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Troubleshooting
✤If these instructions do not solve your problem, contact your nearest Samsung authorized service centre.
Symptom | Explanation/Solution |
You cannot switch the Camcorder on. | Check the Battery pack or the AC Power adapter. |
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Start/Stop button does not operate while recording. | Check the Power switch is set to CAMERA. |
| You have reached the end of the cassette. |
| Check the record protection tab on the cassette. |
The Camcorder shuts off automatically. | You have left the Camcorder set to STBY for more than 5 minutes without using it. |
| The Battery pack is fully exhausted. |
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Charge runs out quickly. | The atmospheric temperature is too low. |
| The Battery pack has not been charged fully. |
| The Battery pack is completely dead, and cannot be recharged, Use another Battery pack. |
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You see a blue screen during playback. | The video heads may be dirty. |
| Clean the head with a cleaning tape. |
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A vertical strip appears on the screen when | The contrast between the subject and the background is too great for the Camcorder to |
recording a dark background. | operate normally. Make the background bright to reduce the contrast or use the BLC |
| function while you are recording in bright Surroundings. |
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The image in the Viewfinder is blurred. | The Viewfinder lens has not been adjusted. |
| Adjust the Viewfinder control lever until the indicators displayed on the Viewfinder come |
| into sharp focus. |
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Auto focus does not work. | Check the Manual Focus menu. |
| Auto focus does not work in the Manual Focus mode. |
Play, FF or REW button does not work. | Check the Power switch. Set the Power switch to PLAYER. |
| You have reached the beginning or end of the cassette. |
You see a mosaic pattern during playback search. | This is normal operation and it is not a failure or defect. |
| The tape may be damaged. Replace the tape. |
| Cleaning the video heads (see page 100). |
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