Charging light remains on and the battery does not charge
I have purchased an expensave mobile battery charger that plugs into my car's 12v power socket to charge the camcorder while on the move. The charger has a USB charging socket that delivers 5V @ 2A. No matter how long the camcorder is connected the charging light remains on and the battery does not charge. The camcorder does get slightly warm when connected to this charger.
It's a shame this is not mentioned in the documentation. I can charge many of my devices ( iPhone, DS, Laptop etc) from my non mains charger without problems. If devices use USB type charging systems (5v) they should be able to be charged in this way. Because of this (to save weight and space) I did not include my mains charger on my recent vacation because I had a mobile charging solution that was able to charge all of my other equipment without problems.Half way through my vacation my battery gave out and was unable to re-charge it.
I have noted this problem with a Toshiba Camileo and also some other USB devices that wont charge of an external USB power source (including IPOD's) I am wondering if these devices expect the data wires to be grounded or held to 5v to initiate charging.