-the lcd screen shows you the charging rate.... but it must be inaccurate for, I will have a battery charge overnight, take it out and not use it right away. a few days later it will be at 0% without even using it? b/c when I try to use it, it won't work, so it will have me charge it all over again. so now i just leave it in the charger until use, but even after it shows it's been fully charged I will use the batteries, and they won't be at 100% I really don't get it. If anyone could help me understand why this is not working properly that would be great. With the little battery life I do get out of it, they seem to work fine, just seems i have to charge them a lot more often compared to my cheap old battery charger I had. Figured I'd spend the money on this, since sony is usually a good product.... i don't know.