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Troubleshooting
✤ If these instructions do not solve your problem, contact your
nearest Samsung authorized service center.
Symptom
You cannot switch the
Check the Battery pack or the AC Power adapter.
Camcorder on.
Check that the switch is set to CAMERA.
Start/Stop button
You have reached the end of the cassette.
does not operate
while recording.
Check the record protection tab on the cassette.
You have left the Camcorder set to STBY for more
The Camcorder shuts
than 5 minutes without using it.
off automatically.
The Battery pack is fully exhausted.
The atmospheric temperature is too low.
Charge runs out
The Battery pack has not been charged fully.
quickly.
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.
The contrast between the subject and the background
A vertical strip appears
is too great for the Camcorder to operate normally.
on the screen when
Make the background bright to reduce the contrast or
recording a dark
use the BLC function while you are recording in bright
background.
surrounding.
The Viewfinder lens has not been adjusted.
The image in the
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 Manual 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.
This is normal operation and it is not a failure or
When you see a
defect.
mosaic pattern during
The tape may be damaged. Replace the tape.
playback search.
Cleaning the video heads (see page 112).
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Explanation/Solution
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