Charging the Battery

The battery is not charged at shipment. Before use, charge the battery in the supplied battery charger.

1Place the battery in the charger.

Place the battery in the supplied battery char- ger as shown.

Charge lamp

Battery charger

Arrow

Battery

The camera uses an NP-W126 rechargeable bat- tery.

RThe supplied AC cord is for use exclusively with the supplied battery charger. Do not use the supplied charger with other cords or the sup- plied cord with other devices.

2Plug the charger in.

Plug the charger into an indoor power outlet. The charging indicator will light.

The Charging Indicator

The charging indicator shows battery charge status as follows:

Charging

Battery status

Action

indicator

 

 

 

Battery not

Insert the battery.

 

inserted.

Off

 

 

 

Battery fully

Remove the battery.

 

 

charged.

 

 

On

Battery charging.

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Unplug the charger

Blinks

Battery fault.

and remove the

 

 

battery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3Charge the battery.

Remove the battery when charging is com- plete. See the specifications (P129) for charg- ing times (note that charging times increase at low temperatures).

QUnplug the charger when it is not in use.

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