Pentax optio w80 waterproof digital camera won't turn on

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turn green mode off my camera how to turn offf green mode just hit the green button, its the delete pic button as well, but it can be used to turn green mode on ...

The green light only means the memory card is getting power. That nothing else comes on indicates a serious problem that requires a trip to your local camera shop for help.

Do a search on Pentax tech support, and call them. Don't expect good news.

Mine had that trouble too. Sometimes worked and sometimes stop working the buttons. I depressed some of them, random and angry and suddenly came back to work again.

Per Evan89's remark above, on these units the "shutter" button fails in the "on" or "down" position. There are a lot of reports on the internet. As soon as you turn the camera on it charges the flash and takes one or more pictures. It won't respond to other controls because it senses that the shutter bitton is depressed. A side effect is that the battery drains quickly.
I'm looking around to see if I can order a replacement switch assembly since these cameras are easy to take apart.

Replace the battery.

If you can get into the menu system, find "reset" in the set-up menu. If not, remove the card and battery...press every button....leave it alone for 20 minutes...insert the card and then the battery...turn it on.....this is called a "hard reset" and sometimes works.

Hi kerritm,

This indicated that it's time you need to replace your flash , therefore you can get it done via a service center,

The camera's flash has a certain life and you can't expect it to be ok for many years together ,

In unfortunate cases , it stops working due to hard ware failure.

Therefore , Please get the flash replaced and you would be able to use it.

Hope this helps..:)

Means the internal gears are damaged - needs service or repair

A Firmware error not fixable by user Contact Pentax Tech support team.