Both batteries suddenly dead?
Hi all,
I can't figure this out. I have two batteries for my HV40 and they're both proper Canon batteries. They've worked fine for the year that I've had the camera. One of them I only used twice, and have since just stored it. The other one is the one I use most of the time. In the last few months, I've begun just leaving that battery on the camera, even when it's plugged in, but I don't plug it in that often.
A few days ago, the camera turned off in the middle of video capture, and I realized that it had been running on the battery, and that the cord was broken. There was a break in the wire and the electricity wasn't getting through. I did figure out that I could finish the video capture by positioning the cord in a certain way so as to make sure electricity flow was working. But of course I'd need a new cord. Anyway, so after that, I decided to charge the battery in this way, with the cord carefully arranged to work, and charge the battery. Well it didn't work. The battery light flashed but after 2 or 3 hours, no charge in the battery. I figured it was the cord, so I got a friend to fix the cord ($120 for a new one? Really?) The cord works fine now, plugs in, camera works. But the SAME thing: battery will NOT charge, and neither will the other battery. The manual says there's a problem if the battery light flashes fast, and mine IS doing that. It says this means it's a faulty battery, and to use another one. But these were both fine batteries before the cord broke.
Any ideas?
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Originally Posted by Janke
