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Anyone know what this problem might be on a Sony DSC-W200

  • 02-06-2010 10:16pm
    #1
    pixbyjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭


    A friend has had a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W200 for the past 6 months or so. Now when she turns it on it appears to be normal for about 2 seconds then a message shows on the screen saying
    "for use with compatible battery only" and then turns itself off.
    The battery is the original Sony lithium ion NP-BG1.
    Any help appreciated.
    Thanks,
    John


Comments

  • #2
    dave66
    Closed Accounts Posts: 708 ✭✭✭dave66


    Are all the contacts on the battery clean and making good contact with the camera, can the battery be put (or forced) in the wrong way? Just wonder if the camera is not "seeing" it properly


  • #3
    drag0n79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭drag0n79


    Try taking out the battery, then holding the power button down for 30 seconds to reset it.


  • #4
    pixbyjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭pixbyjohn


    drag0n79 wrote: »
    Try taking out the battery, then holding the power button down for 30 seconds to reset it.
    Thanks
    I googled the problem and that was one of the tips but unfortunately it didn't work :mad: Looks like its a well known fault on Sony cameras and too expensive to fix.


  • #5
    JuliePhotoArt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭JuliePhotoArt


    I have same camera and exactly the same problem after using it for over two years. In addition to displaying the message it does not move the lens. Do you have same symptoms?


  • #6
    charybdis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭charybdis


    It sounds like there's some sort of battery DRM built in to the camera, so it could be a printer-ink-like scam in which the battery becomes invalid after a certain period of time and it has to be replaced.

    I don't trust Sony and this sounds exactly like the sort of thing they'd try and do.


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  • #7
    pixbyjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭pixbyjohn


    JuliePhotoArt wrote: »
    I have same camera and exactly the same problem after using it for over two years. In addition to displaying the message it does not move the lens. Do you have same symptoms?
    Thank you
    The lens opens normally and after 2 seconds the message comes up on the screen then the lens retracts and the camera powers off. If I am quick enough I can take 1 snap before it shuts down.


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