<lodge.stuart@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> We've used our S5000 for just over a year now - i.e. it is now just
> outside of warranty!
>
> We've found the camera to be generally excellent, but in the last month
> it's started having a problem - when we replace the AA batteries it
> loses all the settings - the date and time is lost, the megapixel
> setting is reset to 1M, the volume of the shutter and beep goes back up
> to annoyingly high.
>
> Can anyone help solve this problem? Does anyone know if there's some
> internal battery in the S5000 that can be replaced or recharged? Any
> suggestions appreciated.

Yes, your S5000 contains a battery (lithium 'button' cell, I believe) which, 
ordinarily, would enable the camera to store all the user settings. It 
sounds as though yours (or its recharging circuitry, which is less likely) 
has died. A year is rather a short life for these batteries in these cameras 
but by no means unheard-of, unfortunately.
I don't know how easy it is to change the battery yourself on the S5000. If 
you phone your nearest Fuji service centre and tell them how disappointed 
you are (but otherwise very happy with their product... ;-) ) you may find 
that they will do the job free - Fuji UK can be very good like this at 
times.
You might find advice on changing the battery yourself on the forums of 
various digital camera sites, such as www.DPReview.com - the Fuji forum 
there is at
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1012
Hope this helps, and good luck with your camera.
Cheers,
Nionyn