Olympus C-700 Service Manual or Schematic?

[Fred]

Buster!! You are a fine and wonderful fellow!!! This is a great help! If
you would like to send me your snail mail address, I will gladly drop
something in the mail to you.

[email protected]

Fred

 

[Buster]

Thanks for the offer, but they are free online to dealers. If you need
any others, let me know.
Thanks,
Buster

 

[Christopher Pollard]

Thanks for the offer, but they are free online to dealers. If you need
any others, let me know.

How similar is the c-750? And which is the bit that retains the date/time etc.
while changing the batteries?

--
Chris Pollard


CG Internet café, Tagum City, Philippines
http://www.cginternet.net

 

[Buster]

There is usually a capacitor on one of the boards that holds a charge
long enough to change batteries.
Buster

 

[Christopher Pollard]

There is usually a capacitor on one of the boards that holds a charge
long enough to change batteries.

That's what I figured. The strange thing is that it remembers some of the
settings, but not all of them. The other strange thing is that if started losing
them (the settings) after I did a firmware upgrade...

It might still be under waranty, so I will probably let the experts look at it.
I'm not as sharp as I used to be. :-(

--
Chris Pollard


CG Internet café, Tagum City, Philippines
http://www.cginternet.net

 

[Ken Weitzel]

That's what I figured. The strange thing is that it remembers some of the
settings, but not all of them. The other strange thing is that if started losing
them (the settings) after I did a firmware upgrade...

It might still be under waranty, so I will probably let the experts look at it.
I'm not as sharp as I used to be. :-(

Hi Chris...

Hesitate to offer such a silly yet possible solution, but...

Is it possible that your firmware upgrade reset some of your
option settings, and you need to change your "all reset" ?

Camera in P or A/S/M mode; then:
Menu > Mode menu > Set > All Reset (on/off)

Take care.

Ken

 

[Christopher Pollard]

Hesitate to offer such a silly yet possible solution, but...

It's ok...

Is it possible that your firmware upgrade reset some of your
option settings, and you need to change your "all reset" ?

The 'all reset' is off. but goes back to the default "on" when I swap batteries.
The most annoying is the loss of time/date information. If it were an "all
reset" problem, the time and date should remain correct...

Thanks anyway.


From memory, the settings I need to put back to my preferred way are:
startup sound, default is on, I like off.
button sound, likewise
time/date, back to zero
picture quality setting.
all reset, back to "on"
full time af, back to "off"


However, custom button remains set to macro. I'm sure that's not the default
My mode is also still ok.

Bizarre
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Chris Pollard


CG Internet café, Tagum City, Philippines
http://www.cginternet.net

 

[Big Bill]

It's ok...


The 'all reset' is off. but goes back to the default "on" when I swap batteries.
The most annoying is the loss of time/date information. If it were an "all
reset" problem, the time and date should remain correct...

Thanks anyway.


From memory, the settings I need to put back to my preferred way are:
startup sound, default is on, I like off.
button sound, likewise
time/date, back to zero
picture quality setting.
all reset, back to "on"
full time af, back to "off"


However, custom button remains set to macro. I'm sure that's not the default
My mode is also still ok.

Bizarre

I will sugest that he capicator that retains the power for the BIOS is
going bad. When you change batteries, it's not holding enough power
for long enough to maintain all settings; the fact that *some* change
every time while others don't seems to indicate this.

 

[Fred]

Buster, is mine the kind of problem you might be able to work on ?

 

[Buster]

Sorry, most of our digital camera repairs end up going to the
manufacturer, unless they are an obviously broken external piece. The
older the camera, the less time available w/o batteries before it
forgets. My old D450 (3 years old) forgets in about 20 minutes. The
current cameras seem to last a day or two. Have an extra set of
batteries on hand and swap them when you need to charge.
Buster

 

[Christopher Pollard]

forgets. My old D450 (3 years old) forgets in about 20 minutes. The
current cameras seem to last a day or two. Have an extra set of
batteries on hand and swap them when you need to charge.

My 750 is less than a year old, and I have two sets of NiMH cells.
I can swap them over in under 10 seconds but still it forgets.
I even tried opening the cover and closing it again in 2 seconds, it forgot.

As it works otherwise, I don't want to send it away for repair just yet. But I
have a D70 on my Christmas list, so once I have that then I can manage without
it for a while.

--
Chris Pollard


CG Internet café, Tagum City, Philippines
http://www.cginternet.net

 

[William Graham]

My 750 is less than a year old, and I have two sets of NiMH cells.
I can swap them over in under 10 seconds but still it forgets.
I even tried opening the cover and closing it again in 2 seconds, it
forgot.

They usually accomplish this with a fairly large (electrically) capacitor
across the battery. While the batteries are removed, the voltage necessary
to preserve the memory corcuits (which require a very small amount of
current) is maintained by the capacitor. If this capacitor is broken, or
disconnected from the battery output connections, then the camera will work
normally, but fail to hold its memory while you are changing batteries....I
would think that this would be very easy to fix, and it should be a cheap
repair bill......

 

[James Horn]

Buster - would you have access to the D-460 camera drawings? Many
thanks!!

Jim Horn

 

[Buster]

See if this works..
http://home.twcny.rr.com/littleblackdogs/D460Z.pdf
Buster

 

[Rudy Benner]

The downloaded file is corrupt. I tried twice.

 

[Buster]

You're right! My directory was full, and the file didn't d/l
completely. Try it again.
Buster

 

[Rudy Benner]

You fixed it.

 

[CSM1]

Is it not interesting how well the Japanese can spell.
EXPRODED PARTS DIAGRAM

The title of the PDF.

 

[James Horn]

See if this works..
http://home.twcny.rr.com/littleblackdogs/D460Z.pdf
Buster

*** THANK YOU - THANK YOU ***

And a fine Christmas and New Year to you, Buster - and to Fred for
starting this discussion - and the rest of the group participants.

Thank you!

Jim Horn

 

[Fred]

*** THANK YOU - THANK YOU ***

And a fine Christmas and New Year to you, Buster - and to Fred for
starting this discussion - and the rest of the group participants.

Thank you!

Jim Horn

Thanks, Jim, and same back to you ... and to all the other fine and friendly
folks who tak the time to help folks with questions.

Fred