keith_m4

I have had my Kodak DX6340 for about 3 years now. It's always worked

fairly well, but about a week ago I was using it at a party and all

of a sudden it shut down. The lens remained outside the body rather

than retracting like it usually does when the battery goes dead. I

tried turning it off and then back on again; the green light came on,

then turned red and shut off with nothing appearing on the monitor.

The lens remained outside the body, without any sound from the motor.

When I got home I put fresh NiMH batteries in it, with no difference.

When the camera is switched on the green light comes on for a couple

seconds, then turns red and a faint tone can be heard - three faint

low-toned beeps - then the light goes out and that's it. I know the

first thing I'm going to hear is 'take it to your nearest authorized

Kodak service guy'....which I would do of course, but I live in

Kazakhstan and there isn't one here. Camera service shops don't know

how to fix digital cameras here. Any ideas? By the way, I don't have

a camera dock, which I guess may be able to 'reset' the camera.

They're also not available here.