Panasonic AG-AC130AP Camcorder User Manual


 
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Charging lamp
ON:Charging
OFF:Chargingcomplete
Flashing:Seebelow
If the charging lamp is ashing
Conrmthatthereisnodirt,dust,orforeign
substancesattachedtotheconnectorsofthe
batteryortheACadaptorandensurethatthe
adaptorhasbeenconnectedcorrectly.
Ifthereisdirt,dust,orforeignsubstancesonthe
connectors,disconnectthepowerplugfromthe
socketbeforecleaning.
Ifthecharginglampcontinuestoash,the
batteryortheACadaptormaybedamaged.
Consultthedealerwhereitwaspurchased.
Charging time and available recording time
standards
Battery
model
Voltage/
capacity
Charging
time
Maximum
continuous
recording
time
CGA-E/625
(bundled)
7.2V/
5800/5400
(typ./min.)
mAh
Approx.5
hoursand
50minutes
Approx.3
hoursand
30minutes
VW-VBG6
(optional)
7.2V/
5800/5400
(typ./min.)
mAh
Approx.5
hoursand
50minutes
Approx.3
hoursand
30minutes
Theguresintheprecedingtablearefornormal
temperatureconditions(temperature25°C(77°F)/
humidity60%).Thisonlyservesasaguide
sincechargingmaytakelongerinhighorlow
temperatures.
Chargingmaytakelongerifthebatteryhasnot
beeninuseforalongperiodoftime.
Givenherearethestandardmaximum
continuousrecordingtimeswhenrecordingin
PH1080/60imodeusingtheviewnderwithno
connectionstoanyexternaldevicesandwiththe
LCDmonitorclosed.
Thisservesonlyasaguideasavailablerecording
timesmayvaryaccordingtousageconditions.
Chargingtimesarebasedonthetimetocharge
batteriesfromanemptystate.
Remaining battery capacity display
WhenusingPanasonicbatteriesthatare
compatiblewiththisproduct,theremainingbattery
capacityisdisplayedinminutes.
[
]1h30m
Thetimeremaining(asshownpreviously)is
displayedafterabriefpause.
Asbatterycapacitydecreases,thedisplaywill
changeasfollows:
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[
]
[ ].
Whenthereareonly3minutes
orlessofcapacityleft,[
]willbedisplayed
inred,andwhenthebatterybecomesempty,
[
]willash.
Theremainingbatterycapacitymaynotbe
displayedcorrectlywhenthebatteryisusedin
highorlowtemperatures,orwhenthebattery
hasnotbeenusedforalongperiodoftime.To
ensurethattheremainingbatterycapacityis
displayedcorrectly,usethebatterycompletely
fromafully-chargedstateandchargeitagain.
(Remainingbatterycapacitymaystillnotbe
displayedcorrectlyifthebatteryhasbeenused
forlongperiodsinhighorlowtemperatures,
orifthebatteryhasalreadybeenrecharged
numeroustimes.)
Thisonlyservesasaguideasremainingbattery
capacitydisplaytimesmayvaryaccordingto
usageconditions.
Theremainingbatterycapacitydisplaywill
momentarilydisappearwhenswitchingbetween
modes,whenconductingRECCHECK
operations,orwhenchangingtheLCDbrightness
sincethecapacityisrecalculatedduringthese
times.
ThisisnotdisplayedwhenusingtheACadaptor.
Thebatteryandthecameraitselfbecomeshot
whileitisbeingusedorcharged.
Availablerecordingtimeisreducedifyou
repeatedlystartandstoprecording.
Thebatterytakeslongertochargewhenitis
warm.
UsingtheACadaptornearradiosmaydistort
theirsound.KeeptheACadaptor1meteror
moreawayfromradios.
TheACadaptormaymakesomenoisewhen
inuse,butthisisnormal.
ThebatterycannotberechargedwhenaDC
cordisconnectedtotheACadaptor.