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Troubleshooting

If these instructions do not solve your problem,

 

 

contact your nearest Samsung authorized service center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 while

You have reached the end of the cassette.

 

 

 

recording.

Check the record protection tab on the cassette.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The camcorder goes off

You have left the camcorder set to STBY for more than

 

 

 

5 minutes without using it.

 

 

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

 

The battery pack is fully exhausted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The battery pack is

The atmospheric temperature is too low.

 

 

 

The battery pack has not been charged fully.

 

 

 

quickly exhausted.

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 playback.

Clean the head with a cleaning tape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A vertical strip appears

The contrast between the subject and the background is too

 

 

 

on the screen when

great for the camcorder to operate normally. Make the

 

 

 

recording a dark

background bright to reduce the contrast or use the BLC

 

 

 

background.

function while you are recording brighter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 M.FOCUS menu.

 

 

 

 

work.

Auto focus does not work in the Manual Focus mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play, FF or REW button

Check the POWER switch. Set the power switch to PLAYER.

 

 

 

does not work.

You have reached the beginning or end of the cassette.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you see a broken

This is normal operation and it is not a failure or defect.

 

 

 

block image during the

 

 

 

 

 

RECORD SEARCH.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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