I turned my light off and when I turned it back on, the photo cell stopped working. How do I reset it or trouble shoot it to see if it is bad?t
942369
Don't know what kind of bulb you are controlling but some don't come back on instantly, like a HPS bulb. You can check the Oms on the photo cell but check all connections first and make sure the cell is covered or dark enough.
942370
Like the others indicated, there is a delay when you first apply power to it and it's dark enough for it to switch on. Put a piece of black tape over the photo cell, turn on the light switch, and wait a few minutes. If it doesn't go on, you could remove it and test it with an ohmmeter. With the black tape over the photo cell, the meter should read close to zero. With the tape removed, the meter should show a high resistance.
942371
I believe that there is a pretty significant time delay built into these things. They are not "instant ON" and "instant OFF". I think I would put black electrical tape over the sensor, then wait for a bit after you energize it to give it time to "decide" that it should switch on. If it doesn't come on 5 minutes or less, I'd guess that it has failed. If that's the case, the manufacturer likely owes you a new one!
942372
If it is connected properly I believe it comes on when you first turn power on. If it does not come on then, put your thumb or a piece of opaque tape (like electrical tape) over the sensor to simulate darkness and it should turn on what ever it is connected to w/in a few minutes.
2199011
Have you changed the photo eye?? If not that is your other choice.... won't know till you try but it is the part that turns light on and off depending on the amount of day light it senses... hope this helps
1636752
Shut the light off at the source. That is what I have done. When I need it I switch it back on. Otherwise call the company.
1654173
I would send it back. I have had mine for some time and have had no issues with mine. Sounds like a bad light sensor. Good luck.
373581
Sounds like it may be defective, mine has a faint light when it is working. Check to see if files are transferring.
1436138
Ugh, I have this problem too! I bought to be a gift for my grandmother, and spent a while collecting photos from family so I could preload the photos for her. Finally got everyone's photos, loaded them to a card, and tried out the frame only to discover it powers itself off after 5-6 photos every time! There's no setting for this, so I can only imagine it's not supposed to do that and is just defective, but now it's too late to return and still get to my grandmother for Christmas!
575068
My camera did the same thing and at first I thought it was the camera and I thought about exchanging it for a new one. I instead bought another memory card to try first and since then I haven't had any issues.
2097470
Try a new battery. Mine has worked fine. Be sure camera is set on remote connection so the remote and camera "see" each other.
1049304
Doito, went dead, no LED light indicates to me that your batter is nolonger connected, Check to make sure it has not disconnected, make sure it's not bad. Even new batteries are bad out of the box. I experienced this first hand as an electronics tech
976616
WOW!!! Thank you for that! I missed taking pictures at a concert and my work Christmas party this weekend!! So pissed about this that I could have just turned the battery around! All I can say is wow....Now I'm wondering if I should keep the camera or not. Hopefully this is all that is wrong with it. It's such a pain to return..exchange..whatever. Thanks for your help!
1187514
Hi, thank you so much for the speedy reply! I have performed a reset on the camera, as well as removing both the battery pack and the watch battery, to no avail. I did think of trying an external flash unit, and am currently trying to borrow one from a friend who has a genuine Canon unit to see if this will work. I have also contacted a UK Canon-approved repairer to get a quote, so I should hopefully soon know how much I can expect to pay. Thanks again for your help in the matter. Kind Regards, Andy
1932715
I had this happen only once. Seems like the device was in a weird state. I left it alone all day -- until the blue light was off, in fact all lights were off. I was trying to let the battery die completely. Once it did, I turned it on and everything came up ok. I was frustrated that I could find no way to do a "factory reset' and reconfigure it. If there's a way to do that I'd be interested.
1465594
Ok, yesterday the lights would flash, I press unlock again, then the camera shuts off and vibrates no light. Today, I got the red light to stay on but could not stop the camera. Then it started vibrating nonstop. Still vibrating. Help plz
1954916
Mine was dead also, but I took a paperclip opened up and did the reset several times and it worked and it turned back on and is working fine right now.
1477467
if it just shuts down out of nowhere try charging it and the same thing hapened to my camera so try to reset it.
1978121
I threw away the camera 4 or 5 years ago after one year use. The camera could not be turned on to take photos. It will cost me more to repair. Sorry, I can't help you.
2013698
Make sure its fully charged. I only figures this out after testing it out and seeing very short videos of the test. I know there has been some complaints of malfunctioning, but mine works fine.