Charging The Battery - Hitachi Digital 8 VM-D965LA Instruction Manual

Charging the Battery
The first step is to set the battery for charging, To charge the battery, attach it to the camcorder, and
connect the VM-ACE5A AC adaptor. Charge the cattery at a temperature range of50°F (TO°C) - 86°F
(30°C) to prevent damage to the battery,
Note: This camcorder operates with a lithium ion battery such as VM-BPL13/VM-BPL30/VM-BPL60.
Note: We cannot be responsible for any malfunctions of the camcorder which occur when you use bat¬
tery packs other than those specified.
ire the CAM/OFF / VIDEO switch is set
® Place the battery on the guide platform
and
slide it down so that it fits into
the camcorder.
Note: Always attach a battery only by the pro¬
cedure described here. Attaching a battery
forcibly could damage it,.
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Plug the AC adaptor power
cord into an AC
^ outlet
Make
sure
that the wide blade fits
into the wide
slot. If it doesn't tip try reversing
it. If the
blades still do not
fit
fully into
the outlet, either
contact an electrician to replace
your obsolete
outlet or use a polarized cord or
outlet access-
pi Connect the AC adaptor DC plug to the DC IN
Charging will start within
five seconds. During
charging, the BATT. CHARGE
indicator of the
camcorder will flash or light
to give
you
a refe-
once every two. seconds, the battery could be
defective,
Note: The BATT. CHARGE indicator will not light
at all when the AC adaptor is defective,
Note: You can use the battery before it is com¬
pletely charged,
Note: When charging is complete, the
BATT.
CHARGE indicator on the camcorder will light,
If the fully charged battery is removed and
then reattached, the camcorder
will
again
enter the charge mode, and the
BATT.
CHARGE indicator will flash, It wili take a few
minutes for the camcorder to enter the charge
complete status.
Note: Charging at low
decrease charge capacity.
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adaptor DC plug from
is
ronnect the
AC plug mom
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ch th
battei t om tl: w in -order.
Note: Always remove the battery from the
camcorder after use.
Note: Charging will not be performed when
the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch of the camcorder
Is set to CAM or VIDEO, However,
if
recording
pause continues for more than 5 minutes in the
CAM mode, the camcorder wi automatically
turn off, after which charging will start, if the
sub-power switch is set to LOCK, charging
'will
be performed even when the CAM/OFF/VIDEO
switch is set to CAM,
Note: If the DC plug is disconnected when the
battery is attached and the CAM/OFF/VIDEO
switch is set to CAM or VIDEO, the camcorder
will turn off once, but then automatically turn
on again. Note that the battery will discharge
if the camcorder is left as is.
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