camera new or used? What about the batteries? If they are worn out, try a new battery and see how it does.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Grasshopper wrote:

I just bought a p900 and Everytime I change batteries all my settings are lost and I have to put in the date and time all over again. Has anybody else had this problem? Do I need to send it back for repair?
Thank you

If you bought it from a reliable dealer, I would return/exchange it. It's not supposed to lose the settings when you change the battery.

retiredsgt Loc: Red Lion Pa.

I DO HAVE a P-900. Mine doesn't do that !

cdayton

retiredsgt wrote:

I DO HAVE a P-900. Mine doesn't do that !

Ditto.

kd7eir Loc: Tucson, AZ

My P900 has never done that.

a6k Loc: Detroit & Sanibel

An educated guess would be that the camera, like many others, has a separate battery for maintaining those settings. Many do. It might not be user-fixable, though. It would be a "coin" type battery (guess).

TN. Photo taker

Never had that problem with mine. I would call Nikon support. They are very helpful!

Lin41 Loc: Maine, now North port, FL

I have a P700, never had that problem.

Stash Loc: South Central Massachusetts

I've never experienced that with my P900.

TREBORB

Grasshopper wrote:

I just bought a p900 and Everytime I change batteries all my settings are lost and I have to put in the date and time all over again. Has anybody else had this problem? Do I need to send it back for repair?
Thank you

Make sure you have batteries marked Nikon.. Some have a suffix such as infolithuim. THey are designed to keep information.. The 2nd source batteries may work the camera but not the information.

Tet68survivor Loc: Pomfret Center CT

Check Nikon site for updates

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

TN. Photo taker wrote:

Never had that problem with mine. I would call Nikon support. They are very helpful!

Don't think Nikon makes a P700 but they do make a B700.