I have had this camera for 2 yrs. now and went to sight to ck out pictures taken. The camera was off and would not come back on. Took it home and checked batters and they were ok. The camera will not come on. Any ideas what could be wrong? I have had this camera for 2 yrs. now and went to sight to ck out pictures taken. The camera was off and would not come back on. Took it home and checked batters and they were ok. The camera will... » Read More I have had this camera for 2 yrs. now and went to sight to ck out pictures taken. The camera was off and would not come back on. Took it home and checked batters and they were ok. The camera will not come on. Any ideas what could be wrong? « Show Less
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The only surprise here is that the camera ever worked at all. Mine was D.O.A. out of the package. You might try leaving the batteries out for ten minutes, and then try again. If there is a default / reset button, try that too.
1431268
Sorry Ed, I have the same camera foe a year now and can't even figure out how to use it!John
1431269
yeah, it's not a great camera to begin with and it's probably breathed it's last breath. My camera has always been blurry and I've been disappointed with it. It's dead
1431270
The same thing happened to me and so I called wild game inovations and complained an they said send it to us and we will send you new one so call them and complain and see if they will send u a new one
1959225
I'm not sure that this will solve your problem; however, try taking out the batteries and putting them back in, and see if this releases your lock up. If not, customer service will walk you through what to try next. They are very helpful, and stayed on the phone with me through the whole process of fixing when I had my problem. If they can't fix it, you will probably have to send the camera in for repair or replacement. Good luck
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Don't know how old your camera is, but this happened to mine a while ago. My camera was quite old. The cost to fix it was prohibitive, so I bought a new camera, with an extended warranty. I looked at Best Buy , Amazon and a number of other places and bought a new on when they had a sale
525047
I had that problem once -- but it happened when my batteries were almost dead and the camera shut off on its own, and then began to overheat. I took out the batteries and haven't had that problem again.
1648909
I bought this camera for my mom. She said it never worked right and broke very soon afterward. Maybe it was a lemon? Not sure.
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Other than brief periods of fiddling with it on the kitchen table (say, several episodes of 1/2 hour each) mine has been in use 24/7 for 2 periods of 3 ~ 4 days each. My battery is now showing 75%I should say, this is my 2nd BTC-3 camera, the first one I received had a problem with the motion sensor -and- the battery (or power supply). It would not detect reliably beyond about 20 ft and after a couple of hours trying it out, the battery showed 50%. Obviously something in the camera was draining the battery and it sounds like this might be a problem with Chad P's. I sent it back as faulty and received a replacement which has worked very well. Other than brief periods of fiddling with it on the kitchen table (say, several episodes of 1/2 hour each) mine has been in use 24/7 for 2 periods of 3 ~ 4 days each. My battery is now showing 75%I should say, this is my 2nd BTC-3 camera, the first one I received had a problem with the motion sensor -and- the battery (or power supply). It would not detect reliably beyond about 20 ft and after a couple of hours trying it out, the battery showed 50%. Obviously something in the camera was draining the battery and it sounds like this might be a problem with Chad P's. I sent it back... » Read More Other than brief periods of fiddling with it on the kitchen table (say, several episodes of 1/2 hour each) mine has been in use 24/7 for 2 periods of 3 ~ 4 days each. My battery is now showing 75%I should say, this is my 2nd BTC-3 camera, the first one I received had a problem with the motion sensor -and- the battery (or power supply). It would not detect reliably beyond about 20 ft and after a couple of hours trying it out, the battery showed 50%. Obviously something in the camera was draining the battery and it sounds like this might be a problem with Chad P's. I sent it back as faulty and received a replacement which has worked very well. « Show Less
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This happened to us too. Warranty is only good for a year. But unplugging the camera and plugging it back in seem to fix the issue for us.
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Yes, turning the camera on/off is not working right. First delivered one was bad and the replaced one is also the same bad condition which is very frustrating. This camera is a junk. I wasted my money for it. I do not use this camera any more. If it is possible for you, I would like to return the camera to you for refund. Hiro Inoue
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I had same issue. Time to get new camera. Mine died just two days after warranty.
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No i have been having problems with my battery also. In the manual it says that there is a small light that lights up when it is charging..i plugged it in accoarding to what the manual says and the light has never turned on. I charged the camera over night and it will only turn on it it is plugged into the charger....anyone have any advice on this?
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Definitely try it with a USB cable to your computer first just to see if the camera is even going to power up. I had one of these for a month and the camera quit working altogether. Due to the amount of time that had passed since I purchased it, the unit had to be shipped back to China which took 3 months to get back to them. E-Prance was very tough to work with so if you have to contact them, do it through Amazon instead of contacting them at the e-mail address they provide on the slip of paper that comes with the camera, this way Amazon will have copies of all correspondence. E-Prance does some shady things. Good Luck! Definitely try it with a USB cable to your computer first just to see if the camera is even going to power up. I had one of these for a month and the camera quit working altogether. Due to the amount of time that had passed since I purchased it, the unit had to be shipped back to China which took 3 months to get back to them. E-Prance was very tough to work with so if you have to contact them, do it through Amazon instead of contacting them at the e-mail address they provide on the slip of paper that comes with the camera, this way Amazon will have copies of all correspondence. E-Prance... » Read More Definitely try it with a USB cable to your computer first just to see if the camera is even going to power up. I had one of these for a month and the camera quit working altogether. Due to the amount of time that had passed since I purchased it, the unit had to be shipped back to China which took 3 months to get back to them. E-Prance was very tough to work with so if you have to contact them, do it through Amazon instead of contacting them at the e-mail address they provide on the slip of paper that comes with the camera, this way Amazon will have copies of all correspondence. E-Prance does some shady things. Good Luck! « Show Less
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Yeah, I found leaving the battery out for 30 minutes helped as the problem didn't comeback until I unplugged it from recharging it. Sucks, I really like the camera.
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Try the trouble shooting steps and if they don't work, call Kodak. They may help. I had a part go bad on mine and they sent a replacement part, eventually. I had nothing but trouble with mine so be prepared to junk. It's a shame Kodak puts it's name on these.
596145
It must be defective because mine works all of the time. Since I have had the camera I only had one incident. I unplugged the camera and restarted it and have never had another problem.
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Hello friend ... Until moment my camera not present any problem ... Send back for waranty !!! Good luck
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I dropped my older S8200 camera Christmas day and just purchased another one because I loved this camera so much. I used my camera every week for 2 years. Never did I have this problem. I never had any iissues.I would contact Nikon about the problem and see if they will replace your camera, or at least repair it if it's a warranty issue.
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My camera did the same thing and at first I thought it was the camera and I thought about exchanging it for a new one. I instead bought another memory card to try first and since then I haven't had any issues.