HP Photosmart M447

[4getmenot]

Camera keeps saying batteries depleted. Worked fine first year or so, the n batteries went dead and wouldnt charge on printer doc so I bought some new lithium batteries exactly same as came with camera but still wont charge. Can anyone help. Have tried downloading upgrade from Photosmart but still no good.

[ChuckFickens]

Try cleaning the battery contacts.

[4getmenot]

cleaned

[AlBags]

Some cameras will only charge an original (proprietory) battery, 4Get ... Like Samsung .. which can be a nightmare.
Is it a pattern battery?

[4getmenot]

no coz the other wouldnt charge. I have bought the same batteries

[Wak]

Are these AA size lithium batteries (NiMH)? and do I understand that you can charge them through a Printer?
If you can charge them through the printer, try doing it with a separate charger and make sure that the switch (if it has one?) is set to NIMH and not NiCad.
Some chargers can also be used to dis-charge the batteries fully before re-charging.
I bought a small (2 x AA or AAA) charger from the local £1 shop this week which charges through the computer USB at 1.65 volts ( much higher than other chargers I have which only charge at 1.2 or 1.4 volts) and it works very well.
I have used AA Lithium batteries in my camera. mouse and portable music player for years but they do eventually give up the ghost and need replacing.
Just bought some 2800 mah ones from Amazon which seem very good and very reasonably priced.
Hope this helps.

[4getmenot]

yes the same make as when I got the camera and its docks on the printer station. But it is no longer doing it and wondered why. I have now bought a charger just to cherge the batteries but it has annoyed me I can no longer do it like I did before

[4getmenot]

just had battery charger delivered and now my printer dock is charging camera. Bloody typical!

[Wak]

That's life, I guess. At least you've got a charger in reserve now which could come in handy sometime?