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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 CAM.

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

automatically.

5 minutes without using it.

 

The battery pack is fully exhausted.

The battery pack is

The atmospheric temperature is too low.

quickly exhausted.

The battery pack has not been charged fully.

 

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

on the screen when

too great for the camcorder to operate normally.

recording a dark

Make the background bright to reduce the contrast or use

background.

the BLC function while you are recording brighter.

The image in the

The Viewfinder lens has not been adjusted.

viewfinder is blurred.

Adjust the viewfinder control lever until the indicators

 

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

Check the POWER switch. Set the power switch to

button does not work.

PLAYER.

 

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.

 

START/STOP

RECORD SEARCH(

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