Power Supply
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The camcorder indicates the remaining usage
time in minutes by calculating the available time
with the battery pack if operation is continued at
the current rate of power consumption.
Note
The operating time on a battery pack depends on
the condition (new or old) of the battery pack and
the ambient temperature.
To check in power-off status
Information on the mounted battery pack
(BATTERY INFO) is displayed in the viewfinder
when you hold the DISPLAY/BATT INFO
button pressed even if the camcorder is off.
The BATTERY INFO display goes off after 5
seconds.
If the battery charge remaining becomes
low
If the battery charge remaining decreases to a
certain level during operation (Low BATT
status), a low-battery message, flashing of the
tally lamps, and a beep sound will warn you.
If the remaining further decreases to a level at
which operation cannot be continued (BATT
Empty status), a battery-empty message appears.
Temporarily set the power switch to OFF and
connect a power source via the DC IN connector
or replace the battery pack with one that is fully
charged.
To change the message levels
The Low BATT level is set to 10% of full charge,
and the BATT Empty level is set to 3% of full
charge at the factory. These settings can be
changed with “Battery Alarm”
of the
OTHERS menu.
You can connect an AC power source to this
camcorder by using the supplied BC-U1 or an
optional BC-U2 Battery Charger for BP-U30/
U60 as an AC adaptor, as shown below:
1
Connect the DC power output cable of
the BC-U1/U2 to the DC IN connector
of the camcorder.
70% to 51%
50% to 31%
30% to 11%
10% to 0%
Icon
Remaining
BATTERY I NFO
0% 50% 100%
Remaining Ti me : 20m i n
MIR
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DIS
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BAT
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COMPO
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AUDIO
OUT
CH-1
CH-2
A
SH
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TR
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SIT
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TC
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OFF
AUDIO IN
CH-1
MIC
LINE
MIC+48
V
MIC
LINE
MIC+48
V
CH-2
IRIS
EXP
AND
ED
FOC
US
REC
REVIE
W
REL
EAS
E
STA
RT/
STO
P
MIRROR IMAGE
OFF
ON
DISPLAY/BATT INFO
ZEBRA
PEAKING
CONTRAST
BRIGHT
DISPLAY/BATT INFO
DISPLAY/BATT INFO button
Using AC Power (DC IN Power)
BAT
TER
Y
REL
EAS
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COMPO
NENT
OUT
D
C
IN
M
O
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IT
O
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O
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V
ID
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O
AUDIO OUT
CH-1
CH-2
A
SH
OT
TR
AN
SIT
IO
N
B
TC
/U
-B
IT
/D
UR
A T
IO
N
H
L
OFF
AUDIO
IN
CH-1
MIC
LINE
MIC+4
8V
LINE
IRIS
EXP
AND
ED
FOC
US
REC
REV
IEW
REL
EAS
E
STA
RT/
STO
P
DC O
UT
CHA
RGE
BATT
ERY
CHA
RGE
R
BC-U
1
0%
80
100
1
DC IN
2
3
BC-U1
Connection example: BC-U1
