Charging The Battery; Charging Time - Hitachi VM-H835LA Instruction Manual

Charging the Battery

Note: Keep the batteries in a dark, cool, dry place.
Charging the Battery
The first step is to set the battery to charge. To charge the battery, use the provided AC
adapter/charger.
Note: This camcorder operates with the Lithium ion battery such as VM-BPL13/VM-BPL27.
Charge the battery on a flat surface without vibration.
1. Plug the AC adapter/charger power cord into an AC outlet. The POWER lamp (red)
lights up.
2. Align the bottom of the battery with mark
it in the direction of the arrow as shown in the figure. The CHARGE lamp (green) lights
up.
3. The CHARGE lamp will flash at 3-second cycles to show that the battery has been
charged approximately 70% of full charge. When the CHARGE lamp goes out, the
battery has been completely charged. After the lamp goes out, unplug the AC
adapter/charger from the AC outlet and remove the battery from the AC
adapter/charger.
Note: You can use the battery before it is completely charged.
Note: Remove the DC cord from the AC adapter/charger before attempting to charge the
battery.
Note: If you re-attach the fully charged battery to the AC adapter/charger after the
CHARGE lamp goes out, the lamp will light. This simply informs you that the battery has
been completely charged; it does not indicate that the charge has been insufficient.

Charging Time

Battery pack
Charging
Full charge
70% charge
Note: Charge the battery at temperatures 32-104°F (0-40°C). At temperatures outside this
range, charging will take longer.
Note: The battery cannot be charged at extremely high or low temperatures. The CHARGE
VM-BPL13 VM-BPL27
130 min. 230 min.
70 min. 140 min.
on the AC adapter/charger, and then slide
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