Charge a GX7, battery or AC adapter?

[Nehalem_i7]

Do you need a battery to use the GX7 or can you just use a AC adapter to power the GX7

the manual says to plug the AC adapter directly from mains to camcorder

but i cant see any connection on the back of the camcorder to connect the AC adapter to.

[hodgey]

The AC adapter connects in the battery slot. It's like a very flat battery with a wire that connects to the power brick. as you can see on the illustration.

[Nehalem_i7]

i bought GX7 without a charger batteries or accessories would a AC adapter be suffice, do i need to connect something else to the back of the GX7 to use AC adapter, as the ones ive seen dont look like they are the right ones

[hodgey]

You would need an adapter that comes with this thing (image from a long gone ebay ad):
Panasonic-Original-K2Gj2Dz00011-Vek8925-Dc-Cord-Cable-Dv.jpg

The battery-looking part connects to the camcorder battery slot, while the barrel plug connects to the battery charger. Part number seems to be k2gj2dz00011 according to the manual.

Rather than having a AC input plug on the camcorder, they used a dongle that connected to the the battery slot instead. It was a common method of providing power from AC on older camcorders.

If you are very adventurous and cant find an adapter you could maybe jerry-rig something that connects to the battery terminals on the camcorder with the right DC voltage.

[Nehalem_i7]

thanks for the help for the price of the k2gj2dz00011 its much cheaper to buy a battery and usb charger both for £15