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Troubleshooting
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If these instructions do not solve your problem, contact your nearest
Samsung authorized service centre.
You cannot switch the
camcorder on.
START/STOP button
does not operate while
recording.
The camcorder goes off
automatically.
The battery pack is
quickly exhausted.
When you see a blue
screen during playback.
A vertical strip appears
on the screen when
recording a dark
background.
Auto focus does not
work.
Play, FF or REW button
does not work.
Check the battery pack or the AC Power Adapter.
Check the POWER switch is set to CAMERA.
You have reached the end of the cassette.
Check the record protection tab on the cassette.
You have left the camcorder set to STBY for more than 5
minutes without using it.
The battery pack is fully exhausted.
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.
Clean the head with a cleaning tape.
The contrast between the subject and the background is too
great for the camcorder to operate normally. Make the
background bright to reduce the contrast or use the BLC
function while you are recording brighter.
The image in the
viewfinder is blurred.
The Viewfinder lens has not been adjusted.
Adjust the viewfinder control lever until the indicators
displayed on the viewfinder come into sharp focus.
Check the M.FOCUS menu.
Auto focus does not work in the Manual Focus mode.
Check the POWER switch. Set the power switch to PLAYER.
You have reached the beginning or end of the cassette.
When you see a broken
block image during the
RECORD SEARCH.
This is normal operation and it is not a failure or defect.
Explanation/Solution
Symptom
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START/STOP
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CAMERA
5
BLC
POWER
PLAYER
RECORD SEARCH
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