About this replacement
Philips HD CAM 295 — 3.7V Li-Polymer Replacement Battery (LP563856R)
This 3.7V, 1100mAh lithium-polymer battery replaces the LP563856R cell in the Philips HD CAM 295 compact digital camcorder. It fits the camera's original battery slot and connector without modification. Capacity matches the OEM spec at 1100mAh (4.07Wh).
- HD CAM 295 fit: The LP563856R is a slim 4.2mm pouch cell specific to this compact body. The cell dimensions — 58.00 x 37.20 x 4.20mm — match the OEM cavity exactly. A thicker or shorter cell will not seat correctly and may prevent the battery door from closing.
- Bench tested on actual hardware: We cycled this cell through the HD CAM 295 body and confirmed the BMS handshake completed on the first charge from the camera's internal charging circuit. Voltage held stable at 3.7V nominal across the discharge curve with no mid-session cutoff.
- First charge via camera body: Insert the battery and charge it through the HD CAM 295 body before recording. Some compact camcorder BMS systems need one full in-body charge cycle to begin reporting battery-remaining percentage accurately on the LCD status display.
Why the HD CAM 295 shows a dead battery indicator on a partially charged replacement cell
The HD CAM 295 maps its battery indicator to a fixed voltage-threshold table calibrated to the original cell's discharge curve. A new replacement cell may sit at 3.6V after shipping — within normal storage charge — but the camera reads that as critically low if it hasn't completed an initialisation cycle yet. This is not a fault with the cell. Run one full charge from 0% to 100% inside the camera body, and the display will align to the actual charge state. After that cycle, the indicator tracks correctly through normal use.
Battery percentage jumping erratically during playback or recording
Erratic percentage readings happen when the camera's BMS has not yet mapped the new cell's discharge curve. The LP563856R lithium-polymer cell has a flatter mid-range voltage profile than an aged OEM cell, so the camera's lookup table briefly misreads the state of charge. The fix is straightforward: discharge the battery to automatic shutoff, then charge to full without interruption — one complete cycle. After that, the BMS recalibrates its threshold mapping and the percentage display stabilises.