Samsung SC D363 - MiniDV Camcorder With 30x Optical Zoom Owner's Instruction Book page 100

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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.
Start/Stop button does not Check the Power switch is set to CAMERA.
operate while recording. You have reached the end of the cassette.
Check the record protection tab on the cassette.
The Camcorder shuts off You have left the Camcorder set to STBY for more
automatically. than 5 minutes without using it.
The Battery pack is fully exhausted.
Charge runs out quickly. The atmospheric temperature is too low.
The Battery pack has not been charged fully.
The Battery pack is completely dead, and cannot
be recharged, Use another Battery pack.
The video heads may be dirty.
You see a blue screen during
Clean the head with a cleaning tape.
playback.
The contrast between the subject and the
A vertical strip appears on the
background is too great for the Camcorder to
screen when recording a dark
operate normally. Make the background bright to
background.
reduce the contrast or use the BLC function while
you are recording in bright Surroundings.
The image in the Viewfinder is The Viewfinder lens has not been adjusted.
Adjust the Viewfinder control lever until the
blurred.
indicators displayed on the Viewfinder come into
sharp focus.
Auto focus does not work. Check the Manual Focus menu.
Auto focus does not work in the Manual Focus
mode.
Play, FF or REW button does Check the Power switch. Set the Power switch to
not work. PLAYER.
You have reached the beginning or end of the
cassette.
You see a mosaic pattern
This is normal operation and it is not a failure or
during playback search.
defect.
The tape may be damaged. Replace the tape.
Cleaning the video heads (see page 96).
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