1 Slide the battery compartment cover away from the lens and open it.
2 Press the battery release latch and pull out the battery pack.
3 Close the cover and slide it toward the lens until you hear a click.
Battery release latch
IMPORTANT
•Turn off the camcorder before connecting or disconnecting the com- pact power adapter. After pressing POWER to turn off the camcorder, important data is updated in the memory. Be sure to wait until the green ON/OFF (CHG) indicator goes out.
•The first time you use a battery pack, fully charge it and then use the camcorder until the battery pack is completely exhausted.
•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.
•To prevent equipment breakdowns and excessive heating, do not con- nect the supplied compact power adapter to voltage converters for overseas travels or special power sources such as those on aircraft and ships,
NOTES
•The battery pack will be charged only when the camcorder is off.
•We recommend charging the battery pack in temperatures between 10 °C and 30 °C (50 °F and 86 °F). Outside the temperature range of 0 °C to 40 °C (32 °F to 104 °F), charging will not start.
•If remaining battery time is an issue, you can power the camcorder
using the compact power adapter so the battery pack will not be con- sumed.
•Charged battery packs continue to discharge naturally. Therefore, charge them on the day of use, or the day before, to ensure a full charge.
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