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Charging lamp
ON:Charging
OFF:Chargingcomplete
Flashing:Seebelow
If the charging lamp is ashing
Conrmthatthereisnodirt,dust,orforeign
substancesattachedtotheconnectorsofthe
batteryortheACadaptorandensurethatthe
adaptorhasbeenconnectedcorrectly.
•
Ifthereisdirt,dust,orforeignsubstancesonthe
connectors,disconnectthepowerplugfromthe
socketbeforecleaning.
•
Ifthecharginglampcontinuestoash,the
batteryortheACadaptormaybedamaged.
Consultthedealerwhereitwaspurchased.
Charging time and available recording time
standards
Battery
model
Voltage/
capacity
Charging
time
Maximum
continuous
recording
time
CGA-E/625
(bundled)
7.2V/
5800/5400
(typ./min.)
mAh
Approx.5
hoursand
50minutes
Approx.3
hoursand
30minutes
VW-VBG6
(optional)
7.2V/
5800/5400
(typ./min.)
mAh
Approx.5
hoursand
50minutes
Approx.3
hoursand
30minutes
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Theguresintheprecedingtablearefornormal
temperatureconditions(temperature25°C(77°F)/
humidity60%).Thisonlyservesasaguide
sincechargingmaytakelongerinhighorlow
temperatures.
•
Chargingmaytakelongerifthebatteryhasnot
beeninuseforalongperiodoftime.
•
Givenherearethestandardmaximum
continuousrecordingtimeswhenrecordingin
PH1080/60imodeusingtheviewnderwithno
connectionstoanyexternaldevicesandwiththe
LCDmonitorclosed.
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Thisservesonlyasaguideasavailablerecording
timesmayvaryaccordingtousageconditions.
•
Chargingtimesarebasedonthetimetocharge
batteriesfromanemptystate.
Remaining battery capacity display
WhenusingPanasonicbatteriesthatare
compatiblewiththisproduct,theremainingbattery
capacityisdisplayedinminutes.
[
]1h30m
Thetimeremaining(asshownpreviously)is
displayedafterabriefpause.
•
Asbatterycapacitydecreases,thedisplaywill
changeasfollows:
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]
[ ].
Whenthereareonly3minutes
orlessofcapacityleft,[
]willbedisplayed
inred,andwhenthebatterybecomesempty,
[
]willash.
•
Theremainingbatterycapacitymaynotbe
displayedcorrectlywhenthebatteryisusedin
highorlowtemperatures,orwhenthebattery
hasnotbeenusedforalongperiodoftime.To
ensurethattheremainingbatterycapacityis
displayedcorrectly,usethebatterycompletely
fromafully-chargedstateandchargeitagain.
(Remainingbatterycapacitymaystillnotbe
displayedcorrectlyifthebatteryhasbeenused
forlongperiodsinhighorlowtemperatures,
orifthebatteryhasalreadybeenrecharged
numeroustimes.)
•
Thisonlyservesasaguideasremainingbattery
capacitydisplaytimesmayvaryaccordingto
usageconditions.
•
Theremainingbatterycapacitydisplaywill
momentarilydisappearwhenswitchingbetween
modes,whenconductingRECCHECK
operations,orwhenchangingtheLCDbrightness
sincethecapacityisrecalculatedduringthese
times.
•
ThisisnotdisplayedwhenusingtheACadaptor.
•
Thebatteryandthecameraitselfbecomeshot
whileitisbeingusedorcharged.
•
Availablerecordingtimeisreducedifyou
repeatedlystartandstoprecording.
•
Thebatterytakeslongertochargewhenitis
warm.
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UsingtheACadaptornearradiosmaydistort
theirsound.KeeptheACadaptor1meteror
moreawayfromradios.
•
TheACadaptormaymakesomenoisewhen
inuse,butthisisnormal.
•
ThebatterycannotberechargedwhenaDC
cordisconnectedtotheACadaptor.