without battery ? LCD closed? will it work without battery, that is camera hooked up to power supply?
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Yes. The FS200 will work without the battery and LCD closed. Join The Club http://canonfs200.ning.com
880941
No this power supply only allows you to use the camera while connected to AC power therefore not using the battery power. You must still charge your batteries with your battery charger. Hope this helps.
440531
No. The battery is very weak, the camera shuts down in a few seconds when not connected to power.
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I'm not sure if I have ever put mine in standby mode and I don't have the camera in front of me. I find the camera to be a good one so far. I would power it down, take out the battery, then replace it back, power up and hopefully it will release the stand by mode for you.... You have to remember it is like a small computer, and someties you need to take the power completelt off when it locks up.
1288852
If the power goes out it would stop working yes. It has a switch on the side of it so if you left it alone as soon as the power comes back on so will the camera. Hope this helps!
1614885
No, it has a minimal on-board memory. Be sure your battery is installed correctly. Remove battery, re-insert then turn on. Mine acted that way at first also, so try this approach.Also, be sure to press the "on" button firmly; you do not need to hold it pushed in. Another way to see if your battery is OK is to press the arrow button for viewing photos without powering up the camera.If this doesn't work, you should contact the seller.
1127606
The camera, when in video mode, turns itself off after about 25 minutes when connected either to this power supply , or on battery... not aware of a work around or hack to change that .... good luck ... let me know if you find a work around
452440
Thanks for the heads-up. I was ready to buy this camera until I started reading about the battery situation. Looks like a good camera but unfortunately, if you can't keep it powered up, it just becomes drawer junk.
1775583
This isn't a battery operated camera. Just buy any film associated with the camera, pop it in and take pictures! No batteries required.
1955005
The camera itself plugs in with an AC adapter. The monitor can be run off the battery or an included AC adapter.
990101
The camera is 110 volts only, no battery. The monitor is both 110 and rechargeable battery.
674167
The monitor must be plugged in but the camera's themselves can be battery operated. I just never found the battery operation to last all that long so I plug it all in.
2141748
Im using it with an RF camera. When it loses signal the LCD just goes in black (standby).
978314
I had to plug it into a socket. Kinda lame. Defeates the whole hidden camera aspect of the device. it has a step down transformer in the plug. Like a calculator or a set of desktop speakers.hope that helps you
2028076
It requires a 12 V DC power supply which usualy comes with cameras bought at Amazon, If not they are only about $5.00 on line PS: Last thing you want to do is connecting this camera directly to a 120V AC outlet (it will fry the camera )
1765778
Just to be very clear the camera does not have a "charger," it has a power adapter and should be plugged in most of the time, but it will also work with AA batteries. It does not charge anything when it is plugged in. It does not work the same way as the monitor unit, which truly does have a rechargeable internal battery.
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I have read from theives that have been in jail and they say that if the camera has a light or blinking light they know that it is a dummy camera. So I would recommend no battery. That is what I have done. Google this if in doubt.