Question about Canon Elura 60 Mini DV Digital Camcorder

Camera will not charge

Out of the blue, the other day. the camera decided to just stop charging. the camera is so dead it wont even turn on anymore. The little light doesnt come on when we plug it in either. Has anyone else had this problem? I'm hoping its just an issue with the charger or with the battery and not something internal on the camera.

OasisDouglas Nov 28, 2007

I have the exact same problem.

Elura 60 has always worked perfectly, and today... after getting a complete battery charge overnight I ejected the MiniDV tape from the unit to switch tapes and then the unit would not close down on the new tape.

Camera appears dead and like it needs a power re-boot. There's not even any power to the unit to close the tape door. Battery is full, unit is plugged into AC, and it still seems to be dead. (with no power)

Anyone had any luck re-setting or getting the unit to work?
it42 Dec 20, 2008

The charger is plugged into the camera but the camera is flashing orange and does not seem to be charging it. Is it the camera or the batteries?

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Not a Solution: however my elura 60 did the same thing, for a while I was having the "photo button/zoom button" not working problem then out of nowhere the camera just never turned back on. It does not get power from either the battert or the charger. This it seem is a manufacturer defect. Gonna call cannon and complain!

Posted on Sep 06, 2007

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If you know someone who has electrical testing equipment, they can test the charger to see if it is still putting out a charge. I doubt it is the battery because you said the charge light doesn't light when the unit is plugged in. Other than that, sounds like a bad component inside. Get it checked by a pro because you can get zapped or ruin something by poking around inside if you don't know what you are doing.

Posted on Jun 19, 2007

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