I have a zr100 camcorder and I have a red flashing icon underneath the battery icon. It looks like a boat with a diagonal line through it with an arrow to the right of the line.

Your Button cell back up battery is dead. If you remove you main batter you will see a smallflip door towards the top of the cammera. Replace the Cr1616 button cell battery. Without this battery your camera will not remember the current settings like the date. Batteries are available for $5 to $7. Quick and easy.

i have the same red icon but it does not show on tv when playing

The blinking red light is normal. It tells you that the camera is plugged in and charging.

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From what you are saying it sounds like the battery warning symbol. Have a look at page 150 onwards in the instruction manual. All the symbols are displayed there.

I had the same problem with my ZR800. After lots of searching on the net I found out what the symbol indicates. It means that the little battery that holds the memory for the clock is weak. It's under a little cover behind the main battery compartment. I put in a new one that the flashing icon is gone. I put the battery I took out into another ZR800 and the icon started flashing on it. A simple solution that Canon should have posted in the manual.

This symbol means that your backup battery needs to be replaced. It is a "button battery", type CR1616. Instructions for replacing it are in the manual, which is available to view or download here.

Behind the regular battery is a door to a lithium "coin" battery. It needs to be replaced (if it is even in there.

The lithium battery (CR-1616) is dead. It's located under the regular battery compartment.

your battery is missing or in wrong or dead

I just fixed mine accidentally... Try this: with Camera on open tape deck, then manually press in the tape cartrige till it clicks in and you hear the tape gears turning then close the tape door last. email me if it works for any of you. [email protected]