SAFETY WARNINGS

What the icons and signs in this user manual mean;
WARNING
There is a potential risk of death or serious injury.
CAUTION
There is a potential risk of personal injury or damage
to the product.
To reduce the risk of fire, explosion, electric shock,
or personal injury when using your camcorder, follow
these basic safety precautions.
Here are hints or page number references you will
find helpful when you operate the camcorder.
Settings required before using a function.
These warning signs are here to prevent injury to you and others.
Please follow them explicitly. After reading this section, keep it in a
safe place for future reference.

PRECAUTIONS

Warning!
When using the AC power adapter with your camcorder, connect the
adapter to an outlet with protective grounding.
Do not expose the camcorder battery to direct sunlight, heaters,
radiators, fire, or any source of excessive heat.
Caution
If you replace the battery with the wrong battery, you can cause an
explosion. Replace only with the same battery or an equivalent type.
To disconnect the apparatus from the mains, the plug must be pulled out
from the mains socket, therefore the mains plug shall be readily operable.
Thank you for purchasing this Samsung Camcorder. Please read
this user manual carefully before you use the camcorder and keep
it handy for future reference. Should your camcorder fail to operate
correctly, refer to Troubleshooting.
This User Manual covers models SMX-F50, SMX-F53,
SMX-F54, SMX-F500, SMX-F501 and SMX-F530.
The SMX-F50, SMX-F500, SMX-F501 and SMX-F530 do not
have built-in flash memory and uses memory cards. Although
some features of the SMX-F50, SMX-F53, SMX-F54, SMX-F500,
SMX-F501 and SMX-F530 models are different, they operate in
the same way.
Illustrations of model SMX-F50 are used in this user manual.
The displays in this user manual may not be exactly the same
as those you see on the LCD screen.
Designs and specifications of the camcorder and other
accessories are subject to change without any notice.
In this user manual’s function description tables, the icon
shown in the on-screen display column will appear on the
screen when you set the corresponding function.
Ex) TV Super Fine - "Video Resolution" Submenu item
page 47
Item Use On-screen
display
"TV Super
Fine"
Videos recorded in 720x576 (50i) resolution at
super-fine image quality.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON USE

Before reading this user manual
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