This camera does not appear to function if plugged in to the charger. My other cameras do, and if the battery dies, I can plug it in the wall and still take photos. Is this a malfunction, or is this normal for the P520 ? This camera does not appear to function if plugged in to the charger. My other cameras do, and if the battery dies, I can plug it in the wall and still take photos. Is this a malfunction, or is... » Read More This camera does not appear to function if plugged in to the charger. My other cameras do, and if the battery dies, I can plug it in the wall and still take photos. Is this a malfunction, or is this normal for the P520 ? « Show Less
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Looking at manual it show USB port in AC battery charger. There is not one in mine. I only have adapter to charge thru car lighter. When I used it, I was not able to use camera either. I suggest you check Nikon's web site for answer to your question.
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This is normal behavior if you are using the charger that comes with the camera. That charger is for charging batteries; it does not provide power to the camera. There is a separate AC adapter available that you can plug into the camera to provide power. That adapter is model number EH-62A from Nikon.
910444
Be sure to fully discharge anf recharcge the battery a couple of times before you retun the camera. I have this camera, and am able to take about 100 pictures, some with and some without the flash, on pne charge.
2068179
This seems to be a problem with some of these. I cannot get it to work in picture take mode, only in playback mode. From there, however, you can change the battery type, so I know mine didn't work even after changing this. I've tried several sets of batteries, both alk and nimh. After at most a few pictures it says it's dead, but in playback mode it still says it's fully charged. So, I'm guessing there's a quality control issue with these.
1254707
I have typically charged my battery outside of the camera. It comes with a charger as well. I have also forgotten to unplug the camera after transferring pictures and found the batter to be fully charged while connected. I believe it works both ways.
2258553
DO you have other cameras and are they operating alright? Naturally check all the connections both at the camera and the recorder. Also look for any nicks or cuts at the exposed wires. I experienced a problem once when all the cameras stopped working and it turned out it was the power adapter that went out. I replaced this item and it worked just fine after that. This is a good camera for the money. I have two of these and they have been working for just over a year. I'm even thinking of replacing the other two cameras with one of these so please let me know how this turns out. Good luck
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I've never done it that way. I have a couple of chargers and I always remove the battery, charge it, and put it back into the camera. I have several batteries and a couple different Lumix bodies. I don't even know how to charge the battery inside the camera!
280403
You charge the battery while it is still in the camera. You will have to buy a separate wall charger if you want to charge the battery without it being in the camera.
596145
It must be defective because mine works all of the time. Since I have had the camera I only had one incident. I unplugged the camera and restarted it and have never had another problem.
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Take battery out of camera, put in charger, plug into wall. I took it on vacation and charged my battery every night for the next day. Also used the car charger and it works. Not sure about your model of camera. my guess is it will work.
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I found the same to be the issue I had as well as the charging connect becoming loose. If you just received the camera I would try to return it. The one I had worked for two months then it stopped. I caulked it up to lesson leaned
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The battery charger completely quit working, so I charge it through the camera itself. I haven't replaced it and probably won't. But the batteries have proved to be fine. When the charger worked it had a small led that went from red to green, green meaning charged.
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I found this post it might help some of you: "As it turns out the battery initiates an auto shutdown sequence when it is completely drained. When trying to recharge the battery from this "completely dead" state, it fails to get above the charge level where it won't auto-shutdown. (Think of the iPhone that doesn't turn on until it is over 5% battery when charging from completely dead). Due to this flaw in design it is necessary to hold down, or repeatedly click, the power-off button directly after you plug the camera in. This will manually override the auto shut-down feature that disconnects the battery and prevents charging. The camera should turn off immediately but the charging light will stay on since it was manually turned off instead of using the auto-shutdown protocol."
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Try plugging the cord into the power outlet first, and then plugging it into the camera. If the green light doesn't start to blink, then you may also need to hit the "on" button on the camera. (Apparently there is some kind of glitch in the software that stops some cameras from going into automatic charge mode.) You may want to check the Nikon site and see if there is an update to the camera firmware, also.
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I wish I could help you... the camera was working fine as I had tested it before my trip. The day before my trip I went to use the camera and could not get it to charge or work at all.
1295997
Same problem here! After I opened the box I charged the battery till the light turned green. Put the battery in the camera, put the film pack in, the black film cover came out (so I assume I put the film in right), turned the camera on but all the symbols are blinking and I'm not able to make a picture. After reading here I put the battery again in the charger and now the light turns orange!! But I just took it out because it was green?!?! Now I'm just gonna wait till it's green again and see if it will work. Does anyone have any others tips for me?XO
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If the battery is charged in the camera rather than in a seperate charging cradle then extra caution is certainly called for. The charging process is the most dangerous (barring accidental shorting of the battery's contacts). Most bad batteries just refuse to hold a charge though. One of the reasons reviews of 3rd party batteries are all over the map is that, in my experience, you may get a perfectly usable battery or you may get a complete dud that can't even be charged at all or which only lasts for a few minutes. Some batteries are just stored too long and their charge has fallen too low over time to keep the battery viable (batteries have a limited shelf life). And some batteries are just not manufactured very well. I have a Lenmar universal camera battery charger but I'm not too confident in it (for one thing, it doesn't use the batteries' built-in thermal protection lead and, for another, it seems to stumble with very low batteries). Haven't tried Lenmar batteries in particular though. The best high quality 3rd party batteries I HAVE tried are made by SterlingTek.com http://sterlingtek.com/canb13bapaeq.html
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I never had any problems with mine, still works perfectly. On the camera, there is there is switch option, as enter the camers the switch is @ top right hand, you will find a a camera symbol click to switch to your desired option. If it fails you know its faulty.