Sony 8AF charger/battery problem - please help!!

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david

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I have a Sony 8AF 8mm video camera that works great
with the AC/DC adapter. The camera runs fine - but
when I put in a battery, the camera does not work. I
just recently purchased a np-22 battery online and
this does not work either. So, I try to charge the
batteries with the BCA-80 (8.5V) battery charger adapter ( it has two
slots for normal
charge - one for the AC/DC adapter and one for the
battery - but when opened, it has 3 slots for charging
batteries.)
So, I use the two slots and put in the AC/DC adapter -
the thing buzzes - when then I put in a battery, it
stops buzzing but the charger light goes out (the
charger light is only supposed to go out when it has
finished charging). So I am at a loss to find out
what is wrong. The charger or the camera. I am
thinking it is the charger - but trying to find one is
next to impossible and when I do, it is worth more
than the camera. Is there a way of fixing this
problem? Thanks
 
This is hard to fix over an email. I would suggest you take the complete
unit to a service centre that services Sony products. They would be able to
quickly tell you what the problem is. In most cases, going by your
description, you may have a bad new battery. When buying batteries on
bargain deals, they are sometimes out dated.

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Jerry G.
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"david" <johnsonholding@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I have a Sony 8AF 8mm video camera that works great
with the AC/DC adapter. The camera runs fine - but
when I put in a battery, the camera does not work. I
just recently purchased a np-22 battery online and
this does not work either. So, I try to charge the
batteries with the BCA-80 (8.5V) battery charger adapter ( it has two
slots for normal
charge - one for the AC/DC adapter and one for the
battery - but when opened, it has 3 slots for charging
batteries.)
So, I use the two slots and put in the AC/DC adapter -
the thing buzzes - when then I put in a battery, it
stops buzzing but the charger light goes out (the
charger light is only supposed to go out when it has
finished charging). So I am at a loss to find out
what is wrong. The charger or the camera. I am
thinking it is the charger - but trying to find one is
next to impossible and when I do, it is worth more
than the camera. Is there a way of fixing this
problem? Thanks
 
I am thinking it is more the re-charger. When I test the battery with
one of those little dollar store testers, it gives a REPLACE reading.
I have 3 other batteries for this as well and none of them seem to
charge - so I am still not sure.



On Tue, 18 May 2004 02:48:16 -0400, "Jerry G." <jerryg50@hotmail.com>
wrote:

This is hard to fix over an email. I would suggest you take the complete
unit to a service centre that services Sony products. They would be able to
quickly tell you what the problem is. In most cases, going by your
description, you may have a bad new battery. When buying batteries on
bargain deals, they are sometimes out dated.
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