✪If you encounter any problem using your camcorder, check the following before requesting service.
If these instructions do not solve your problem, contact your nearest Samsung authorised service centre.
Symptoms and solutionsPower
Symptom | Explanation/Solution | |
| • Is “Auto Power Off” set to “6 Min”? If no button is pressed for about 6 minutes in | |
| STBY mode or thumbnail view, the DVD camcorder is automatically turned off. To | |
The power turns off automatically. | disable this option, Set “Auto Power Off” to “Off.” page 96 | |
| • The battery pack is almost exhausted. Charge the battery pack or replace it with a | |
| charged one. Use the AC power adaptor. | |
Power cannot be turned off. | • Remove the battery pack or unplug AC power adaptor, and connect the power supply | |
to the camcorder again before turning it on. | ||
| ||
| • The ambient temperature is too low. | |
The battery pack is quickly discharged. | • The battery pack is not fully charged. Charge the battery pack again. | |
• The battery pack reached its lifespan and cannot be recharged. Use another battery | ||
| ||
| pack. | |
Displays |
|
Symptom | Explanation/Solution | |
| • Keep away from magnetic materials. When magnetic material is near the left side of | |
| the DVD camcorder, the LCD may be turned off but it is not a malfunction. | |
| • If there is no operation for 3 minutes in STBY mode or thumbnail view, the LCD | |
The LCD is turned off. | screen will turn off automatically (sleep mode) for power saving purpose. If no | |
| operation continues for another 3 minutes, the camcorder will power off completely. | |
| Any operation during the sleep mode will return the camcorder to the previous mode. | |
| This function works only if “Auto Power Off” is set to “6 Min.” page 96 | |
The image in the Viewfinder is blurred. | • The Viewfinder lens has not been adjusted. | |
• Adjust the focus adjustment knob until the indicators displayed on the Viewfinder | ||
come into sharp focus. | ||
| ||
The screen of TV or LCD displays | • It can occur when recording or viewing a | |
distorted images or has stripes at the | ||
versa. For more details, see the display specification. | ||
top/ bottom or utmost left/right | ||
| ||
Unknown indicator appears on the LCD | • A warning indicator or message appears on the screen. pages | |
screen. | ||
| ||
An afterimage remains on the LCD | • This occurs if you disconnect the AC power adaptor or remove the battery pack | |
screen. | before turning the power off. | |
The LCD screen is black with indicators | • Check the lens cover. Open the lens cover if closed. | |
appeared only. | ||
|
English _125