Hi
I don't have a HG10 and I don't know whether this is normal or not but if I were you then I would go into a shop and compare this clicking noise with another HG10.
If that other HG10 is quiet then you can assume that yours is defective.
Otherwise this is how it is designed.

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Sektionschef

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