17
Getting Started
5 The CHG (charge) lamp turns off
when the battery is fully charged.
Remove the AC Adaptor from the
DC IN jack on your camcorder.
• Remove the AC Adaptor holding both your
camcorder and the DC plug.
To remove the battery pack
Slide the POWER switch to OFF (CHG).
Slide the BATT (battery) release lever and
remove the battery pack.
• When you remove the battery pack, make sure
that none of the respective lamps of the POWER
switch (p.19) is on.
When storing the battery pack
Use up the battery pack completely if you do
not intend to use it for a long time (p.95).
To use an outside power source
Make the same connections as you do when
charging the battery pack. The battery pack
will not lose its charge in this case.
Charging time (full charge)
Approximate time (min.) required when you
fully charge a fully discharged battery pack.
Recording time
Approximate time (min.) available when you
use a fully charged battery pack.
* Typical recording time shows the time when you
repeat recording start/stop, turning the power on/
off and zooming.
• Times shown vary according to the following
conditions.
– Top: When the LCD backlight turns on.
– Middle: When the LCD backlight turns off.
– Bottom: Recording time when recording with
the viewfinder while the LCD panel is closed.
Battery pack Charging time
NP-FP50
125
NP-FP60 (supplied)
135
NP-FP70
155
NP-FP71
170
NP-FP90
220
BATT (battery)
release lever
Battery pack
Continuous
recording
time
Typical
recording
time*
NP-FP50
060
065
065
030
030
030
NP-FP60
(supplied)
095
100
105
045
050
050
NP-FP70
130
140
145
065
070
070
NP-FP71
155
170
175
075
085
085
NP-FP90
235
255
260
115
125
130
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