Optio S5Z - not powering on

Camera will not power on - lens stuck in zoom - on position, I have already replaced battery.

Pressing "ON" button will cause it to beep twice then nothing.

If you press "ON" button with "Menu" button Screen will say " Version 1.0" for a few seconds then again nothing.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Nik

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Hi Nik,

and welcome to the forum. Your post seems to have been missed but this will show it as a replied to post, and everyone should see it again. Hopefully someone will know the answer for you. I'm afraid I don't.

Cheers
Liam

Sorry if we missed your post, don't know how that happened. You'll probably get masses of replies now.

To be honest I don't think there's a lot you can do apart from what you've already done. If it's under warranty then return it via the shop you bought it in, if it's not under warranty check out the price of buying new before you commit to spending an unreaslistic amount of money getting it repaired.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the re-post. I am giving it to a Pentax repair, but my only thoughts were that it might be software problem and need some sort of "re-boot", hence the post on this board.

Thanks for the replies,

Nik

Have you tried leaving the battery out of the camera for several hours? As the manual says on Page 157:-

"Very occasionally, static electricity may cause malfunction of the
camera. In this case, remove the battery and install it again. If the
camera works properly, the camera is in its normal condition and you can
continue to use it."

Hi Nik,

Just curious on the outcome, I had the exact same problem with my daughters S5z. Pentax fixed it once and then it broke again but luckily they give a 6 mth warranty on all repairs so I sent it back to them. They then told me that they could no longer get spare parts so sent me a new L30 camera as a replacement. Did they repair yours, if so you may find it breaks again as it looks to be a fault with that particular camera?