@sillychaoss2988 Sure it could be the battery, it could also be other things. The reason why I say this is because your battery is charging from the camera. That means that the charging circuitry would be ok. What is not working is the power circuit. So, checking the schematic
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and what do we find. A fuse! F001 for the Bat Unreg circuit. Oh, look at that. It even controls if your camera "sees" that a battery is connected "Batt Sense". And here we go, blown fuse and that circuit is not working either.
It is past the charging circuit for the battery. That means even if this fuse has blown, your battery will still charge, but no battery power will come to the rest of the camera. Of course that is all very simplified and I am certain there is just so much more to this but check your Fuse and check your Diode D1302.
Now here is another hurdle to overcome. Where is the elusive F001 (hiding like my ever elusive Moose but that is a different story:-)
This is where it always comes in handy when OP add images of their circuit boards with their question. That way we can help and find it as well as marking it on the board. F001 is on the VC-305 board. That is the board where are all the rest of the boards plug into.
@sillychaoss2988 Sure it could be the battery, it could also be other things. The reason why I say this is because your battery is charging from the camera. That means that the charging circuitry would be ok. What is not working is the power circuit. So, checking the schematic
[image|3285540]
and what do we find. A fuse! F001 for the Bat Unreg circuit. Oh, look at that. It even controls if your camera "sees" that a battery is connected "Batt Sense". And here we go, blown fuse and that circuit is not working either.
It is past the charging circuit for the battery. That means even if this fuse has blown, your battery will still charge, but no battery power will come to the rest of the camera. Of course that is all very simplified and I am certain there is just so much more to this but check your Fuse and check your Diode D1302.
Now here is another hurdle to overcome. Where is the elusive F001 (hiding like my ever elusive Moose but that is a different story:-)
This is where it always comes in handy when OP add images of their circuit boards with their question. That way we can help and find it as well as marking it on the board. F001 is on the VC-305 board. That is the board where are all the rest of the boards plug into.
[image|3285574]
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Best of luck and enjoy your new camera. Those were great and it's awesome that you get to keep one around!
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