I recvd this camera as a gift. However, the battery won't charge after 4 hours & wondering how long the initial time takes. Suggestions?
936881
takes no more than two hours, maybe it's a bad battery and yes, you must follow the graphic instruction page for correct position in the charger, and a green light does turn on. Try again, this is an excellent camera.
936882
make sure you have the battery in the charger in the right direction, I ha mine pluged in overnight. The battery stays charged for a long time
936883
It actually came charged, but I think it should definitely charge by four hours.
936884
You're way beyond the rated charging time of 150 minutes, so my bet is you've fallen afoul of the confusing dual-size charger and are in fact NOT charging the battery AT ALL! Look closely at the fit of the battery when you insert it into charger. You have two choices -- but only one will be truly SNUG. Once you inset charger into an outlet plug, you'll see the light and be on your way.
1310500
The only surprise here is that the camera ever worked at all. Mine was D.O.A. out of the package. You might try leaving the batteries out for ten minutes, and then try again. If there is a default / reset button, try that too.
1446879
The camera for which I bought this battery is still new to me. I bought the battery as a back-up and have only charged it once. It is new and my past experience with other lithium-ion batteries for other cameras leads me to believe that this one will continue to do its job for at least two or three years. Sorry I cannot be of more help.
1055173
My experience has been very good... Over Christmas for example, I had a battery last me for a few days, and that's with shooting probably 20 photos and a little video each day. On trips where I'm doing a lot of shooting I may go through a battery each day and recharge at night. Since I have two batteries I just cycle them through and am never lacking a charged battery. When I got my camera, a firmware update made battery life significantly better... Could be the same for you.Best of luck!
1395128
Can't say since I only have one battery which is in he camera. You might want to check it periodically and maybe charge it for awhile. I hope to purchase another battery eventually. Also have a spare memory stick.
590503
That 1 hr 59 minutes isn't battery time. It indicates how much space is available in the flash memory.I finally returned mine after days of fiddling and customer support shenanigans and tech support miscommunications. This is in September and clearly they have been having this issue since at least as far back as July. Flip tech support says this is normal behavior and is "to be expected." Well, there ya go. If you buy this camera then the inability to charge reliably and easily is "to be expected." My new Kodak Zi8 arrives today.
1475060
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.
323999
I charged the battery every day while is was away on a 10-day vacation and took over 200 pictures. I didn't charge it for several days when I arrived home and was still able to download pix without a new charge. Haven't tested the battery beyond that. Hope this info is helpful to you.
1725327
if under warranty; return camera! If old battteries u may need to replace them! I assume you have been following the charging instructions.
1222772
I charge mine with the USB adaptor supplied attached to my laptop computer. It took a couple of hours to initially charge the battery. I used the camera for 30 minutes worth of filming time, on for a couple of minutes, then off for a trip in snowy weather. When I got home I charged it on my laptop and it took about 45 minutes to an hour until the charged blinking light went out.
1535697
Mine works fine. Just returned from Africa and took 846 pics, that battery lasted 3 1/2 days on one charge Constant picture taking. Charged up with charger that came with camera. Everything worked perfectly.
1222091
Jeff I am also having issues with extremely short battery life. I only get about 15 to 20 pictures and then they are flat. How long does your camera take to run the batteries flat?
1317098
Hi Windie!Mine came with the battery. I have found when the battery starts to get low, the camera refuses to auto focus. It takes a few hours for the battery to recharge, so I purchased an extra one (with a charger). Now, when the battery gets low, all I have to do is switch out the battery! Now to remember to recharge the one coming out of the camera..........................
1600775
The battery charges up fairly quickly. Probably from totally dead to fully charged in about 1 hour or so. Once charged, depending on the use (i.e. video, pictures, combination of both, viewing pics, etc), I went a full day without any issues. Safer to top it off at night so you'll not have to worry about it.
895104
I too, have had uncertain results. After initially charging both for 12+ hours (first charge of 6 or so didn't work), I found that one never worked at all. My camera kept saying "change battery pack." The other one is working ok, but not as long as my original Canon pack. The charger light turned green after about an hour, but I don't think it was long enough.
94147
Hi, I think theres something wrong whith your battery Or maybe the source from where you charge, the product manual says: [Note: Some low-power USB ports may not be able to provide enough charge power.]. I got mine for christmas too and battery works great, It gave me about 10 or more hours whith music/photo and video playback, Exelent Player!
2097470
Try a new battery. Mine has worked fine. Be sure camera is set on remote connection so the remote and camera "see" each other.