Samsung VP-D352 manual Nearest Samsung authorised service centre, Symptom Explanation/Solution

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Troubleshooting

✤ If these instructions do not solve your problem, contact your		✤
nearest Samsung authorised service centre.
Symptom	Explanation/Solution
You cannot switch the	Check the Battery pack or the AC Power adapter.
Camcorder on.
Start/Stop button	Check the Power switch is set to CAMERA.
does not operate	You have reached the end of the cassette.
while recording.	Check the record protection tab on the cassette.
The Camcorder shuts	You have left the Camcorder set to STBY for more
	than 5 minutes without using it.
off automatically.
	The Battery pack is fully exhausted.
Charge runs out	The atmospheric temperature is too low.
	The Battery pack has not been charged fully.
quickly.	The Battery pack is completely dead, and cannot be
	recharged, Use another Battery pack.
When you see a blue	The video heads may be dirty.
screen during	Clean the head with a cleaning tape.
playback.
A vertical strip appears	The contrast between the subject and the background
on the screen when	is too great for the Camcorder to operate normally.
recording a dark	Make the background bright to reduce the contrast or
background.	use the BLC function while you are recording in bright
	Surroundings.
The image in the	The Viewfinder lens has not been adjusted.
	Adjust the Viewfinder control lever until the indicators
Viewfinder is blurred.
	displayed on the Viewfinder come into sharp focus.
Auto focus does not	Check the Manual Focus menu.
work.	Auto focus does not work in the Manual Focus mode.
Play, FF or REW	Check the Power switch. Set the Power switch to PLAYER.
button does not work.	You have reached the beginning or end of the cassette.
When you see a	This is normal operation and it is not a failure or
mosaic pattern	defect.
during playback	The tape may be damaged. Replace the tape.
search.	Cleaning the video heads (see page 113).

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