In case you’ve not too long ago acquired a brand new Mini 4 Professional, there’s a lot to study your new drone.
It may be daunting making an attempt to determine how one can cost the batteries, cost the distant controllers, select the correct picture and video settings, allow the impediment avoidance sensors, and the whole lot else in between.
This text and the included YouTube video function a step-by-step tutorial displaying how one can:
- Cost the DJI Mini 4 Professional drone batteries individually and collectively inside the charging hub
- Cost each sorts of DJI distant controllers – the DJI RC 2 and DJI RC-N2
Charging the DJI RC 2 or RC-N2
After buying the DJI Mini 4 Professional, or any new drone, you will need to cost all batteries earlier than utilizing them, whether or not these be drone or distant controller batteries.
It’s comprehensible to wish to open the DJI field and fly instantly, even when this implies flying on half-battery energy. Charging the batteries first, although, is essential.
Following the development of the Mini 3 and Mini 3 Professional earlier than it, the Mini 4 Professional doesn’t embody an influence adaptor.
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For the quickest charging speeds, DJI recommends their 30-watt DJI Charger.
With a 30-watt charger, it is possible for you to to cost a controller by way of the battery hub, in addition to the drone’s batteries.
Whereas utilizing the DJI-branded 30-watt charger is really helpful, most 30-watt aftermarket chargers will work simply positive.
Within the following steps, I’ll stroll you thru charging the DJI RC 2 and RC-N2 with a single charger.
Additional on, I’ll reveal charging particular person Mini 4 Professional batteries, in addition to the DJI distant controller, together with the Mini 4 Professional batteries within the charging hub.
STEP 1: Utilizing the included DJI USB-C cable, connect the cable to a USB-C charger and plug the charger into your energy supply.
Once more, the USB-C charger doesn’t must be a DJI 30-watt charger. Any 30-watt charger can be a quick charging gadget for the drone batteries and controller.
STEP 2: Plug the USB-C cable into both the DJI RC 2 or DJI RC-N2 controller. The lights on the controller will blink, displaying that they’re charging.
In case you shouldn’t have a 30-watt charger and are utilizing a 12-volt charger, the DJI RC 2 and RC-N2 will take 2 hours to cost from zero %.
Subsequently, if a 15-volt charger is used, the RC will absolutely cost from zero % in nearly one and a half hours.
STEP 3: After charging is accomplished, take away the USB-C cable from the distant controller.
In case you’d prefer to verify the quantity of energy the distant controller has at any given time, merely press the facility button as soon as, and the LEDs will provide you with a warning to the remaining battery degree.
Under are the values for battery energy on the DJI RC 2 and RC-N2:
- 4 inexperienced LED: 75% – 100% battery life
- 3 inexperienced LED: 50% – 75% battery life
- 2 inexperienced LED: 25% – 50% battery life
- 1 inexperienced LED: 0% – 25% battery life
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Charging a Single Battery
Just one battery can be included if you buy the Mini 4 Professional & Controller-only combo.
To cost the one battery that got here with the Mini 4 Professional, it should be finished so inside the Mini 4 Professional itself:
STEP 1: As with the RC, connect the included DJI USB-C cable to a USB-C charger and plug the charger into your outlet or energy strip.
STEP 2: Insert your Mini 4 Professional drone battery into the Mini 4 Professional.
STEP 3: Plug the USB-C cable into the Mini 4 Professional. The lights on the drone will blink, displaying that it’s charging.
STEP 4: After the Mini 4 Professional has accomplished absolutely charging, unplug it from the USB-C cable.
When charging the batteries, whereas inserted into the Mini 4 Professional, it is going to take 64 minutes to completely cost every commonplace battery and 101 minutes to cost the Plus model batteries.
You would possibly discover there isn’t any solution to verify how a lot battery proportion is left on the battery when it’s not plugged into the Mini 4 Professional.
In case you solely have one battery and never the charging hub, you’ll both must:
- Press the facility button as soon as on the Mini 4 Professional with the battery inserted, or alternatively,
- Whereas in Digicam View in your distant controller, verify the higher right-hand facet of the display screen for the Mini 4 Professional’s present battery proportion.
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Charging by way of Two-Manner Charging Hub
The 2-way charging hub within the Mini 4 Professional Fly Extra Combo permits you to cost as much as three clever flight batteries, whether or not the Normal or Plus model of the batteries, alongside together with your DJI RC 2 or RC-N2 controller.
The charging is finished sequentially, which means the drone battery with the best battery degree can be charged first, adopted by the distant controller.
To cost 3 batteries and the Distant Controller:
STEP 1: Insert your Mini 4 Professional batteries into the charging hub.
STEP 2: It is best to have 2 DJI USB-C cables: The one which got here with the Mini 4 Professional and the opposite that got here with the Fly Extra combo.
Plug one of many USB-C cables into your USB-C charger. Plug the opposite finish into your charging hub. After this, plug your charger into an outlet.
STEP 3: Take the 2nd USB-C cable and plug the USB cable, this time the USB-end, into the charging hub.
STEP 4: Take the 2nd cable after which plug it into your distant controller.
Your Mini 4 Professional batteries and the distant controller will all cost sequentially till all batteries have absolutely charged.
When all three batteries are charged by way of the charging hub utilizing a 30-watt USB-C charger, it is going to take 57 minutes to completely cost every Normal battery and/or 77 minutes to cost every Plus model battery.
To shortly verify how a lot battery life is left on the batteries within the charging hub, merely press the button on the facet of the charging hub. All of the LEDs below the batteries linked to the hub will mild up with their respective battery proportion.
Word: It is vitally vital to keep away from over-discharging the Mini 4 Professional batteries. Over-discharging the batteries may cause injury to the battery and cut back its general capability. To stop over-discharging, it is strongly recommended to maintain the battery degree above 60% when saved and never in use.