4 Charging will start when the camcorder is turned off.

POWER/CHG (charge) indicator

• If the camcorder was on, the green POWER/CHG indicator will go out when you turn off the camcorder. After a moment, the POWER/CHG indicator will turn on in red (battery pack charging). The red POWER/ CHG indicator will go out when ￿ the battery pack is fully charged.

Fully charging the supplied battery pack will take approximately 5 hours and 35 minutes.

If the indicator flashes, refer to Troubleshooting (A162).

To remove the battery pack

 

1

Slide din the

 

 

direction of the arrow and hold it

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pressed down.

 

 

2

Slide the battery pack and

 

 

then pull it out.

 

 

 

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BATTERY RELEASE switch

IMPORTANT

Turn off the camcorder before connecting or disconnecting the com- pact power adapter. After turning off the camcorder, important data is updated in the memory. Be sure to wait until the green POWER/CHG indicator goes out.

Do not connect to the camcorder’s DC IN terminal or to the compact power adapter any electrical equipment that is not expressly recom- mended for use with this camcorder.

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