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What does a green flashing light mean on the NX300 when the camera is off?

Started Jul 16, 2013 | Questions thread
Souly
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Re: What does a green flashing light mean on the NX300 when the camera is off?

Kaso wrote:

jack Hoggard wrote:

I received my new NX300 yesterday, and when I inserted the battery, with the camera still off, the light on the rear of the camera started flashing green, and the word "SAMSUNG" was flashing on the screen. I called Samsung, and after a review, they said it was new to them, and I should exchange the camera.

Has anyone seen this?

I was thinking it may be a faulty battery, so I looked for a local dealer. Not only do none in the Northern California area carry the 1130 battery, but neither do Samsung or Amazon.

I have seen it on a brand new NX300 which had firmware version 1.00.

All the tricks about turning off certain menu options did not help. Trying both BP1030 and BP1130 batteries did not help. Updating to firmware version 1.13 definitely solves the "LCD with SAMSUNG logo flashing when NX300 is off" problem.

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/EV-NX300ZBATUS

On the PC: Download the zip file. Upzip it and copy the nx300.bin file to the root of the SD card. On the NX300: Re-insert the SD card. Turn on the camera. Press Menu. Go to Tools > Device Information > Firmware Update > Body Firmware. The update procedure goes through 3 steps: Check, Part 1 and Part 2, with 2 reboots in between.

By the way, BP1030 battery does work with NX300.

I'm gonna try updating the firmware I just got my nx300 today ! January 3, 2014 and I have the blinking while off issue. Smh

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