Samsung SCD33 Owner's Instruction Manual page 104

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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 the POWER switch is set to CAM.
START/STOP button
You have reached the end of the cassette.
does not operate
Check the record protection tab on the cassette.
while recording.
You have left the camcorder set to STBY for more
The camcorder goes
than 5 minutes without using it.
off automatically.
The battery pack is fully exhausted.
The atmospheric temperature is too low.
The battery pack is
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.
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
background. use the BLC function while you are recording brighter.
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.
Check the M.FOCUS menu.
Auto focus does not
Auto focus does not work in the Manual Focus mode.
work.
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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Explanation/Solution