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CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK
Recharging the battery pack
Be sure to fully charge the supplied or separately sold battery pack
before using it in your camera. For charging the battery pack, use the
supplied charger.
Charge the battery pack if it is being used for the first time, and
recharge it whenever the remaining charge is low (see “CHECKING THE
REMAINING BATTERY PACK CHARGE” on page 149).
If there is interference to your TV or radio during recharging...
iMove the battery pack and charger further away from the TV or radio.
Ambient temperature during recharging
iDuring recharging, the charger and battery pack will be warm. This is
normal and does not indicate a malfunction.
iIt is recommended that the ambient temperature during recharging be
between about 0 °C and 40 °C (32°F and 104°F). Due to the
characteristics of the battery pack, at temperatures below 0 °C (32°F), it
may not be possible to sufficiently recharge it.
iWhen the battery pack temperature is high, it may take longer to recharge
it.
Recharge a battery pack in the following cases
iA battery pack which has not been used for a long time
iNewly purchased battery pack