Can you record video while charging the battery?
1076876
I have never had a reason to try to record when charging. Short answer is "I don't know". I could be wrong, but I don't think it will. But then again I have had no reason to try it.
966743
Yes you can. I just tried doing that and I was able to record video and take a photo while I was plugged into USB port.
657286
Nothing! The camera is self contained and all you need to do is to make sure it's fully charged. To watch the recorded videos, you need to plug in the USB cable to your PC. That's it.
1137997
yes you can but you cannot record with the DVR while plugged into a computer. when plugged into a wall outlet you can charge and record at the same time.
2205631
Yes it can operate in recording, streaming and baby monitor modes while charging.
831059
Unfortunately video recording cannot be performed while plugged into an AC/USB charger. There is very little info in the owner's manual and it has no info about recording while being charged. I've tried to record while having it plugged into the charger with no success (The On/Off and Mode buttons doesn't respond). But you can use it as a PC webcam and using a third party video capture software; you can video record in that way with only a VGA resolution of 640×480 pixels.
182349
I just got this camera today (and asked a similar question). You can view pictures and videos you have taken while connected to a power pack, but you can not take a photo or video while the USB cable is inserted.
1288002
I use mine as a car dash cam so it is always plugged in a charging whenever the engine comes on. This camera has a car mode and will start and stop recording when it senses power.
821146
no you can't record on device itself but you can download program called Dorgem and it will record pictures in time intervals as you like it..every 3 seconds or more and it's activated by movement.I am sure there is another programs wich can record videos from the camera
515588
I have actually never shot video but in my experience taking pictures it has a great battery. I've gone almost two weeks without charging.
1347239
No, the DVR does not record while being charged and vice versa. If you attempt to charge it as it is recording it will still not charge. Nor does it loop the video recording once the SD card is full.
1937884
If the battery is completely empty, it may need a few minutes to get enough of a charge to start recording. It does, however, record normally when hooked up for charging.
1052126
I have not tried that but I do not believe it is designed for that. Also does not charge the iPhone when it is on the dock but it does not use a whole lot of battery when recording.
1116218
It's got no battery so there's nothing to charge. Yes, by design, it needs a direct power supply like a car's USB/cigarette lighter (provided of course that the car is running) or an iPhone charger or something similar. It's got a capacitor, which holds just enough power that the camera would use to auto-save the video if there's a loss of power at the moment of impact.
61871
Yes this is normal. Like all portable electronics, battery life depends on applications, and video recording consumes battery faster than some other functions such as radio or audio playback. The battery pack is used as a backup. For best results, please always connect the camera to its wall charger (with USB cord). Please let us know if you have other questions. Thanks.
525653
Sorry, you won't be able to plug it in to charge and still be able to record video. You'll see an error message on the screen that says "Only playback possible during USB Power Supply." You could, alternatively, buy a spare battery and charge the original battery up until it is full and charge the second up as well and then just swap batteries, but that would force you to break up the video because of the change in batteries and would lose some of the event you are recording in the time it takes to do that. With that said, there are also limits to the file size and/or time that you can capture in a single video as well, so you'd have to break it into smaller recordings at some point anyway with that partially dependent upon the size of the memory card you install and use.
1015663
I think it will video until either memory or battery runs out. I have made 3 - 4 min videos. These were long enough for my purposes.