Atomos Samurai Blade - Manual (Page 9)

Atomos Samurai Blade – User Manual Edition 1: June 2013 7
Battery
The Samurai Blade is a battery powered device, and has a special
feature to ensure that you never have to interrupt a recording to change a
battery. We will come to this shortly.
Like all batteries, you will need to take care of them. Make sure that you
don’t short circuit the connections because this can result in very high
currents that can damage the cells and could pose a fire hazard.
Charge new batteries before using them, using the battery charger
supplied.
Batteries do not charge in a linear way. At first they charge very quickly,
and then the rate slows down to a trickle. While charging, one or more
red lights will blink. When 90% charge is reached, all the lights will flash.
It is perfectly OK to use the batteries at this point and we recommend
stopping at this stage for the longest battery life. If you leave the
batteries on charge after all four lights are flashing, the charger goes
into trickle charging mode for the final 10%. Eventually, when trickle
charging is complete, and the batteries are at 100% charge, all the
lights will go out.
Before any type of disposal the battery should be discharged
completely. Tape the contacts with electrical tape and package so
as to prevent contacts accidentally coming together at any time.
Incineration must be performed by an approved and permitted waste
treatment facility that handles lithium ion batteries. If you are not sure
if your waste facility can handle lithium ion batteries, contact them and
verify if they are permitted or not.
Always use battery slot for the first battery. This is effectively your
primary battery and the Samurai Blade will not start without it.
Battery slot No.2 is the secondary or back-up battery and is not marked.
Once the Samurai Blade has been started from battery slot No. 1, it will
operate on battery slot No. 2 alone. No. 1 is only required for start up.
To attach the battery, gently slide it down into the slot and lock into
position. To remove a battery, push the latch to release it. Each battery
has its own latch, which is located to the right of battery No. 1 and to the
left of battery No. 2 as you look at the back of the Samurai Blade. Pull the
latches towards the batteries to release them.
Samurai Blade batteries and modular accessories (Connect
Converters, etc) are held in place very tightly because they are on the
outside of the device and there has to be no possibility whatsoever
that they could work loose, so you will have to be quite firm with the
battery latches. We suggest that you familiarise yourself with the force
required to remove the batteries and accessories so that you can do
this quickly in the field. Make sure that you hold the top and the bottom
of the battery or accessory module when sliding it off to avoid dropping
it when it is released from the main unit.
The Samurai Blade features an Atomos technology called Continuous
Power which used battery looping. When power is running low on
one battery, the Samurai Blade will automatically switch to the second
battery, you can remove one of the batteries and replace it with a fully
charged one. Samurai Blade will continue to operate as you do this. You
can continue this process indefinitely.
The Samurai Blade may be powered from NiMH & Li Ion 14.4V
battery systems. Battery adaptor required.
Battery number 1
Gently slide down
into battery slot/s
and lock into
position.
Push latch to
release battery
4. Connecting the Samurai Blade and powering up