Getting Started

Charging time

8.5 hours (maximum)

Using an Optional Car Adapter/Charger (Hitachi VM-CA500A)

1.Connect the car adapter/charger to the car's cigarette lighter socket. The power light turns on.

2.Attach the batter to the car adapter/charger. The charge light turns on and charging starts. The light turns off when charging is finished.

Note: When the car adapter/charger is connected to the camcorder via the external power cord, set the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch of the camcorder to "OFF". Charging is not done when it is set to "CAM" or "VIDEO".

Note: Read the instruction manual of the car adapter/charger carefully before

charging.

Additional Information

The battery has a green charge marker on one side of the battery. When the battery is removed from the AC adapter/charger a green color marker will be exposed. When the battery is ejected from the camcorder no green marker will be seen.

Note: The marker switch does not guarantee the batteries' charge status.

With repeated normal charging and use the battery will gradually lose operating time. When operation time becomes too short to be useful, replace the battery.

If the CHARGE indicator flashes during charging, remove the battery and

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