Canon MV4 Notes on Using the Batteries, Charging and recording times, How much power is left?

Notes on Using the Batteries

Charging and recording times

•These times vary — the safest policy is always to have 2 or 3 times as many battery packs as you think you will need.

•You will get more recording time if you turn the camera off between shots, instead of leaving it in record pause mode.

Battery pack		BP-406	BP-412	BP-422
			(optional)	(optional)
Time needed for		45 min.	1 hr.	1 hr. 25 min.
full recharge
Maximum	Using the viewfinder:	55 min.	1 hr. 40 min.	3 hr. 20 min.
recording time	Using the LCD screen:	45 min.	1 hr. 20 min.	2 hr. 45 min.

•Recording time will be shorter than usual at low temperatures. You can use the battery pack between 0° to 40°C (32° and 104°F), but it works best between 10° to 30°C (50° and 86°F).

•If the battery pack starts to give you much less operating time than usual (at normal temperatures), it has reached the end of its life and must be replaced.

•These figures show how long you can view playback with the LCD, after attaching a fully-charged battery pack. Playback time will be shortened at low temperatures.

Battery pack	Playback time (using the LCD screen)
BP-406	55 min.
BP-412	1 hr. 20 min.
BP-422	3 hr. 20 min.

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How much power is left?

The indicator in the display shows you approximately how much charge the battery pack has left:

•“CHANGE THE BATTERY PACK” appears in the display for 4 seconds when the power is completely exhausted. The empty battery mark then appears and starts to flash. The power indicator light also flashes.

•The indicator is not constant — different levels will be shown when you subject the battery pack and camcorder to different conditions.

100% ↓ 75% ↓ 50% ↓ 25% ↓

CHANGE THE BATTERY PACK 0%

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