On the battery charger and the batteries
•Do not charge any other batteries except Sony
•Remove the charged batteries from the battery charger. If you keep charging them, there is a danger of leaks, excessive heat, explosions, or electric shock.
•When charging a high capacity battery other than the supplied battery using the supplied battery charger, the full capacity of the battery may not be available.
•When the CHARGE lamp flashes, this may indicate a battery error or that batteries other than the specified type have been inserted.
Check that the batteries are the specified type. If the batteries are the specified type, remove all the batteries, replace them with new ones or another ones and check if the battery charger operates correctly. If the battery charger operates correctly, a battery error may have occurred.
•If the battery charger is dirty, charging may not be performed successfully. Clean the battery charger with dry cloth, etc.
Batteries you can use with your camera
HR 15/51:HR6 (size AA)
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R6 (size AA) alkaline batteries (2) (not supplied) ZR6 (size AA) Oxy Nickel Primary Battery (2) (not supplied)
Batteries you cannot use with your camera
Manganese batteries Lithium batteries
If you use the above batteries, we cannot guarantee full performance of the camera by property of the batteries, such as brownout of the batteries.
•Do not peel off the external seals or damage the batteries. Never use batteries from which the seals have been partially or completely removed, or batteries that have been split in any way. These may cause leakage, explosion, or
•Always carry the
•If the poles of the
•At the time of purchase, or when the Nickel- Metal Hydride batteries have not been used for a long time, they may not full charge. This is typical of this type of battery, and is not a malfunction. If this happens, repeatedly using up the batteries fully, and then recharging them should correct the problem.
•If you recharge
*The “memory effect” - the situation in which the capacity of the battery is temporarily lowered.
•To use up the batteries completely, put the camera in the slide show mode (page 39) and leave it that way until the batteries are used up.
•Do not mix new and used batteries.
•Do not expose the battery to water. The battery is not
Effective use of
•Batteries are discharged even when they are not used. We recommend you charge the batteries just before using them.
•Battery performance decreases in low- temperature surroundings, and the battery life is shortened under such circumstances. To use the battery longer, we recommend you keep the battery in its case in a pocket close to your body to warm it, and insert it in your camera just before you start shooting.
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