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Charging the Battery
Charging the Battery
The battery is not charged at shipment. Before use, charge the battery in the supplied battery charger.
1
Place the battery in the charger.
Place the battery in the supplied battery char-
ger as shown.
Battery charger
Battery
Charge lamp
Arrow
The camera uses an NP-W126 rechargeable bat-
tery.
R
The supplied AC cord is for use exclusively with
the supplied battery charger. Do not use the
supplied charger with other cords or the sup-
plied cord with other devices.
2
Plug the charger in.
Plug the charger into an indoor power outlet.
The charging indicator will light.
The Charging Indicator
The Charging Indicator
The charging indicator shows battery charge sta-
tus as follows:
Charging
Charging
indicator
indicator
Battery status
Battery status
Action
Action
Off
Off
Battery not
Battery not
inserted.
inserted.
Insert the battery.
Insert the battery.
Battery fully
Battery fully
charged.
charged.
Remove the battery.
Remove the battery.
On
On
Battery charging.
Battery charging.
—
—
Blinks
Blinks
Battery fault.
Battery fault.
Unplug the charger
Unplug the charger
and remove the
and remove the
battery.
battery.
3
Charge the battery.
Remove the battery when charging is com-
plete. See the specifi cations (
P
149) for charg-
ing times (note that charging times increase
at low temperatures).
Q
Unplug the charger when it is not in use.