Recharging the battery pack

Be sure to fully charge the supplied or separately sold battery pack before using it in your camera. For charging the battery pack, use the supplied charger.

Charge the battery pack if it is being used for the first time, and recharge it whenever the remaining charge is low (see “CHECKING THE REMAINING BATTERY PACK CHARGE” on page 148).

If there is interference to your TV or radio during recharging...

i Move the battery pack and charger further away from the TV or radio.

Ambient temperature during recharging

i During recharging, the charger and battery pack will be warm. This is normal and does not indicate a malfunction.

i It is recommended that the ambient temperature during recharging be between about 0 °C and 40 °C (32°F and 104°F). Due to the characteristics of the battery pack, at temperatures below 0 °C (32°F), it may not be possible to sufficiently recharge it.

i When the battery pack temperature is high, it may take longer to recharge it.

Recharge a battery pack in the following cases

i A battery pack which has not been used for a long time i Newly purchased battery pack

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Sanyo VPC-CA65GX, VPC-CA65EX instruction manual Recharging the battery pack, Ambient temperature during recharging