My Cannon Power Shot A550 power button won't pop up to start.

SOURCE: down load site required

try canon web site for drivers http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010423.asp



riz.

old marine

• 2426 Answers
• Posted on Sep 15, 2008

SOURCE: Canon Power Shot A550 manual

If you need the User Guide or Software Guide, you can download them here. The guide will open in a separate window, then you can save it to your hard drive. If you want a repair manual, I'm not aware that they are available anywhere for download.

SOURCE: Cannon Power Shot A80 with error code E18

If your camera is still under warranty, the best thing you can do is to take it to the nearest official Canon repair shop and Canon should fix it for free.

If your camera is out of warranty, or if Canon refuses to repair it for free (happens sometimes if for example they suspect the camera has not been treated properly) you can try some of the methods listed here to repair it yourself. These simple methods have helped a lot of people fix their cameras.

Before trying any of the suggestions, make sure your Canon has fresh batteries and it is in recording mode.

1) Remove the batteries from the camera, wait for a couple of minutes, then put them back in and turn the camera on.

2) Try compressed air. With a fine tip blow off gun and dry compressed air (20 lbs) set the tip between the lens turret and the camera body and turn on the air while moving the tip around the lens. It should remove all dust and sand. Turn the camera on and it should function fine.

3) Another method is to tap the padded USB cover part on a hard surface, for example, a desk. It sounds so simple, but very often in works.

4) Try forcing the camera lens:

Turn off the camera. Place it on the back with the lens facing up and take a look at the spacing between the lens and the lens housing. If you notice that the gap is not even all the way around the lens, the problem should be easy to fix. This type of a problem usually occurs if the camera was dropped while the lens was extended.

Simply - VERY GENTLY - press down the lens on the side where the gap is the biggest. You should hear a "click" as it pops back into place. Try powering the camera back on.

If the lens doesn't extend at all or it extends, and then retracts again, do the following. Turn the camera off. Take the camera in one hand and with the other gently take one part of the lens and gently move it round in a circular movement. Do so with both sections of the lens. You will hear a "click" as it pops back in place. Power the camera on.

Another version of this fix would be to pull and twist on the largest ring of the lens while turning the camera on. Listen for a "click". If at first the focus seems to be off, turn the camera on and off and take lots of pictures, close ups and distance. Focus should slowly start improving.

If none of this works for you please comment.

Good Luck!

Stay Classy

B.

SOURCE: How do I set the self time on my cannon power shot A50

The self timer is explained in the user manual on page 45. You may download a copy of the user manual from here

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/starbattery/a520manual.pdf

the manual has 161 pages, the direction is the 47th page. the title of the page is

SELF-TIMER

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

William Miller

• 9179 Answers
• Posted on Jun 16, 2009

SOURCE: Kenmore microwave loud popping noise when start

That sounds like maybe a high voltage wire or component is running too close to the chassis or one of the components connected to it.

Gruesome as it sounds, sometimes a pest can get inside the works and can move wires around or be killed, then its carcass can conduct electricity and cause arcing.

It may instead be a failing high voltage diode.

To find helpful exploded view diagrams and get part numbers, you can just enter your full model number (66562619200) at the Sears parts site.

Here are some links you or someone you know can use (in order given) for test help, but

http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/cap_test.html

http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/diode.html
(if it is NOT shorted or burned looking, it's probably fine)

http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/mag_test.html
(continuity can be good even though mag is bad!)

http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/xformer.html

We're happy to help you with free advice and we'd appreciate your thoughtful rating of our answer.