Exilim Start Up Problem.

calebk · 25th October 2006

I own a EX-Z500 Exilim camera. It was working fine for quite awhile until recently where it wouldn't start up after no usage for about two to three weeks.

What happened was that on pressing the power button, the lens extends, then nothing happens. Hitting the power button after that has no effect. I've tried charging it, overnight too. The problem is the "charge" light is forever red, and when I press the power button again, the light goes off, and nothing happens to the camera.

Has anybody experienced this/can give me help?

sunfish · 29th October 2006

Originally Posted by calebk

I own a EX-Z500 Exilim camera. It was working fine for quite awhile until recently where it wouldn't start up after no usage for about two to three weeks.

What happened was that on pressing the power button, the lens extends, then nothing happens. Hitting the power button after that has no effect. I've tried charging it, overnight too. The problem is the "charge" light is forever red, and when I press the power button again, the light goes off, and nothing happens to the camera.

Has anybody experienced this/can give me help?

Have you checked your battery?

Prolonged period of storage can drain your batteries and the effect is damaging.

calebk · 12th November 2006

I tried charging for a full day.

The light never turned green. When attempting to power up/down, the charger light disappeared.

I dunno what's wrong. It's been largely cranky, this camera.

The CCD sports evenly-spaced horizontal lines across every shot. And now this. Furthermore, after warranty JUST ended.

dahaoren · 17th November 2006

Just come back from CASIO service centre to get my z1000 troubleshooted today. also got startup problem but in different nature. mine is that the camera refuses to save all the settings e.g. time, date, etc and so it will prompt me for input every time i on the camera. maybe u can call the service centre at 62971312. Their address is 150 Beach Road, #04-06, The Gateway West Singapore 189270. They open Mon-Fri (0900 - 1730) and they are closed during lunch time (1200-1330hrs). Hope this info is useful to you. Maybe it is a firmware problem. Stay cool

25th October 2006	#1
calebk Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Clementi Posts: 10,476	Exilim Start Up Problem. I own a EX-Z500 Exilim camera. It was working fine for quite awhile until recently where it wouldn't start up after no usage for about two to three weeks. What happened was that on pressing the power button, the lens extends, then nothing happens. Hitting the power button after that has no effect. I've tried charging it, overnight too. The problem is the "charge" light is forever red, and when I press the power button again, the light goes off, and nothing happens to the camera. Has anybody experienced this/can give me help? __________________ deviantART \| fotologue

12th November 2006	#3
calebk Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Clementi Posts: 10,476	Re: Exilim Start Up Problem. I tried charging for a full day. The light never turned green. When attempting to power up/down, the charger light disappeared. I dunno what's wrong. It's been largely cranky, this camera. The CCD sports evenly-spaced horizontal lines across every shot. And now this. Furthermore, after warranty JUST ended. __________________ deviantART \| fotologue

17th November 2006	#4
dahaoren Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Somewhere outside Singapura Posts: 306	Re: Exilim Start Up Problem. Just come back from CASIO service centre to get my z1000 troubleshooted today. also got startup problem but in different nature. mine is that the camera refuses to save all the settings e.g. time, date, etc and so it will prompt me for input every time i on the camera. maybe u can call the service centre at 62971312. Their address is 150 Beach Road, #04-06, The Gateway West Singapore 189270. They open Mon-Fri (0900 - 1730) and they are closed during lunch time (1200-1330hrs). Hope this info is useful to you. Maybe it is a firmware problem. Stay cool __________________ NOTE: dahaoren = 打好人 ;)