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Samsung SMX-F54BN/SMX-F54RN/SMX-F54SN/SMX-F54UN User Manual

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- IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON USE
  - ii iiiii iii
- SAFETY WARNINGS
- PRECAUTIONS
  - This User Manual covers models SMX-F50, SMX-F53, SMX-F54, SMX-F500 and SMX-F530.
Before reading this user manual
- About this user manual
- Before using this camcorder
- 3 Before reading this user manual
  - ii iiiii iii
  - Notes regarding trademarks
- 4Before reading this user manual
5
- Warning
- Caution
- CAUTION
Important safety instructions
- 6Important safety instructions
7
- NOTE:
- FCC Warning
8
- viii ixviii ix
  - WARNING Means that there is a potential risk of serious personal injury.
  - Do not disassemble the product. Unplug from the power supply. This precaution must be followed.
- WARNING
Safety information
9
- viii ixviii ix
- 10CAUTION
12
- Quick start guide ...........................................05
  - 2 32 3
- Getting to know the camcorder ......................09
- Basic operation of the camcorder ...................23
- About the storage media ................................30
- Basic recording .............................................35
- Basic playback ..............................................40
- Recording options .........................................44
Contents
- 13Playback options ...........................................66
- System setting ..............................................78
  - 2 32 3
- Connecting to a TV ........................................92
- Dubbing Videos .............................................94
  - Contents
15
- 5
- You can record videos in H.264 format!
  - STEP 2: Record with your camcorder
  - STEP 1: Get ready 1
  - 2
  - 3
Quick start guide
- 4 5
- 16Recording videos
  - 1.
  - 2.
- Recording photos
  - 1.
- Quick start guide
  - STEP 3: Play back videos or photos
- 17Viewing videos or photos on the LCD screen
  - 1
  - 2.
  - 3.
- Viewing on a TV
  - STEP 4: Save recorded videos / photos
- Quick start guide
- 18Importing and viewing videos/photos from the camcorder to your PC
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
- Sharing the videos/photos onto YouTube/Flickr/Facebook
  - STEP 5: Delete videos or photos
- Quick start guide
- 19WHAT'S INCLUDED WITH YOUR CAMCORDER
  - Checking your accessories
- 20LOCATION OF CONTROLS
  - Front & Left
  - 21Right Top & Bottom
  - Rear
- 22Getting to know the camcorder
  - Left of the LCD screen
    - Indicator Meaning /
    - ,
      - + 0.3
  - Right of the LCD screen
    - Indicator Meaning
- IDENTIFIYING THE SCREEN DISPLAYS
  - Video and Photo record mode
    - 23Video and Photo record mode : Shortcut menu (OK Guide)
    - Video and Photo record mode : Shortcut menu (Manual)
      - 0:00:00 [475Min] 9999
      - 9999
      - STBY
      - 0:00:00 [475Min] STBY
  - 24Video Play mode
    - 0:00:00/0:00:55
    - 1
    - Move PlayPhoto
    - JAN/01/2011 12:00 AM
    - 100-0001
    - Video Play mode : Thumbnail View
    - Video Play mode : Single View
      - 100-0006 Normal View
        1/100:00:55
    - 25Video Play mode : Shortcut menu (OK Guide)
    - Video Play mode : Single (Volume)
      - 0:00:00/0:00:55
      - JAN/01/2011 12:00 AM
      - Multi View
      - 0:00:00/0:00:55
  - 26Photo play mode
    - Photo Play mode : Thumbnail View
    - Photo Play mode : Single View
      - 1/10
        100-0001
      - Move Full ViewVideo
        1/10
      - Multi View
      - Normal View
- 27Getting to know the camcorder
- ATTACHING THE STRAP
- ADJUSTING THE LCD SCREEN
  - 1.
  - 2.
- 28USING THE BATTERY
  - Battery insertion/ejection
    - To insert the battery
  - 1.
    - To eject the battery
  - 2.
- 29CHARGING THE BATTERY
  - Charge the battery before using the camcorder. Use only the provided battery and AC adaptor.
  - 1.
    - page 23
  - 2. 3. 4.
    - Connecting the USB cable
    - Connecting the AC power adaptor
- 30Getting to know the camcorder
- CHECKING THE BATTERY STATE
  - You can check the charging state and remaining battery capacity.
  - To check the charging state
    - The color of the CHG lamp indicates the power or charging state.
    - Charging (CHG) lamp
      - The color of the charging indicator shows the charging state.
    - Battery level display
      - The battery level display shows the amount of battery power remaining in the battery.
    - 31Available charging and running time for the battery
    - Continuous Recording (without zoom)
    - Using an AC power source
    - 32About the battery
- 33TURNING YOUR CAMCORDER ON/OFF
  - 1.
  - 2.
- SWITCHING TO THE POWER SAVING MODE
- 34SETTING THE OPERATION MODES
- USING THE DISPLAY( ) BUTTON
  - Switching the information display mode
- 35USING THE BACK LIGHT BUTTON
- USING THE CONTINUOUS RECORDING FUNCTION
  - 1.
  - 2.
- 36SHORTCUT MENU (OK guide)
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
- USING THE SMART BGM FUNCTION
- 37SHORTCUT FUNCTION USING THE CONTROL BUTTONS
- 38SETTING THE TIME ZONE AND DATE/TIME FOR THE FIRST TIME
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
  - 4.
- 39SELECTING THE LANGUAGES
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
  - 4.
    - 30 31
- 40SELECTING THE STORAGE MEDIA (SMX-F53/F54 only)
  - 1.
  - 4.
  - 2.
  - 3.
- INSERTING AND EJECTING A MEMORY CARD (Not supplied)
- 41
  - <SD> <SDHC>
  - 42SELECTING A SUITABLE MEMORY CARD (Not supplied)
    - Compatible memory cards
    - SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) cards
    - Common cautions for memory cards
    - 43Handling a memory card
      - The camcorder supports SD and SDHC memory cards, giving you a wider choice of cards to choose from!
  - 44RECORDABLE TIME AND CAPACITY
    - Recordable time available for video
      - (Unit: Approximate minutes of recording)
    - Recordable number of photos
      - (Unit: Approximate minutes of images)
      - Basic procedures to record a video or photo image are described below and on the following pages.
  - 45RECORDING VIDEOS
    - 3.
    - 1.
    - 2.
      - The recording () indicator appears, and recording starts.
      - To stop recording, press the Recording start/stop button again.
  - 46RECORDING PHOTOS
    - 1.
    - 2.
    - 3.
  - 47QUICK VIEW FUNCTION IN THE RECORD MODE
    - 1.
    - 2.
  - 48RECORDING WITH EASE FOR BEGINNERS (SMART AUTO)
    - 1.
    - 2.
    - 3.
    - 4.
  - 49ZOOMING
    - To zoom in
    - To zoom out
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Basic playback
- 40 PB
- CHANGING THE PLAYBACK MODE
  - PB 41
- 51PLAYING VIDEOS
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
  - 4.
    - 52Various playback operations
      - Playback (pause) (/ )
      - Search playback ( / )
      - Skip playback ( / )
      - Frame-by-frame playback ( / )
      - Slow motion playback ( / )
      - To adjust the volume
- 53VIEWING PHOTOS
  - 1.
  - 2. Press the MODE button to select
  - 3. Select the Photo thumbnail index view screen.
  - 4.
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- CHANGING THE MENU SETTINGS
  - 6.
    - Using the MENU button
  - 1.
  - 2. Press the MODE button to
  - 3. Press the MENU button.
  - 4.
  - 5.
Recording options
- 55Recording menu items
  - : Accesible
- 56iSCENE
  - (Left/Right) button iSCENE.
  - with the Control (Up/Down) button, and then press the OK
- 57VIDEO RESOLUTION
  - You can select the resolution of a video to be recorded.
  - (Left/Right) button Video Resolution.
  - with the Control (Up/Down) button, and then press the OK
  - Suitable Resolution
- 58PHOTO RESOLUTION
- 16:9 WIDE
- 59WHITE BALANCE
  - Understanding White Balance:
  - To set the white balance manually
  - 601.
  - 2.
  - 4.
  - 3. Press the OK button.
- 61APERTURE
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
    - Setting the aperture manually:
  - 1. 2.
    - Understanding Aperture
- 62SHUTTER SPEED
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
    - Setting the shutter speed manually:
  - 1. 2.
    - 63Recommended shutter speed when recording:
- 64EV (Exposure Value)
  - 1.
  - 2. 3.
  - 4.
    - Understanding EV(Exposure Value)
    - Manual exposure is recommended in these situations:
- 65C.Nite
- 66FOCUS
  - Face detection
  - Focusing manually during recording:
  - 671.
  - 2.
    - Focusing on a nearer subject
    - Focusing on a further subject
- 68ANTI-SHAKE (HDIS)
- 69DIGITAL EFFECT
  - Examples of 10 digital effect options
- 70FADER
- 71WIND CUT
- 72ZOOM TYPE
  - (Left/Right) button Zoom Type.
  - with the Control (Up/Down) button, and then press the OK
- 73TIME LAPSE REC
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
  - 4.
  - 5.
  - 6.
    - 64 PB
    - 74Example of Time Lapse Recording
      - PB 65
- 75GUIDELINE
  - (Left/Right) button Guideline.
  - with the Control (Up/Down) button, and then press the OK button.
  - menu.
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Playback options
- Playback menu items
- 77MULTI VIEW OPTION
  - 1.
    - Control (Left/Right) button Multi View Option."
  - 2.
- Playback options
- 78PLAY OPTION
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
- SMART BGM OPTION
  - 1.
  - 2.
- Playback options
- 79DELETE
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
  - 4.
- Playback options
- 80PROTECT
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
  - 4.
  - 5.
- Playback options
- 81STORY-BOARD PRINT
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
- Playback options
- 82USING VIEW
- Playback options
  - 1.
- 83Playback options COPY (SMX-F53/F54 only)
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
  - 4.
- 84Playback options EDIT (Divide)
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
  - 4.
  - 5.
- 85EDIT (Combine)
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
  - 4.
  - 5.
  - 6.
  - 7.
- Playback options
- 86SLIDE SHOW
  - 1.
  - 2.
- Playback options
- 87SLIDE SHOW OPTION
  - 1.
  - 2.
- FILE INFO
  - 1.
  - 2.
- Playback options
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- Setting menu items
System setting
- 89STORAGE TYPE (SMX-F53/F54 only)
  - (Left/Right) button Settings Control (Up/Down/ OK) button Storage Type.
  - with the Control (Up/Down) button, and then press the OK
  - menu.
- STORAGE INFO
- 90FORMAT
  - 1.
  - 4.
  - 2.
  - 3.
- 91FILE NO.
- 92TIME ZONE
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
    - Setting the clock to the local time (Visit)
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
- 93DATE/TIME SET
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
- DATE TYPE
  - 1.
  - 2.
- 94TIME TYPE
  - 1.
  - 2.
- DATE/TIME DISPLAY
  - 1.
  - 2.
- 95LCD BRIGHTNESS
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
- LCD COLOR
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
- 96LCD ENHANCER
- AUTO LCD OFF
- 97MENU DESIGN
- TRANSPARENCY
- 98BEEP SOUND
- SHUTTER SOUND
- 99AUTO POWER OFF
- PC SOFTWARE
- 100TV DISPLAY
  - 1.
  - 2.
- DEFAULT SET
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
- VERSION
  - 1.
  - 2.
- LANGUAGE
101
- DEMO
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
    - Using the Demo function
102Connecting to a TV
- You can view the recorded videos and photos on a large screen by connecting the camcorder to a TV.
- CONNECTING TO A TV (16:9/4:3)
  - Use the provided Audio/Video cable to connect the camcorder to a TV as follows:
  - 1. 2.
    - Refer to the TVs instruction manual to see how to select the TV input.
- 103VIEWING ON A TV SCREEN
  - 1.
  - 2.
    - Operate the camcorder using the camcorders buttons and OSD menus.
- Connecting to a TV
  - Image display depending on LCD and TV screen ratio
    - Icon
    - Subject
104
- DUBBING TO VCR OR DVD/HDD RECORDERS
Dubbing videos
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
- 4.
- 5.
105
Using with a windows computer
- CHECKING YOUR COMPUTER TYPE
  - Check the type of computer you have before connecting the camcorder!!
- 106WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH A WINDOWS COMPUTER
  - Main Functions
  - System Requirements
- 107USING THE Intelli-studio PROGRAM
  - Step 1. Connecting the USB cable
  - 1
  - 2
    - To disconnect the USB cable
    - 108Step 2. About the Intelli-studio main window
      - When the Intelli-studio starts up, video and photo thumbnails are displayed in the main window.
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    - Step 3. Playing back videos or photos
  - 1091
  - 2
  - 3
    - Step 4. Editing videos or photos
  - 1 2
    - 100 101
- 111USING AS A REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE
  - Viewing and transferring the contents of storage media
  - 1.
  - 2.
  - 3.
  - 4.
  - 5.
    - 112Structure of folders and files on the storage media
    - File format
113
Troubleshooting
- Power source
- Storage media
- 115Symptoms and solutions
- 112 113
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- 112 113
- MAINTENANCE
  - Cautions when storing
  - Cleaning the camcorder
  - LCD screen
Maintenance & additional information
- When there is dew condensation, put the camcorder aside for a while before using
123
- USING YOUR CAMCORDER ABROAD
- 124Maintenance & additional information GLOSSARY
125Specifications
- Model name
- General
- Connectors
- System
- LCD screen
126Warranty
- SAMSUNG LIMITED WARRANTY
- EXCLUSIONS (WHAT IS NOT COVERED)