Eusing a household power outlet – Canon DC20 EN User Manual

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Using a Household Power Outlet

Connect to a household power outlet to use the camcorder without worrying about the
battery power. You can keep the battery pack attached; the battery power will not be
consumed.

1. Turn off the camcorder.

2. Connect the power cord to the

power adapter.

3. Plug the power cord into a power

outlet.

4. Open the terminal cover and

connect the power adapter to the
camcorder’s DC IN terminal.

Turn off the camcorder before connecting or disconnecting the power adapter.
Do not connect to the camcorder’s DC IN terminal or to the power adapter any

electrical equipment that is not expressly recommended for use with this
camcorder.

You may hear some noise from the power adapter during use. This is not a

malfunction.

To prevent equipment breakdowns and excessive heating, do not connect the

supplied compact power adapter to voltage converters for overseas travels or
special power sources such as those on aircraft and ships, DC-AC inverters, etc.

Do not disconnect and reconnect the power cord while charging a battery pack.

Charging may stop. The battery pack may not be charged correctly even if the
charge indicator is continuously on. The battery pack may also not be charged
correctly when a power outage occurs during charging. Remove the battery
pack and attach it back to the camcorder.

If you connect a faulty power adapter or battery pack, the charge indicator

flashes rapidly (approx. twice per second) and charging stops.

The charge indicator also serves as a rough estimate of the battery charge

status.
Continuously on: Battery fully charged.
Flashes rapidly (approx. twice per second): Battery over 50% charged.
Flashes slowly (approx. once per second): Battery less than 50% charged.

We recommend charging the battery pack in temperatures between 10 °C and

30 °C (50 °F and 86 °F). Outside the temperature range of 0 °C to 40 °C (32 °F
to 104 °F), the charge indicator flashes rapidly and charging stops.

A lithium ion battery pack can be charged at any charge state. Unlike

conventional battery packs, you do not need to completely use or discharge it
before charging.

To conserve battery power, turn off the camcorder instead of leaving it in record

pause mode.

We recommend that you prepare battery packs 2 to 3 times longer than you

think you might need.