Handycam battery problems

wet-paint

Hey all,
I've a Sony DCR-HC96, NTSC. It came with the standard battery, and I wanted to upgrade to the high power one, the NP-FP90. The ones in the Sony shop were going for €190, so on to ebay I went and picked up one for fifteen bucks. Sweet, I think. Only when it arrives, it's not a sony one as described, but a replacement one for a sony camera. And then the camera won't take it. It starts saying "Please insert Sony infoliuthium battery."

This is six months ago.
I start looking to get a genuine sony one now, but before I start shelling out near two hundred europes for another battery, is there any way I can get my camera to accept my ebay battery?

Cheers,
WP.

Recon

Myabe look into getting something like this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009I9YQY/interactiveda3008-21) if you don't already have a carry case.

It could work out a bit cheaper than buying the battery by itself.

wet-paint

Negatory, that's the4 NP-FP50, which doesn't have as much juice as the 2460mAh that the NP-FP90 has. Cheers though.