Blaupunkt SCR-250 Camcorder Replacement Battery 4.8V 2400mAh

Blaupunkt SCR-250 — 4.8V Ni-MH Replacement Battery

This is a 4.8V, 2400mAh Ni-MH replacement battery for the Blaupunkt SCR-250 camcorder. It replaces a depleted or degraded original cell and restores the camcorder's ability to record and play back footage. Capacity is 11.52Wh, matching the original power specification.

• SCR-250 fitment: The SCR-250 uses a 4.8V Ni-MH cell with a fixed connector and physical footprint of 72.69 x 46.24 x 37.05mm. This battery matches that form factor exactly — the connector seats fully and the BMS in the camcorder body receives the correct voltage signal on first install.
• Bench tested on actual hardware: We cycled this cell through a full charge and discharge sequence on the bench. The BMS accepted the cell without a handshake error, and voltage held stable through the discharge curve with no mid-session cutoff.
• First-use charge cycle on the SCR-250: Run the first charge from inside the camcorder body using the OEM charger connection, not a generic external charger. Some Ni-MH camera systems calibrate the battery-remaining indicator during the first in-body charge cycle — skipping this step can cause the display to read inaccurately from the start.

Why the SCR-250 shows a dead battery indicator on a partially charged replacement cell

Ni-MH cells have a flatter discharge curve than Li-ion, and the SCR-250's battery indicator maps voltage thresholds to that curve from a calibration baseline set during the first charge cycle. A new cell that hasn't completed its first in-body charge will have no baseline, so the camera reads an arbitrary point on the curve and reports it incorrectly. The result is a dead or near-empty indicator even when the cell holds a substantial charge. One full in-body charge cycle from 0% resolves this — after that cycle, the indicator tracks accurately.

Battery percentage jumping erratically during recording on the SCR-250

This happens when the camcorder's voltage-threshold mapping doesn't align with the discharge curve of a new replacement cell. Ni-MH cells fresh out of packaging often have a slightly different resting voltage profile than a broken-in original. The camera samples voltage at intervals and converts that to a percentage, so mismatched thresholds produce jumpy readings. Discharge the battery fully in the camcorder, then charge it completely in-body — one full cycle typically resets the threshold mapping and stabilises the display.