31
Charging the Battery Pac
k
• If the ambient temperature or the battery pac
k
’
s
temperature
i
s
low, charging may ta
k
e longer than u
s
ual.
• The battery pac
k
will be charged only when the camcorder i
s
off.
• If the power
s
upply wa
s
di
s
connected while charging a bat-
tery pac
k
, ma
k
e
s
ure the POWER/CHG indicator ha
s
gone
out before re
s
toring the power
s
upply.
• If remaining battery time i
s
an i
ss
ue, you can power the cam-
corder u
s
ing the compact power adapter
s
o the battery pac
k
will not be con
s
umed.
• Charged battery pac
ks
continue to di
s
charge naturally. There-
fore, charge them on the day of u
s
e, or the day before, to
en
s
ure a full charge.
• Battery pac
ks
for thi
s
camcorder can di
s
play the remaining
battery time. The fir
s
t time you u
s
e a battery pac
k
, fully charge
it and then u
s
e the camcorder until the battery pac
k
i
s
com-
pletely exhau
s
ted. Doing
s
o will en
s
ure that the remaining
recording time will be di
s
played accurately.
• For detail
s
about how to ta
k
e care of the battery pac
k
, refer to
Battery Pack
(
A
272). For charging time
s
and approximate
u
s
age time
s
, refer to the
Reference Table
s
(
A
• You can verify the battery charge
s
tatu
s
of the battery pac
k
with the
1
>
q
>
[Battery Info]
s
etting.
• We recommend that you prepare battery pac
ks
to la
s
t 2 to 3
time
s
longer than you thin
k
you might need.
