Have you ever had this on the GH4 ? "Set Clock" on power on. Built-in battery dead?

Hey all,

Any time I leave the GH4 without battery for a few days, once I turn it back on, the time/date has been forgotten.

The manual says to leave a battery in the cam for 24 hours to recharge it :

I have done that, but the phenomenon still happens a few days later (not 3 months!).

In case this built-in battery is actually wasted, can one replace it ? 

Thanks!

CapybaraFuture wrote:

Hey all,

Any time I leave the GH4 without battery for a few days, once I turn it back on, the time/date has been forgotten.

The manual says to leave a battery in the cam for 24 hours to recharge it :

I have done that, but the phenomenon still happens a few days later.

In case this built-in battery is actually wasted, can one replace it ?

Thanks!

Michael

You may get a better response in the M4/3rds Forum!

Dave

saudidave wrote:

You may get a better response in the M4/3rds Forum!

Oh ok Sorry for wrong forum.

Will try there then. Thanks!

Here's a related thread I contributed to a few years ago

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3907368

PC Wheeler wrote:

Here's a related thread I contributed to a few years ago

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3907368

Turning the cam on with full battery and letting it drain out over night.  OK.

Will try that and post if I have any good results. Thanks ! 👍

Hi,

Little update : I let the camera drain the battery with a full battery until it's empty,

Then left it just 1 hour with no battery in.

"Please Set Clock" on startup, again.

That didn't work.

I hope their retarded battery can't leak and damage the camera now that they broke it.