Problems with Olympus Mju/Stylus 300 Digital

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How about a defective or non-formatted memory card? does it do this with it
in or out?

"Torquil Macdonald Sørensen" <torquil@frisurf.no> wrote in message
newsc8c9m$2od$1@readme.uio.no...
> When I turn on my Olympus Mju 300 Digital, the green and orange lights
> blink concurrently, together with beeping, even though the battery is
> fully charged. As I understand it, this behaviour is supposed to signify
> that the battery is empty.
>
> I have measured the battery voltage to be 4.1V, and since it is a 3.7V
> battery, it is not empty. In addition, the camera behavious identically
> with an external power supply (4.8VDC).
>
> In detail, the green and orange lights blink concurrently about 4 times
> a second, with a beep for every two blinks. It stops after about ten
> seconds, and happens in the following three situations: when I insert
> the battery, when I open the lens cover, and when I press the "Quick
> View" button.
>
> Has anybody else had this problem with this camera (or a related model)?
>
> Best regards,
> Torquil

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.dcameras (More info?)

"" wrote:
> The memory card is in order, because I have managed to extract
> all the
> pictures it contained with an usb card reader. And the camera
> behaves
> the same with and without the memory card installed.
>
> Thanks,
> Torquil
>
> John P. Bengi wrote:
> > How about a defective or non-formatted memory card? does it
> do this with it
> > in or out?
> >
> > "Torquil Macdonald Sørensen" <torquil@frisurf.no> wrote in
> message
> > newsc8c9m$2od$1@readme.uio.no...
> >
> >>When I turn on my Olympus Mju 300 Digital, the green and
> orange lights
> >>blink concurrently, together with beeping, even though the
> battery is
> >>fully charged. As I understand it, this behaviour is
> supposed to signify
> >>that the battery is empty.
> >>
> >>I have measured the battery voltage to be 4.1V, and since it
> is a 3.7V
> >>battery, it is not empty. In addition, the camera behavious
> identically
> >>with an external power supply (4.8VDC).
> >>
> >>In detail, the green and orange lights blink concurrently
> about 4 times
> >>a second, with a beep for every two blinks. It stops after
> about ten
> >>seconds, and happens in the following three situations: when
> I insert
> >>the battery, when I open the lens cover, and when I press
> the "Quick
> >>View" button.
> >>
> >>Has anybody else had this problem with this camera (or a
> related model)?
> >>
> >>Best regards,
> >>Torquil
> >
> >
> >

Hi All,

I’m also facing the same problem. The blinking light problem started
after i downloaded all my pics into the PC. Even worse, my zoom len is
not able to go back to the original position and i couldn’t close the
slide of my digicam. Please help!!!! What would be the problem? Is it
due to no current is being detected by the digicam? All these problem
started last weekend for the first time.

Would appreciate your help.

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Hi there,


I have the same problem with the same camera. I sent it for repairing but they still cannot find the problem and told me that this is due a firmware failure. When they checked it everything inside the camera was fine, there wasn't any damaged parts. I thought that I broked it becose I took a pictures at -3C degrees and then bring it to 25C degrees.
If anybody knows how to reprogram the firmware flash memory on this camera if it's posible?