Canon A460 problem

Hi,

I have a pretty new (less than 6 months old) Canon Powershot A460 Camera. The camera will turn on but after I take the first couple of pictures a flashing red light comes on. It looks almost like a battery. I have tried changing both the AA batteries and the coin battery but this doesn't help.

Can you tell me first of all what this flashing red light is. I can't find anything about it in the booklets that came with the camera. And also how to solve the problem.

Thank you in advance,

Doris Rhodes
Dorho@comcast.net