Kodak M853 camera will not turn on, nor will any of the lights light will it is plugged in. Should I try a new battery? Or is the camera toast?

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Not sure if this is related, but our's won't start-up either, and it seems to indicate that the batteries are weak/dead prematurely. There must be some sort of power level controller that could be the root problem. Our experts can add some useful content to both these threads....

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is the light that's coming on green or red?
if it's red, there's a charging error - contact kodak, they may provide a 5v ac adapter to resolve your charging issue

if it's green, was it blinking or solid? is the battery drained?
if the battery still has a little charge on it, please connect it to the computer then turn it on, check if there's power light
check if the screen is black - that means it's making a connection and the charging is the only issue - computer not detecting it, maybe resolved by kodak's software support

if the camera screen is active - that means there's definitely something wrong with the camera

arrange repairs with kodak, include the battery and usb cable
please visit
www.kodak.com/go/itg - troubleshooting and repair
www.kodak.com/go/usbcharging

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I too had a problem with the charging of the camera. After talking with a computer savy guy, he told me all USB ports are not equal. Many do not have the power to charge something. This goes for hubs as well as on board ports. I tried 3 computers and finally got the proper charge cycle to kick in. I am looking to get the AC adapter to bypass this problem.

SOURCE: My Kodak Easyshare Digital Camera M853 has no power..

I have overcome this problem.Kodak has found out that the USB cable will not work with most computers.I called customer service explained the problem and they furnished me with 120 volt -USB charger FREE of charge that fixed the problem.Camera works Great!!
SR Baxter

SOURCE: Kodak Z812 shuts off automatically

The Z812 IS is powered by either one CRV3 or two AA Lithium disposable batteries (Kodak doesn’t support the use of Alkaline AA’s or NiMH re-chargeable AA’s). Kodak doesn’t include a re-chargeable battery and battery charger with the Z812 IS - they must be purchased separately. Z812 IS owners can opt to go with the Kodak KLIK 8000 re-chargeable Li-ion battery and purchase the Kodak K7500 or K7600 battery charger or a Kodak printer dock or the Kodak EasyShare HDTV camera dock (both of which also function as battery chargers