Samsung VP-D20/D21, VP-D20i/D21i manual Symptom Explanation/Solution

Models: VP-D20i/D21i VP-D20/D21

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Troubleshooting

Problemas y soluciones

If these instructions do not solve your problem,

contact your nearest Samsung authorized service centre.

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

You have reached the end of the cassette.

while recording.

Check the record protection tab on the cassette.

 

 

The camcorder goes

You have left the camcorder set to STBY for more

than 5 minutes without using it.

off 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

Clean the head with a cleaning tape.

playback.

 

 

 

A vertical strip appears

The contrast between the subject and the background

on the screen when

is too great for the camcorder to operate normally.

recording a dark

Make the background bright to reduce the contrast or

background.

use the BLC 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

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

button does not work.

You have reached the beginning or end of the cassette.

 

 

 

When you see a

This is normal operation and it is not a failure or

broken block image

defect.

during the RECORD

 

SEARCH.

 

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Síntoma

Explicación/Solución

No es posible encender

Compruebe la batería o el adaptador de CA.

la videocámara.

 

El botón START/

Compruebe que el interruptor está ajustado en la

STOP no funciona

posición CAMERA.

mientras se graba.

Se ha llegado al final del casete.

 

Compruebe la pestaña de protección contra la

 

grabación del casete.

 

 

La videocámara se

Ha dejado la videocámara en la posición STBY y

apaga

sin usarla durante más de 5 minutos.

automáticamente.

La batería está completamente descargada.

 

 

La batería se

La temperatura ambiente es demasiado baja.

La batería no se ha cargado por completo.

descarga con mucha

rapidez.

La batería está completamente desgastada y no

 

se puede recargar. Utilice otra batería.

Se ve una pantalla

Los cabezales de vídeo pueden estar sucios.

azul durante la

Límpielos con una cinta de limpieza.

reproducción.

 

 

 

En la pantalla aparece

El contraste entre el objeto y el fondo es demasiado

una línea vertical

para que la videocámara funcione normalmente.

cuando se graba sobre

Ilumine el fondo para reducir el contraste o utilice la

un fondo oscuro.

función BLC.

El sistema autofoco

No se ha ajustado la lente del visor.

Desplace el botón de ajuste del foco hasta que los

no funciona.

indicadores estén enfocados.

 

 

 

Los botones PLAY, FF

Compruebe el menú M.FOCUS.

o REW no funcionan.

El autofoco no funciona en la modalidad de enfoque

 

manual.

La imagen se ve

Compruebe el interruptor. Ajústelo en la posición PLAYER.

borrosa en el visor.

Se ha llegado al principio o al final del casete.

Se ve una cuadrícula

Esta circunstancia es normal.

en la imagen durante

 

la búsqueda de

 

grabación (RECORD

 

SEARCH).

 

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Samsung VP-D20/D21, VP-D20i/D21i manual Symptom Explanation/Solution

VP-D20i/D21i, VP-D20/D21 specifications

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