1. SD Card out2. Battery out wait 10 seconds 3. Battery in wait 1 minute (this extra time was the key to getting this sequence to work for me)4. Power up take a photo, power down (you have about a three second window before it goes into Tel mode)5. Wait 1 min
6. Power up (NB still no SD card)
At this point camera appears to be working stays in normal mode with --- displayed because no SD card is inserted.
Also interestingly plugging a video output cable into HDTV output socket makes camera go to Tel mode AND when you unplug it camera goes back to normal.
However plugging the SD card sends camera into Tel mode permanently. On the plus side this 1-6 sequence was repeatable and worked every time.
From this point I tried many combination's of video cables, SD cards, formatted, erased waiting....then came the USB cable!
7. Connect USB cable to computer (NB still no SD card installed)
8. Insert SD (Computer should detect card and any photos taken should be viewable)
9. "Eject" Camera from Computer USB
10. Disconnect camera from USB (should power down by itself)
11. Power up Camera, Woohoo! it works again!
I am now unable to get it stuck in Tel mode. This is good, but also means sequence 7-11 is untested. If anyone has any success with this let me know.
