Samsung SC-D381 user manual

Digital Video Camcorder

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Main Digital Video Camcorder user manual imagine the possibilities key features of your miniDV camcorder FEATURES OF YOUR NEW MINIDV CAMCORDER safety warnings What the icons and signs in this user manual mean : Page Page Page Page notes and safety instructions NOTES REGARDING THE VIDEO HEAD CLEANING ADJUSTING THE LCD SCREEN precautions Warning! SERVICING & REPLACEMENT PARTS NOTES REGARDING CAMCORDER NOTES REGARDING THE LCD SCREEN contents GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MINIDV CAMCORDER PREPARATION INITIAL SETTING : SYSTEM MENU SETTING INITIAL SETTING : DISPLAY MENU SETTING BASIC RECORDING ADVANCED RECORDING contents 1 PLAYBACK CONNECTION DIGITAL STILL CAMERA MODE (SC-D383/D385 only) Page WHAT IS INCLUDED WITH YOUR MINIDV CAMCORDER Page Page Page Page Page Hand Strap USING THE HAND STRAP & LENS COVER Lens Cover 1 2 3 4 5 6 Page Inserting / Ejecting the battery pack Charging the Battery Pack USING THE BATTERY PACK Charging indicator Page Page BASIC MINIDV CAMCORDER OPERATION Turning the miniDV camcorder on and off Setting the operating modes English _19 SCREEN INDICATORS IN CAMERA / PLAYER MODES 16:9 Wide No Tape ! OSD in Player Mode OSD in Camera Mode SCREEN INDICATORS IN M.CAM / M.PLAYER MODES (SC-D383/D385 ONLY) No Memory Card ! No Memory Card ! No Tape ! No Memory Card ! Page USING THE JOYSTICK HANDLING QUICK MENUS WITH THE JOYSTICK Quick Menu In M.Cam / M.Player modes (SC-D383/D385 only) Quick Menu In Camera /Player modes HANDLING QUICK MENUS WITH THE JOYSTICK SETTING THE CLOCK (CLOCK SET) SETTING THE WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL ACCEPTANCE (REMOTE) (SC-D382/D385 only) SETTING THE BEEP SOUND (BEEP SOUND) When beep sound is set to off, the power on/off sound is off. SETTING THE SHUTTER SOUND (SHUTTER SOUND) SELECTING THE OSD LANGUAGE (LANGUAGE) VIEWING THE DEMONSTRATION (DEMONSTRATION) initial setting : display menu setting SETTING THE GUIDELINE (GUIDELINE) ADJUSTING THE LCD SCREEN (LCD BRIGHT/LCD COLOR) DISPLAYING THE DATE / TIME (DATE / TIME) initial setting:display menu setting SETTING THE TV DISPLAY (TV DISPLAY) Page MAKING YOUR FIRST RECORDING RECORDING WITH EASE FOR BEGINNERS (EASY Q MODE) Page Page Page Page USING THE FADE ON AND OFF To Start Recording and To Stop Recording , AUTO FOCUS / MANUAL FOCUS Auto Focus Manual Focus Setting the Focus a c Page SELECTING THE RECORD MODE & AUDIO MODE (Rec Mode & Audio Mode) 44_ English The selected indicator is displayed. When "12Bit" is selected, no indicator is displayed. To edit audio on your camcorder, you must set 12Bit for the Audio mode and SP for the Rec mode. Make sure windcut plus is set to off when you want the microphone to be as sensitive as possible. CUTTING WIND NOISE (WINDCUT PLUS) SELECTING THE REAL STEREO FUNCTION (REAL STEREO) Page SETTING THE PROGRAM AE (PROGRAM AE) SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE (WHITE BALANCE) Setting the white balance manually : APPLYING VISUAL EFFECTS (VISUAL EFFECT) Page Setting the 16:9 Wide mode (16:9 Wide) USing the tele macro (macro) Setting the digital image Stabilizer (diS) USing back light compenSation mode (blc) zooming in and oUt With digital zoom (digital zoom) Selecting the Digital Zoom USing the color nite (c.nite) USing the light (light) (Sc-d382/d383/d385 only) recording a photo image on a tape -tape photo recording Searching For a photo image on a tape (photo Search) playing back a tape on the lcd Screen adjusting the lcd bright / lcd color during playback adjusting the Volume Page Page aUdio dUbbing (Sc-d382/d385 only) dUbbed aUdio playback (aUdio Select) aUdio eFFect Page Page connection English _71 USing the Voice+ FUnction Voice+ Page Image conguration le 1 Movie image le 2 Photo image le 3 StrUctUre oF FolderS and FileS on the memory card Page Setting the File nUmber (File no.) Page English _77 VieWing photo imageS (Jpeg) Any large sized image taken with another device will be displayed as a thumbnail image. To view a Single Image To view a Slide Show protection From accidental eraSUre (protect) deleting photo imageS and moVing imageS (delete) Deleting All Images at Once Formatting a memory card (Format) Page Page 84_ English playing the moVing imageS (mpeg) on a memory card (m.play Select) recording an image From a tape aS a photo image copying a photo image From a tape to a memory card (photo copy) marking imageS For printing (print mark) Removing the Print Mark printing yoUr pictUreS USing the pictbridge Connecting To a Printer pictbridgeTM (SC-D383/D385 only) Selecting Images Setting the Number of Prints Setting the Date/Time Imprint Option Printing Images Canceling the Printing IEEE 1394 data transfer Page Page Page Selecting the USb deVice (USb connect) inStalling the SoFtWare (dV media pro program) before you start! installing driver - dV driver and directX 9.0 application installation - Video codec Page Page aFter FiniShing a recording maintenance USable caSSette tapeS a b Page maintenance USing yoUr minidV camcorder abroad power sources on tV color systems English _101 troUbleShooting Self diagnosis display Self diagnosis display in m.cam/m.player modes (Sc-d383/d385 only) Page English _103 Setting menU itemS 104_ English : SC-D382/D383/D385 only : SC-D383/ D385 only : SC-D382/D385 only Setting menU itemS English _105 specications model name: Sc-d381/ Sc-d382 / Sc-d383/ Sc-d385 Warranty SAMSUNG LIMITED WArrANTY EXCLUSIONS (WHAT IS NOT COVErED)