Pentax wont power up - Pentax *ist DL Digital Camera

I believe if its an hd camera it needs an eight or the card is bad and wont formatte

That's the biggest "no-no" in the digital camera world. You need to e-mail the techs at the support section of the Pentax website for specific directions about what to do next. There's also a link for a "live chat" if you prefer that method.

I have the same problem please let me know if any working fix occurs

unfortunately from researching the System that the pocketjet 2 goes up to is windows xp... if anything later it wont work unfortunately and this is due to the fact that brother merged with pentax on there printers and scanner and imaging devices, so when they did that they released the pocketjet 3 under the brother and the pocketjet 2 was not supported anymore as far as software updates...

SO it just wont work unfortunately..

good luck though...

Hello,
I assumed that you loaded a fresh battery set and with correct polarity ,otherwise it does give such signal.
If you have the user manual,please check the other alternatives on trouble shooting section.
If you do not have a user manual you can visit the site below where instruction manual copies for Pentax,
www.pentax-manuals.com

It's not an official site, but the manuals for downloading are better quality copies and in color
where possible: and they have the MZ30 too.
Regards

I thyink there is a recommended brand for this camera and they should be Duracell.

Pentax imaging has a live chat support site where you might be able to find help:

http://www.pentaximaging.com/support/live-chat/

You probably set the auto power-off for energy saving

Dear Texaslilly,
Although there is nothing much to do but you can still try the following.

1. Try with different set of batteries
2. Remove the memory card from the camera
3. Cameras generally do have an option to plug-in external power supply..Try with external power supply .. if there is any.
4. Now this might sound little crazy but no harm in trying .... Remove batteries... Press and hold the power button for few seconds... release the power button ... reinsert the batteries and try to power on without memory card.

Try the above and let me know if it works.

Regards,
Srinivas.

try downloading the firmware by going to the pentax website. You will find it under "support" tab. Look for software updates.