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Chapter 3 - Preparing the machine for use
Courier User Handbook 3-5
The length of time taken to charge a battery in the Courier depends on the amount of
charge in it when the mains adapter is applied. Courier trickle charges at a rate of
800mA/hour, so the standard 1200mAh GP_VD101 battery supplied with the
Courier will take 2 hours to charge from being fully discharged.
Note : Courier does not carry out a fully discharge/recharge cycle to charge the
batteries. It performs a trickle charge which continuously tops the battery up.
To prevent excessive memory effects which shorten the lifetime of your
batteries, please ensure that intermittently you use a separate
discharge/recharge battery charger to recharge your batteries. Please read the
instructions that are supplied with the batteries.
3.1.11. Recharging the internal cells (used for
the hot swap)
The internal cells are recharged by the camcorder battery or the mains input to the
Courier,
but only when the Courier is powered on. If the Courier is not switched
on then the main battery will charge, but the internal cells won’t.
The internal cells take some time to recharge. For example, if your hot-swap takes
approximately 30 seconds, the cells will need to be recharged for roughly 15 minutes
before they are back to full capacity.
This means that if you make continual hot-swaps, one immediately after the other,
eventually the internal cells will fail and your machine will power-off. If this should
happen, leave your Courier mains powered, fitted with a rechargeable battery and
switched on for at least 12 hours, so that the internal cell can be fully recharged.