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Canon HF S20 resetting when battery or power is off

Feech24
Apprentice

I have a canon HF s20. If the camera doesn’t have the power supply plugged in or a battery clip on, the settings are lost & goes back to it’s base settings. Is there a  backup battery in the camera that holds the settings & if so is it replaceable?

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IamintheUK
Rising Star
Rising Star

According to the manual, there is a lithium button cell for retaining settings. Whether you can access it or not I do not know. The manual suggests plugging in the power adapter, without turning the camera on, and leave it for 24hrs to charge the backup battery. If that doesn't work a replacement is required.

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I will give the charging a try & see if it works.

shadowsports
Legend
Legend

Indeed it does.  Its a CR2025.

hfs20-s21-s200-nim-en.pdf (c-wss.com) (page 197)

It might be under the plate on the bottom of the camera.  Worth a look.  The camera is 14 yrs old and is no longer serviceable.  

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Bay Area - CA


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Thanks. I did pull the bottom plate off & I didn’t see any button battery there, nor on the right side of the camera. At least on the surface.

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