Mini DV MD80 5/9 - Charging AC/USB

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Hi guys, my batery recharge fully in to hours, but i have used another cable insted of the original, the origibal cable dosn´t charge the camera you can acesse the camera sd card but it cant recharge the camera.
for those that can´t turn on the camera and see only the a few seconds of blue light just use another usb cable (tested on two cameras).
if it works spread the word ;)

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[SeanHellOMG]

how long should i charge it wen i 1st get it?

[FranksTechHelp]

@SeanHellOMG A couple of hours.

[101toonlink]

can you take pictures with this

[FranksTechHelp]

@101toonlink No you can not, on this model at least.

[tvloserDK]

Hi FranksTechHelp,

I am afraid I've overcharged my battery, and made my battery hold a charge for even shorter time.

Because I read the instruction manual as it says is very important to do.

And in the manual it says: "It is important that you charge the battery fully"

And since that little light never go off, I just thought... well it must take a long time this first time. And I even plugged it to to AC adapter, not a computer.

After 16 hours of charging, I found this video.. What should I do?

[FranksTechHelp]

@tvloserDK It says to charge it for 8 hours the first time but I think that is too much. I would stick with 2-3 hours. I've never been anle to tell when mine is fully charged either because the links just keeps blinking.

[larrythelookout]

ur bit of irish saying at the end was not nice. VERY RUDE

[spaghettibeans]

I can record while it's plugged into my pc with my MD80 Clone. Hold the record button when plugging it in and it will charge and be able to record

[DJASHLOFT]

thank you very helpfull

[joshuanewtonracing]

hey,

can you give a step guide because i plug it into my computer and it does nothing

plus when i press the power button it goes red for a short time then blue then it turns off again

i tried a plug adaptor and it still doesn't do anything

[alanhodes]

@TheTrompeta1000 - I also think my battery needs changing/replacing (after about 1.5 years, it only holds about 25min charge) - If you have learned how to do this, could you pls share the information with me?

[jdenotter26]

Great help! Thanks!

[CrustyBiker]

@jamezzzzzz1986 I think the driver is only to use it as a webcam, you shouldn't need it, my disc did not work when i got it but someone elses I saw was just full of photos and specs for their range of products + the notepad stencil to set the time and date on it

[CrustyBiker]

@tvloserDK I have done the same now, plugged it into computer fully charged just to get a video from it and fell asleep all night with it in, it will not turn on anymore unless I hold down the power button then switches off when i let go, did you get a result???

[jamezzzzzz1986]

hi i bought one of these cameras but i accidentaly broke the cd that the drivers were on would you by any chance know were i could download the drivers from thanks.

[Jmuduke]

My MD80 worked last night, plugged it in overnight and now the blue light stays on constant and the only way I can shut it off is by hitting the reset button. Also it won't record using VOX or the regular record button. It's like its frozen, plugged into my PC it's not recognized. Made a video last night and it worked fine. I ran the CD with the English setup program. None of it was in English I figured it was the drivers and installed them. Got a bunch of DOS prompts. now cam doesn't work