Trouble shooting

[DarkWind]

I'm not sure what to say about it. I wonder if the program you are using doesn't unzip the file first. The one that I use will accept ZIP, IMG, GZ, etc. If yours doesn't unpack it, then it would just apply the compressed file to the SD card, and that won't work.

You could maybe try WIN32DISKIMAGER
Or you could just unpacked the file first and then try it again with Etcher.

So I got it up and running, but it still has the dim green light until it turns on then it's the bright green light, also it won't turn off when I hold the power button only when I unplug the batteries, and the hot keys don't work.