I have owned my Xacti HD2000 for 4 days now. Purchased it from Plemix.com in Hong Kong via the web. (Paid $545 plus shipping/handling of $39). Arrived via Fed-X 2 days later (day and a half actually).
The camera is wonderful, but I did have a complete failure of the AC adaptor yesterday. I was waiting for my iMac to render images in iMovie with the camera was in standby mode. It spoke to me and said "low battery power" something like that, and that was it. I was unable to get the charging indicator to light no matter what I did.
Since I'm employed as an electrical test engineer... I determined that the AC adaptor wasn't putting out 5.0V, and ran out to Radio Shack to get a 5.0V 2A replacement The numbers are IMPORTANT. If you go over 5.0V, you can damage the camera, under likely 5.0V it won't charge the battery. Below 2A, it might not have enough current. Over 2.0A is OK but it's overkill.
Now I'm back up and running... The Offensive sub-standard Sanyo produced component has the following identification: Sanyo Model VAR-G9. AC Input AC100-240V~ 50/60Hz DC Output 5.0V 2.0A
The TIP is positive polarity.
Thanks to Radio Shack, I'm back in business. Camera working (taking a charge) fine now.
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The camera is wonderful, but I did have a complete failure of the AC adaptor yesterday.
I was waiting for my iMac to render images in iMovie with the camera was in standby mode. It spoke to me and said "low battery power" something like that, and that was it. I was unable to get the charging indicator to light no matter what I did.
Since I'm employed as an electrical test engineer... I determined that the AC adaptor wasn't putting out 5.0V, and ran out to Radio Shack to get a 5.0V 2A replacement The numbers are IMPORTANT. If you go over 5.0V, you can damage the camera, under likely 5.0V it won't charge the battery. Below 2A, it might not have enough current. Over 2.0A is OK but it's overkill.
Now I'm back up and running... The Offensive sub-standard Sanyo produced component has the following identification:
Sanyo Model VAR-G9.
AC Input AC100-240V~ 50/60Hz
DC Output 5.0V 2.0A
The TIP is positive polarity.
Thanks to Radio Shack, I'm back in business. Camera working (taking a charge) fine now.