Samsung digimax S700 battery problem

try charging the battery or using a new battery. if that doesnt work you should probably send it in to be looked at.

simply try with factery reset

The Samsung digimax takes standard AA batteries (but you already new that). The beeps sound like a flat battery warning.

A lot of reviews of this camera note its very high drain on batteries. Are you using good quality AA batteries (for example Duracell M3 or Energizer lithiums)?

If you are trying to run it with "very inexpensive" alkalines (or worse yet - common zincs), then you may proceed directly to flat battery warning, as they cannot provide enough sustained current to run it.

Hi kv,

Normally that would indicate the flash capacitor building enough of a charge to trigger. If the batteries are getting low, this can take a while. The camera may even shut itself off.

Make sure you have good fresh batteries in your camera.

As an alternative, try turning off the flash completely and trying it. That will either confirm it, or make me look like an idiot.

Best regards
Mike

It has to do with the type of battery you are using. Ignore the first answer in this blog...look at the second response.

https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A0SO8zbkZSBaxOsAUEVXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEya244MGdiBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDVUkyQzNfMQRzZWMDc3I-?qid=20090505041848AApIzQs&p=Samsung%20S800%20Digimax%20camera%20won%27t%20power%20on%20or%20off

rechargable batteries are the way to go with a digital camera... mine just eats regular ones

Here you go. If this doesn't come up,, just google Samsung s700 download and you should get it.

http://www.samsungcamera.com/popup/download.asp?prj_uid=543&prol_uid=1870

Are you depressing the shutter button half way prior to snapping the shot you want. Also check to see if any of you setting are changed...if it's on auto and you still are have the same problem then your lens could be dirty.

I had this same problem, and all i did was pop out the SD card, and tried turning it on without it in there.  It powered up just fine.  I then replaced the SD card and all was well.  Possibly a problem with teh SD card.

I had the same problem. Try to turn it on, 3 beeps and then it would shut down. Screen would come on for that time. Also, the lens was stuck open. It wouldn't close.

I twisted the lens (gently) and it appeared stuck. A gentle screw motioned seemed to free it. I hit the power button and it come on, but this time no 3 beeps and shut down. I then turned it off and this time the lens retracted and closed.

So, it appears that if the lens gets stuck open, it has a shut down feature that doesn't allow the camera to go further into its operation modes. I believe this stuck open problem occured on our camera when the batteries went low.

Again, a second of gentle twisting seemed to unstick it and with fresh batteries in, it was able to operate and shut down properly.

As far as batteries, I use the rechargeable Ni-Cad 2500 mA. They last a while.

Blessings to you!