Hi I'm Tosh Lubek and today I'm talking about charging the battery on
the canon EOS R.
It's possible to charge your EOS R
LP- E6N battery whilst it's still inside the
camera. But many people have reported having difficulty getting this to work.
I'll show you what you need and how to do it. Then I'll troubleshoot some of the
common problems you might experience. So make sure you stick around until the end.
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One EOS R feature that doesn't get talked about much is its ability to recharge
the battery inside the camera using the USB C connection. If you take a look
under the rubber cover on the side of the camera, you'll see a USB-C socket.
When I first saw this socket I wasn't that excited. I assumed it was just for
pulling off images or video footage and doing technical stuff. Well it turns out
that the socket can also be used to recharge the battery with the battery
still in the camera. What you need is a genuine LP E6N battery in the camera, a
power bank with power delivery, and the USB-C cable that came with your EOS R.
To charge your battery through the USB C port this is what you'll need to do.
First of all, turn off the camera now connect the USB C cable that came with
your EOS R to the camera. Move the flap out of the way and insert the cable, it
doesn't matter which way round it goes nor which end you should use. Next
connect the other end of the cable to the power delivery socket on your power bank.
That's pretty much all you need to do. If you now look at the EOS ass top
LCD window hopefully you will see it change to the battery charging icon.
Also, on the back of the camera, the LED at the bottom right will turn a solid yellow
green color to indicate that the battery is charging.
Assuming the battery was down to the flashing red exhausted battery warning, it should take
a little bit over two hours to charge. When the battery charge is complete the
LED on the back of the camera will go out and the LCD display on the top of
the camera will show the battery icon with the word FULL inside it. Now some
people have reported that they can't get EOS R USB charging to work.
The thing is, EOS R USB charging does work for many people including me. So why
are some people having a problem? I've had email conversations with readers of
my blog and although they seem to be doing everything absolutely correctly
obviously something isn't right. First of all, and this is important,
turn off the camera. If you leave the camera power switched on the battery
will not charge. That's one of the problems that many people seem to
encounter. So the first thing to do is switch off the camera. If your battery is
still refusing to charge move on to the next step. Is the power bank you are
using fully compliant with power delivery? Only use a power bank that
definitely includes power delivery. For example, my Anker Power Core 2100 does not
have power delivery so it's never going to charge the battery inside my
camera. But my Anker Power Core Essential 20,000 PD power bank does
include power delivery and so it has no problem with charging the LP E6N battery
inside the camera. The USB-C socket on the power bank may even be marked with the
letters PD to indicate it's a power delivery socket, as you can see on this
power bank. I'll include a link to the power bank on Amazon in the description.
Incidentally, you can also use a power delivery AC adapter to charge the
battery in the camera. Instead of connecting to a power bank just connect
the camera to the power adapters USB-C connector, that's the only one that will
have the power delivery protocols. If the adapter also has a USB-A connector,
that's the large original type of USB connecter, don't use that because it
won't charge the battery. The Anker PowerPort PD2 is the AC adapter I use
and it definitely works with the EOS R. I've put the link to it on Amazon also
in the description. Still having problems? The third thing to check is the USB-C
cable. You shouldn't have any problems if you're using the original cable that
came with your camera. The same goes for the USB-C cable that came with the Anker
Power Core Essential 20,000 PD. It definitely works and I use it most of
the time when charging my EOS R's battery in-camera. However if you already
have a PD power bank or AC adapter obviously you don't want to buy another
power bank just to get a cable. So I've done some research and found a good
quality cable that works with EOS our USB charging. It's the Anker Powerline 2
USB C to USB C 3.1 gen 2 cable. Again if you need it the link's in the
description. If you're still having no luck with charging your battery there's
one last thing that you should check. Remember USB charging will only work if
you're using a Canon LP E6N battery, the type that was supplied with your new EOS R.
If you've bought cheap replacement batteries they will almost certainly be
LP E6 replacements and not direct replacements for canons LP E6N
batteries, hence they will not work with in-camera charging. Another reason your
battery might not recharge in the camera is if you've purchased a counterfeit
canon LP E6N battery. It may look the same as a genuine one but it won't
function like a genuine LP E6N battery. Sure, it will power your camera but it
won't recharge using USB in-camera charging. The trouble is, how do you know
if the battery is counterfeit? If you bought your EOS R as a used camera
there's no way you can be certain it's the original camera battery. If you
bought the battery either in store or online you can at least check the Canon
hologram on the packaging. But if everything looks genuine
but in-camera charging isn't working insert the battery into the camera and
switch on. Go into the camera's menu and choose the wrench menu, the third screen
in should show battery info. On that page, near the top, it should tell you the
battery type. One of the readers of my blog did this and realized that he'd been
sold a counterfeit LP E6N battery. Physically it looked like the real thing
but on the battery info page in the camera menu it showed as an LP E6 and
not an LP E6N. So to sum up what you need to do to make sure in camera
charging works. Make sure the camera is switched off. Use a genuine LP E6N
battery. Make sure your power bank or AC adapter does include power delivery. Use
the USB C to USB C cable that came with the EOS R or with your power bank.
Alternatively you can use the one that I mentioned earlier on. I hope you found
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