30Charging the BatteryWith Car Battery Cable CB-570 (sold separately), you can connect thecharger’s car battery cable socket (<DC IN> terminal) to your car’scigarette lighter socket.When recharging the battery this way, be sure that the car’s engineis running. If the car engine is off, disconnect the car battery cablefrom the cigarette lighter socket. If you leave the car battery cableconnected to the cigarette lighter socket, it may drain the car battery.Do not use a transformer for the car with the battery charger.Battery charging from a car battery is possible only with a 12 V DCor 24 V DC car battery in a minus-grounded car. The shape ordimensions of the cigarette lighter socket in certain cars might not becompatible with the car battery cable.This indicates that you should calibrate the battery so that the correctbattery level is detected and the camera’s battery level indicator candisplay the correct battery level. Calibration is not a requiredoperation. If you want to just recharge the battery, you can let thebattery start recharging automatically after approx. 10 sec. If youwant to do the calibration, press the <CALIBRATE> button while the<CAL/CHARGE> lamp is blinking in red. The Charge level indicatorwill blink in red and the calibration (power discharge) will start.After the calibration is completed, the battery will start rechargingautomatically. Note that the less depleted the battery, the longer thecalibration will take. The <2h>, <4h>, and <10h> figures on the side ofthe Charge level indicator respectively indicate the approximate numberof hours it will take to complete the calibration (power discharge). If the<10h> indicator blinks in red, it will take approx. 10 hours.After the calibration is completed and the battery is totally drained, itwill take a further 2 hours to recharge the battery fully. If you want tostop the calibration before it is completed and start recharging thebattery, remove the battery from the charger and attach it again.Use the Car’s Cigarette Lighter Socket to Recharge the BatteryThe Lamp Blinks in RedCOPY
