Charging the Battery

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

Steps First

4

Batteries

The camera uses an NP-45A rechargeable battery.

1Place the battery in the charger.

Insert the battery into the supplied battery charger as shown, making sure that the battery is in the orientation indicated by the EBFlabels.

Charging indicator

Arrow

Battery

EBF

label Battery charger EBFlabel

2 Plug the charger in.

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

CCautions

• Unplug the charger when it is not in use.

•Remove dirt from the battery terminals with a clean, dry cloth. Failure to observe this precaution could prevent the battery from charging.

•Charging times increase at low temperatures.

The Charging Indicator

The charging indicator shows battery charge status as follows:

Charging indicator

Battery status

Action

Off

Battery not

Insert

inserted.

the battery.

 

On (yellow)

Battery charging.

—

On (green)

Battery fully

Remove

charged.

the battery.

 

 

 

Unplug the

Blinks (yellow)

Battery fault.

charger and

remove the

 

 

 

 

battery.

3Charge the battery.

Remove the battery when charging is complete.

Charging time

See specifi cations of the battery charger (pg. 108).