I have the same problem,sent in the camera twice to Laredo service center and both times sent back to me once with a new battery and other with new charger. But after use and a few days later went to turn back on and could do nothing to turn back on. Sony obviously has a quality problem with this product and is not taking ownership for these issues. After spending numerous hours on the phone with Customer support, customer relations and Laredo I am ready to send this camera to Sony USA president for him to see the product quality... "not"... or use it as a paper weight on his desk.
Greetings All, I've had this camera since March and taken several hours of video and no problems. On a recent vacation I'd been using the camera and when I went to turn it on the next day, nothing. No power. Changed batteries. Nothing. Went home and plugged in external power, nothing. Made sure batteries were charged, nothing. Called Sony (no longer under warranty of course) and told to ship it to Laredo TX for $250 for repairs. Called Laredo to make sure what to send and thought they might walk me thru camera problem and grabbed battery and installed into camera. Camera worked! No problem. Now three weeks later (camera has not been used in two weeks) camera dead again. Tried to repeat what I'd done before, no luck. Any suggestions?
Waiting before I send it off.
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