The external charger (STK) worked for a while, then it quit on me. Perhaps I shouldn't have gotten the cheap one. At this point I've given up on the camcorder.
Same problem here. Bought an external charger that solved the problem. Found the charger on Amazon for $15, manufactutred by STK for the specific battery in the HF 200. Good solution, really. The external charger is a better system than the origi...