I recently won the Polaroid iF045 camera and I cannot figure out how to open the battery compartment. Help!

Unfortunately, if the batteries have corroded then the chances are extremely high that the contacts (and possibly more of the camera's internal electronics) have also been affected by corrosion. It may be possible to clean the contacts yourself, but if there is corrosion internally then the camera is probably not economically repairable.

Slide the cover of the battery compartment on the base of the camera, away from the center toward one end.

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Is the battery fully charged? Try taking out the memory card and see if it still freezes, the card could be corrupted. If that fails then the internal electronics are faulty.

You can find both the "Quick Start" Guide & the "Manual" for the Polaroid IF045 Digital Camera at Polaroid's Support web site, and download them, here-
http://www.polaroidcamerasupport.com/products/IF045/IF045.html
Polaroid Camera Support

And you ale can't hear sound when played back on a computer or TV?
Sometimes people keep a finger on the microphone, but I think you should hear a muffled sound then.

Polaroids' web site under support, downloads.

Picture deletion instructions are on page 19 of this manual.

If you want to delete ALL the pictures, format the memory card by following the instructions on page 7.

I don't want this to sound silly however, have you checked to see if the lens is clear? One fingerprint can really foul the picture.

Hello,

You won't find a battery compartment. Poloroid instant camera have the battery as a part of the film pack. When you load the film...you get a new battery.

If you have not already found out, the film for these cameras can be pretty expensive.

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The battery for the Poloarid is in the film pack.
Each film pack has enough battery power to shoot the film in the pack.
The problem is that if the pack sits around for too long the battery will die making the film pack useless.

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