I was taking pictures turned off the camera and then later tried to take more pictures and the camera will not turn back on. I tried new batteries and still nothing.
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This sounds like a CCD issue in the camera. The CCD is the part in the camera that captures the image (the "digital film") if you will and converts it to a format the camera can read.
When they go bad a lot of times you will see weird colorations and/or stripes, very similar to what you are describing.
You can try eBay for a place to buy, or maybe check the manufacturer.
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Open the battery door and check the contact between the camera and the batteries. Most often then not there is just a bad contact and it's ruinning your baterry life.
Make sure that the contact are well placed and that there is no rust or dirt build up around there.
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On page 31 of your user manual describes how to enable the microphone on so you can have sound during movie clips.
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When I power the camera up. It displays "zoom error" on screen and turns power off. Can you help me!!
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Well, not sure if I have a solution. What I did has worked so far. It seemed to me the problem had to be a battery connector because my camera did this when the batteries got low. Then it got to doing it all the time. So I removed the back of the camera, cleaned it and took off and re-installed the battery door. First remove the batteries and the card. There are 8 screws, two on each side. The side with the card, you will have to open the card door to get to those two screws. Be sure to keep the screws separate because they are different sizes. Once the screws are removed, you can take off the back. Be care because there is a ribbon and a wire going from the camera board to the LCD on the back. Mine came off rather easily. I also removed the battery door. We stopped tearing apart at this time because I don't have the correct tools and really don't know what I was doing. We took a can of pressurized air and cleaned out the inside behind the board and around the battery connections. We put the camera back together. I haven't had any problems since and it has been about a week and I have been checking the working operation since. I think it has more to do with the battery door than the actual cleaning of the inside. While you have it open, you might as well clean it.
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