Precautions

Note on charging an excessively drained battery pack

If a battery pack is attached to a camcorder and is being used, the power to the VTR section of the camcorder will be cut off before the battery pack becomes fully drained. If the camcorder remains on with the battery pack still attached, the battery pack will be further drained. The result is an excessively drained battery pack.

If you try to charge an excessively drained battery pack that supports the INFO function, the battery charger will not recognize it as an INFO function battery pack and will begin charging it as if it were a battery pack without the INFO function. In this case, charging will proceed without any problem, but the battery capacity, number of charging cycles, and other information will not be displayed during charging. If the battery pack is removed after it has been charged a certain amount, and then reattached to the battery charger, it will be recognized as an INFO function battery pack and the battery capacity, number of charging cycles, and other information will be displayed as it continues to charge.

No matter in which way the battery pack is charged, after charging has completed, the battery pack will operate as an INFO function battery pack.

About memory effect

Nickel metal hydride battery packs suffer memory effect just like the nickel cadmium battery packs. If this happens, discharge the battery pack completely or use the refresh function (pages 3(EN) and 16(EN)).

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