Charging the Battery

The battery is not charged at shipment. Charge the battery before use.

1Place the battery in the charger.

Insert the battery into the supplied BC-50 battery charger as shown, making sure that the battery is in the correct orientation.

NP-50 rechargeable battery

Arrow

BC-50 battery charger

Terminals

2Plug the charger in.

Plug the charger into a power outlet. The red charging indicator will light.

The Charging Indicator

The charging indicator shows battery charge status as follows:

Charging indicator

Battery status

Action

Off

Battery not

Insert the

inserted.

battery.

 

 

 

 

Glows red

Battery

—

charging.

 

 

 

 

 

Glows green

Battery fully

Remove the

charged.

battery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unplug the

Blinks red

Battery fault.

charger and

 

 

remove the

 

 

battery.

3Charge the battery.

Charging is complete when the charging indicator turns green. A fully exhausted battery takes about 2 hours and 20 minutes to charge.

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