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Troubleshooting

Checking

✤If you run into any problem using the camcorder, use the following table to troubleshoot the problem.

✤If these instructions do not allow you to solve the problem, take a note of:

■The model and serial number marked on the bottom of the camcorder.

■Your warranty, if applicable.

✤Then contact your nearest Samsung authorized service center.

Symptom

Explanation/Solution

You cannot switch the

◆ Check the battery pack (see page 19) or the AC power adapter.

camcorder on.

(see page 18)

 

 

Start/Stop does not operate

◆ Check the POWER, set it to CAMERA.

while shooting.

◆ You have reached the end of the cassette.

 

◆ Check the record protection tab on the cassette. (see page 22)

 

 

The camcorder goes off

◆ You have left the camcorder set to STANDBY for more than

automatically.

5 minutes without using it. (see page 24)

 

◆ The battery pack is fully used up. (see page 21)

 

 

The battery pack is quickly

◆ The atmospheric temperature is too low. (see page 21)

exhausted.

◆ The battery pack has not been charged fully. (see page 19)

 

◆ The battery pack is completely dead, and cannot be recharged.

 

Use another battery pack.

 

 

You cannot eject the cas-

◆ The battery pack is fully used up.

sette from the compartment.

◆ A mechanical fault might have occurred. (see page 64)

 

 

The DATE/TIME indicator

◆ The lithium battery is not installed or is fully used up.

flashes more than 2 times

(see page 17)

when you set the camcorder

 

to CAMERA.

 

 

 

The playback picture is poor.

◆ The video heads might be dirty. (see page 62)

 

 

You cannot operate any

◆ A mechanical fault might have occurred. (see page 64)

functions on the camcorder.

 

 

 

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