I've had mine for nearly 5 years, but suddenly it stopped working. It will not power on. Has anyone else had a similar problem?
516046
I had mine meet the same fate. One of the screws inside the camera comes loose over time and shorts out the power circuit. If you're feeling ambitious you can buy the part and replace it; the cost is around$50. To have it done professionally will cost you$120 and up. I just retired mine and bought a new camera. I loved the G9. My replacement is a Fujifilm X10 which takes much nicer photos and was roughly the same price as the G9.
516047
I had had this camera for a year when it died with the lens extended. Had it repaired under warranty. Had a similar issue less than a year later - lens extended, screen said "error"... it's an awful camera. I loved it when it actually worked, it took great photos. I'm happy for you that it even lasted you five years but sorry it's not working anymore. If you read the lower-rated reviews, you will see that many people have had issues with this camera.
516048
Yes, canon has a design flaw in the G9 that has been swept under the carpet. You have described a common event ... provided the battery is fully charged. The likely cause is that 1 of the 2 screws holding the power supply circuit board came loose and short circuited the power. A few 3rd party companies developed because this problem has been so common place. I have not used their services.
323496
Same issue here...my unit is about 5 months old and the sound just stopped working...help...anyone?
597172
I turned off mine to go on vacation, then when I returned it didn't want to come back on. It finally did but stopped half-way through some paper. Its not all that old, either. I'm cleaning it out now to see if that makes a difference, but if there are any suggestions I'd like to hear them. I'd really like a manual but can't find mine so its either misplaced or I never had one.
1845088
I had mine for over a year now and we use it all the time....no problems. I would troubleshoot the power connections before removing it.
1071927
If it's a year or less old, I"d call them and see if you can get a refund or low cost replacement. I would call them regardless. I had the same happen to my old one (which was 5 years old). I tossed that and purchased a new one (this is the new one and actually works great).
580390
Well I have the same problem. My unit just stopped working. I only used it for a few months and it stopped working. I looked at the other responses and may try to get it fixed. Just don't want to put money into it and perhaps still have it not work.
747964
I had the same problem--the shredder stopped working, and the power light wouldn't come on. I saw Ed Barrington's answer about the safety tab inside the basket. My tab was still there, but when I *removed the plastic bag* that I was using to line the shredder, the machine came on and started working again. Thanks, Ed!
1137055
Mine has been fine. Had it a year and a half almost always plugged in and still lasts several hours whenever I unplug it. Ran it about 5 hours unplugged the other day and it was still going strong before I had to turn it off for the evening.
1073400
Yes, I am having problems. It was working fine but today I unplugged it and plugged it in another place and it doesn't work. Went back tot the original plug and it doesn't work anywhere. The Screen shows the word POWER, but there is none. I cannot find a "do this if this" item in the manual so I have no choice but to return it. I liked the previous Sangeans (PR-D5) I bought. This was a up step but I am very disappointed.
889221
I've had success pulling the power plug, counting to ten, and re-plugging. That it loses functionality seemingly at random and within a few weeks of purchase doesn't say much for the player. Has anyone else noticed how loud it is? That seems impossible to fix, a permanent annoyance.
1657628
Mine also stopped working. I had only used it a couple times, and for a brief time. At first I thought it was my electrical outlet since it happened so soon after I had purchased it. Very disappointing.
1096027
Yes, mine has been running for a year or two now with several power outages; restarts automatically.
2069124
We haven't had any problems with ours. Works great. Doubt the warranty goes beyond a year. I would call them and see if you are missing something about starting it.
1795180
Hi. It works very well. I've had it for 5 years with no problems. I hope you have good luck with it.
1884122
Our parent unit power switch just failed too! Ours is just over 1.5 years old as well. Now I'm browsing these questions to see if anyone has found some solution... Sounds like a product defect.
1603994
Since I've had mine (about a year), it's done that once. After fiddling around with it for a while, I hard restarted it by unplugging it for a minute and plugging it in again. It's worked fine ever since.
1747262
I have had a unit for quite a few years. I thought my battery had died and replacements were expensive. Started looking at just getting a new unit. Then I put the battery back in and it has worked fine for what has now been a couple more years. Don't know what happened, might have been a connection problem????