For a camera to sit for this length of time will require cleaning the battery contacts within the camera. Check to make sure the battery terminals are not corroded or the battery is leaking in any way The terminals in the camera may be cleaned using a good soft red rubber eraser on the end of a pencil. You can use a puffer to remove any rubber dust make sure these are shinny if corrosion is evident then a more aggressive approach needs to be made. if you don't feel comfortable doing this service/repair I would suggest taking the camera to a repair depot. however if you have a few items around home like the pencil you may be able to affix a small piece of sand paper to the pencil and clean the terminals gently. All this is only if the terminals are corroded (not shinny).
Going back to the battery, check make sure the battery is not leaking and after sitting for that long I'd suggest putting it back on the charger again and let is sit for about 20 minutes then take it out of the charger for 10 minutes and back in again this should give it the kick it needs to start the charge cycle.
I think what has happened the first time you charged the battery the charger couldn't "see" anything (absolute no power) and just went into standby mode. If the battery fails to take the charge you will have to purchase another battery. Once you have power the camera should work as it did before.
Escape had a similar issue later in 2006. My alternator died and I needed replacement. After replacing, the light would come on and off at times. When everything running (i.e. radio, air conditioner, driving lights) and tocuh electric windows up the power would lower and sometimes battery light on dashboard would come up. Original mechanic could find out what was going on and I lived for 2-3 years with it.60 views
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