Samsung VP-D392, User Manual

Page 1: ...P D392 i VP D395i imagine the possibilities Thank you for purchasing this Samsung product To receive more complete service please register your product at www samsung com global register All manuals a...

Page 2: ...ell as the ability to review your recordings immediately Digital Image Stabilizer DIS The DIS compensates for any hand shaking reducing unstable images particularly at high magnification Various Visua...

Page 3: ...signs are here to prevent injury to you and others Please follow them explicitly After reading this section keep it in a safe place for future reference precautions Warning This camcorder should alwa...

Page 4: ...However there may be tiny dots red blue or green in colour that appear on the LCD screen These dots are normal and do not affect the recorded picture in any way Do not pick up the camcorder by holding...

Page 5: ...sonnel When replacement parts are required be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the manufacturer and having the same characteristics as the original part Unauthorised...

Page 6: ...ecting a power source 18 Basic miniDV camcorder operation 19 Screen indicators in Camera Player modes 20 Screen indicators in M Cam M Player modes VP D395i only 21 Using the display button 22 Using th...

Page 7: ...cene Setting the zero memory VP D392 i D395i only 39 Self record using the remote control Setting the Self Timer VP D392 i D395i only 40 Reviewing and searching a recording 41 Using the fade on and of...

Page 8: ...ct 68 Setting the AV in out AV In Out VP D391i D392i D395i only 69 Tape playing back on a TV screen 71 Copying a camcorder tape onto a video tape 72 Using the VOICE function 73 Recording copying a TV...

Page 9: ...dgeTM 92 Transferring ieee1394 I Link DV standard data connections 94 Using USB Interface 96 Selecting the USB device USB Connect 97 Installing the software DV Media Pro programme 98 Connecting to a P...

Page 10: ...ble VP D395i only Software CD VP D395i only User Manual CD Quick Start Guide Button type Battery for Remote Control Type CR2025 VP D392 i D395i only Remote Control VP D392 i D395i only Lens Cover Lens...

Page 11: ...P D392 i D395i only 6 Display button 3 Light VP D392 i D395i only 7 TFT LCD screen 4 OPEN switch 8 Internal microphone Be careful not to cover the internal microphone and lens during recording CAUTION...

Page 12: ...unction works reversely 1 MENU button 2 Joystick Select W T page 23 3 Recording start stop button 4 Jack cover AV DV jack 5 Built in speaker 6 Select CARD TAPE switch VP D395i only 7 Battery pack 8 Ba...

Page 13: ...ume VOL lever 5 Jack cover DC IN USB VP D395i only jack 2 PHOTO button page 60 78 6 Cassette compartment cover 3 Recording start stop button 7 Hand strap 4 POWER switch MODE AV DV POWER CHG V O L All...

Page 14: ...ode 4 DC IN Jack 5 DV IEEE1394 jack 6 Charging CHG indicator 7 USB jack VP D395i only 8 Memory card slot VP D395i only 9 Tripod receptacle 10_ English Jacks VP D395i AV DV DC IN USB VP D391 i D3910 D3...

Page 15: ...ction button page 64 2 REC button 11 Display button 3 SELF TIMER button page 39 12 W T Zoom button 4 ZERO MEMORY button page 38 13 X2 button page 64 5 PHOTO SEARCH button page 61 14 DATE TIME button 6...

Page 16: ...h for your convenience 3 Close the hand strap Lens Cover Attaching the Lens Cover 4 Hook up the lens cover with the lens cover strap as illustrated 5 Hook up the lens cover strap to the hand strap and...

Page 17: ...ly with the same or equivalent type Do not pick up the battery using tweezers or other metal tools This will cause a short circuit Do not recharge disassemble heat or immerse the battery in water to a...

Page 18: ...mcorder Charging the Battery Pack 1 Slide the POWER switch downwards to turn off the power 2 Insert the battery pack to the camcorder 3 Open the jack cover and connect the AC power adaptor to the DC I...

Page 19: ...fully charged battery pack at 25 C 77 F As the environmental temperature and conditions vary the remaining battery time may differ from the approximate continuous recording times given in the instruct...

Page 20: ...d b 20 40 used c 40 80 used d 80 95 used e Completely used Blinking The Camcorder will turn off soon change the battery as soon as possible Battery Pack Management The battery pack should be recharged...

Page 21: ...g a battery pack damages the internal cells To preserve battery power keep your camcorder turned off when you are not operating it If your camcorder is in Camera mode and it is left in STBY mode witho...

Page 22: ...vie or photo images on a tape page 19 Player mode To play movie or photo images on a tape page 19 M Cam mode To record movie or photo images on memory card page 20 M Player mode To play movie or photo...

Page 23: ...12 BLC Back Light Compensation page 56 13 WindCut Plus page 45 14 Fade page 41 Remote page 25 VP D392 i D395i only 15 USB page 98 VP D395i only 16 C Nite page 58 17 Real Stereo page 46 18 Zoom Positio...

Page 24: ...off 1 Time counter movie recording time 2 File number of the moving image 3 Volume Control page 86 4 Erase Protection Indicator page 80 5 Silde page 79 6 Image Counter Current photo image Total number...

Page 25: ...mperature Correct disposal of batteries in this product Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate battery return systems This marking on the battery manual or packagi...

Page 26: ...ess the Joystick Quick menu is displayed 2 Press the Joystick to control the setting Moving the Joystick up toggles between Auto Exposure and Manual Exposure 3 Press the Joystick to confirm your selec...

Page 27: ...only Joystick M Cam Mode M Player Mode Movie images M Player Mode Photo images STOP PLAY PAUSE FF REW Exposure Delete Focus Thumbnail STOP STOP STOP STOP Thumbnail Previous Skip REW REW REW REW Previo...

Page 28: ...r setting the minutes A message Complete is displayed 9 To exit press the MENU button You can set the year up to 2037 Turning the date and time display on off To switch the date and time display on or...

Page 29: ...the Joystick up or down to select On or Off then press the Joystick 7 To exit press the MENU button If you set the Remote to Off in the menu and try to use it the remote control indicator will blink f...

Page 30: ...t Beep Sound then press the Joystick 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select On or Off then press the Joystick 7 To exit press the MENU button SETTING THE BEEP SOUND BEEP SOUND initial setting system...

Page 31: ...ick or move the Joystick to the right 4 Move the Joystick up or down to select Shutter Sound then press the Joystick 5 Move the Joystick up or down to select On or Off then press the Joystick 6 To exi...

Page 32: ...Italiano Portugu s Polski Nederlands Magyar Svenska Iran Suomi T rk e Norwegian Danish Czech Slovakia 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select the desired OSD language then press the Joystick The OSD...

Page 33: ...MENU button The demonstration will begin 8 To quit the demonstration press the MENU button The demonstration function is automatically activated when the camcorder is left idle for more than 10 minute...

Page 34: ...es the function None Cross Records the subject placed in the centre as the most general recording composition Grid Records the subject on the horizontal or vertical composition or with close up Safety...

Page 35: ...ss the Joystick or move the Joystick to the right 5 Move the Joystick up or down to select the item you want to adjust LCD Bright or LCD Colour then press the Joystick 6 Move the Joystick up or down t...

Page 36: ...hed The rechargeable battery will be fully discharged in about 3 months if you do not use your camcorder at all Use your camcorder after charging the built in rechargeable battery If the built in rech...

Page 37: ...menu list will appear 4 Move the Joystick up or down to select Display then press the Joystick or move the Joystick to the right 5 Move the Joystick up or down to select TV Display then press the Joys...

Page 38: ...ea marked PUSH on the cassette compartment cover until it clicks into place The cassette is loaded automatically 4 Close the cassette compartment cover INSERTING EJECTING A CASSETTE basic recording VA...

Page 39: ...CD screen Make sure the battery level indicates that there is enough remaining power for your expected recording time You can select a record mode of your choice page 44 4 To start recording press the...

Page 40: ...cording will begin using the basic automatic settings To cancel the EASY Q mode Press the EASY Q button again The EASY Q and DIS indicators disappear from the screen Almost all the settings will retur...

Page 41: ...r the operation sound of the Zoom lever may be also recorded Focussing may become unstable during zooming In this case set the zoom before recording and lock the focus by using the manual focus then z...

Page 42: ...tape in stop mode The tape stops automatically when it reaches the zero position When you have finished recording press the MODE button to set Player and press the REW button The tape stops automatic...

Page 43: ...ing indicator blinks with a beep sound At the last second of the countdown recording starts automatically If you want to cancel the self timer function before recording press the SELF TIMER button aga...

Page 44: ...e Joystick the selected images will be played in reverse order Press and release the Joystick to play the images in reverse order for 3 seconds before resetting the play order to normal To perform the...

Page 45: ...tton and at the same time release the Fade function Recording starts and the picture and sound gradually appear Fade In To Stop Recording 5 When you want to stop recording with fade out press the Joys...

Page 46: ...ed in fog or surrounded by snow c Very shiny or glossy surfaces like a car d People or objects moving constantly or quickly like an athlete or a crowd Setting the Focus 1 Set the Select switch to CARD...

Page 47: ...re by moving up the Joystick 5 Move the Joystick left or right to select the desired exposure value then press the Joystick Exposure value can be set between 00 to 29 6 To exit press the Joystick Sele...

Page 48: ...o Mode then press the Joystick 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select the desired record mode or audio mode then press the Joystick Rec mode can be set to SP or LP Audio mode can be set to 12Bit or...

Page 49: ...lect WindCut Plus then press the Joystick 6 To activate the windcut plus function move the Joystick up or down to select the windcut plus type then press the Joystick Off Disables the function Auto Mi...

Page 50: ...stick 6 To activate the Real Stereo function move the Joystick up or down to select On then press the Joystick If you do not want to use the Real Stereo function set the Real Stereo menu to Off 7 To e...

Page 51: ...ogram AE then press the Joystick The available options are listed 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select the desired program AE option then press the Joystick 7 To exit press the MENU button The ind...

Page 52: ...ed background The portrait mode is most effective when used outdoors The shutter speed is automatically adjusted from 1 50 to 1 1000 per second Spotlight Prevents overexposure of subject s face etc wh...

Page 53: ...t 5 Move the Joystick up or down to select White Balance then press the Joystick The available options are listed 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select the desired white balance mode then press the...

Page 54: ...a white object such as a piece of paper so that it fills the screen Use an object that is not transparent If the object that fills the screen is not focussed correct the focus using Manual Focus page...

Page 55: ...stick to the right 5 Move the Joystick up or down to select Visual Effect then press the Joystick The available options are listed 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select the desired visual effect op...

Page 56: ...n image Pastel1 This mode applies a pale pastel drawing effect to an image Pastel2 This mode applies a pale pastel drawing effect to surrounding area of an image Mirror mode is not available in the 16...

Page 57: ...the Joystick If you do not want to use the 16 9 wide function set the 16 9 Wide menu to Off 7 To exit press the MENU button 16 9 wide indicator is displayed You cannot set the following functions in t...

Page 58: ...layed When recording in Tele Macro mode the focus speed may be slow When you operate the zoom function in the Tele Macro mode the recording subject may be out of focus Use a tripod not supplied to pre...

Page 59: ...MENU button DIS indicator is displayed EASY Q mode automatically sets the DIS to On You cannot set the following functions in the DIS mode Mosaic Mirror Emboss2 Pastel1 Pastel2 C Nite Digital Zoom Set...

Page 60: ...oystick or move the Joystick X to the right 5 Move the Joystick up or down to select BLC then press the Joystick 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select On then press the Joystick If you do not want...

Page 61: ...he digital zoom The digital zoom indicator appears Maximum digital zooming may result in lower picture quality You cannot set the Digital Zoom mode in the following modes Please release these function...

Page 62: ...using the C Nite the image takes on a slow motion like effect When using the C Nite the focus adjusts slowly and white dots may appear on the screen This is not a defect The C Nite function does not w...

Page 63: ...nu to Off 7 To exit press the MENU button Light indicator will be displayed The light can become extremely hot Do not touch it while in operation or soon after turning it off otherwise serious injury...

Page 64: ...ndby mode During the seven seconds you cannot record another photo image During the Tape Photo Recording do not shake your camcorder Mosaic pattern noise may appear on the image During the Tape Photo...

Page 65: ...forwarded 7 To stop the photo search move down the Joystick or press the MENU button The remote control will help you search for a desired photo image VP D392 i D395i only In STOP mode press the PHOT...

Page 66: ...our during playback The adjustment method is the same procedure as used in Camera mode page 31 Adjusting the Volume When you use the LCD screen for playback you can hear recorded sound from the built...

Page 67: ...Joystick Press the X PLAY or PAUSE button on the remote control Picture Search Forward Reverse Move the Joystick W X left or right during playback or pause mode To resume normal playback press the Joy...

Page 68: ...during playback To resume normal playback press the X PLAY button Reverse X2 Playback Press the W button during forward X2 playback To resume normal playback press the X PLAY button Reverse Playback...

Page 69: ...ayback and press it again to pause the scene If you want to resume to playback just press the Joystick again on playback 5 Press the A DUB button on the remote control Audio dubbing indicator is displ...

Page 70: ...original sound Sound 2 Plays the dubbed sound MIX 1 2 Plays back sound 1 and 2 equally mixed 7 To exit press the MENU button 8 Press the Joystick to play back the dubbed tape To stop the dubbed audio...

Page 71: ...function Voice Highlights the human voice Music Highlights the sound by enhancing the bass and treble Wide Magnifies the stereo effect by enhancing the left and right sounds Echo Gives an echo effect...

Page 72: ...Out or In then press the Joystick Out Select this when copying or playing back the contents of this camcorder onto the external device In Select this when recording the contents of an external device...

Page 73: ...jack Audio L mono The red jack Audio R If you connect to a mono TV connect the yellow jack Video to the video input of the TV and the white jack Audio L to the audio input of the TV 2 Set the Select...

Page 74: ...e 1 Connect a power source 2 Insert the tape you wish to play back 3 Set the Select switch to TAPE VP D395i only 4 Press the MODE button to set Player 5 Move the Joystick W X left or right find the fi...

Page 75: ...yellow jack Video The white jack Audio L mono The red jack Audio R 6 Press the Record button on your VCR to start recording 7 Play the tape on your camcorder Please refer to page 70 to see how to pla...

Page 76: ...Video cable is connected If a different cable DV or USB cable VP D385 i only is connected Voice function may not operate properly If you move the Joystick S T W X when you operate Voice function Voice...

Page 77: ...played in your VCR Pause at the starting point of playing 5 Start copying by pressing the Recording start stop button on your camcorder 6 Press the PLAY button on your VCR to play the tape To record...

Page 78: ...y mistake Deleting images stored in memory card Marking photo images with print Information Formatting memory cards Inserting a Memory Card 1 Open the memory card cover 2 Insert the memory card into t...

Page 79: ...ct the memory card Do not turn the power off while recording loading erasing a photo image or formatting the memory card Turn the power off before you insert or eject the memory card to avoid losing d...

Page 80: ...ovie image Images are compressed in MPEG4 Moving Picture Experts Group format The file extension is AVI The picture size is 720X576 page 84 Up to 99 files are created in one folder New folder is creat...

Page 81: ...will appear 4 Move the Joystick up or down to select Memory then press the Joystick 5 Move the Joystick up or down to select File No then press the Joystick 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select t...

Page 82: ...es are saved more widely than have been taken in LCD screen Photo images are saved in the memory card in an 800x600 format The number of photo images that can be stored depends on the quality of the i...

Page 83: ...de show press the Joystick again To view the Multi Display If you move down the Joystick T you will see a message of Please wait and 6 photo images on the screen in a moment To display the previous si...

Page 84: ...protect 4 Press the MENU button The menu list will appear 5 Move the Joystick up or down to select Memory then press the Joystick 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select Protect then press the Joysti...

Page 85: ...to select Memory then press the Joystick 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select Delete then press the Joystick A message Do you want to delete is displayed 7 Move the Joystick W X left or right to s...

Page 86: ...erroneous image file is found on the memory card the message Memory Card Error will be displayed It may be caused by copying images from different digital devices To protect important pictures from a...

Page 87: ...ion all photo images moving images will be erased completely and erased photo images moving images cannot be recovered Formatting the memory card using a different device will cause memory card read e...

Page 88: ...images onto a Memory Card 1 Set the Select switch to CARD 2 Press the MODE button to set Camera 3 Press the Recording start stop button the moving images are recorded on the memory card in MPEG4 REC i...

Page 89: ...recorded are saved in avi avi 1 0 file format on the memory card The moving images on a memory card are a smaller size and lower definition than images on tape The sound is recorded in mono The follow...

Page 90: ...playback operations Press the Joystick to pause or play back Move the Joystick right or left to search playback during playback or pause mode MENU button is not available during moving image playback...

Page 91: ...save an image the playback screen is paused and the OSD is displayed 5 When you finish the recording move down the Joystick to stop recoding and switch the mode to M Player for your visual reference...

Page 92: ...camcorder automatically performs the photo image search to find photo images and copy starts 7 Move down the Joystick to stop copying Copy stops when the cassette is finished or memory card is full 8...

Page 93: ...ck up or down to select the desired option All Off This File or All Files then press the Joystick 8 If you select This File move the Joystick up or down to select the quantity then press the Joystick...

Page 94: ...4 Press the MENU button The menu list will appear 5 Move the Joystick up or down to select System then press the Joystick 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select USB Connect then press the Joystick 7...

Page 95: ...n may not be supported by all printers Check with your printer manufacturer The Date Time menu cannot be setup if the printer does not support this option The PictBridgeTM is a registered trademark of...

Page 96: ...of the PC System Requirements CPU faster Intel Pentium III 450MHz compatible Operating system Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP VISTA Mac OS 9 1 10 4 Main memory more than 64 MB RAM IEEE1394 add on card or bui...

Page 97: ...again When you transmit data from the camcorder to PC PC function button is not available in M Player mode VP D395i only Do not use another DV device when using IEEE1394 Do not connect the camcorder...

Page 98: ...later installed Windows XP High speed USB on a system with Service Pack 1 or later installed Windows VISTA High speed USB on a system with Service Pack 1 or later installed System Requirements Windows...

Page 99: ...ct the camcorder to a PC using both DV and USB cables It may not operate properly In M Cam or M Player mode be sure that the memory card is inserted into camcorder before connecting USB cable If no me...

Page 100: ...Joystick up or down to select USB Connect then press the Joystick 6 Move the Joystick up or down to select Computer or Printer then press the Joystick You can select Computer to use the camcorder as a...

Page 101: ...to restart the PC Application Installation Video Codec Click on Video Codec on the setup screen Video Codec is required to play movie files recorded by this miniDV camcorder on a PC Please install by...

Page 102: ...connect the USB cable to a PC via a USB HUB or simultaneously connect the USB cable along with other USB devices the camcorder may not work properly If this occurs remove all USB devices from the PC a...

Page 103: ...not be supported depending on the video conferencing software In this case connect an external microphone to the soundcard of the PC to enable voice communication Using the camcorder with PC Net Meet...

Page 104: ...nect the power source or remove the battery pack Open the LCD panel of the camcorder and slide down the Battery release BATT switch on the left side of the body to remove the battery with a click main...

Page 105: ...Player 3 Insert a cleaning tape 4 Press the Joystick 5 Move down the Joystick after 10 seconds Check the quality of the picture using a video cassette If the picture quality has not improved repeat t...

Page 106: ...an external device it must be an PAL system based TV or an external device and have the appropriate Audio Video jacks Otherwise you may need to use a separate video format transcoder PAL NTSC format...

Page 107: ...Display in M Cam M Player Modes VP D395i only Display Blinking Informs that Action No Memory Card slow There is no memory card in the camcorder Insert a memory card Memory full slow There is not enou...

Page 108: ...oundings page 56 Auto focus does not work Check the Manual Focus menu Auto focus does not work in the Manual Focus mode page 42 FF or REW Play function Joystick W X does not work Press the MODE button...

Page 109: ...arch Searching pictures recorded on a tape 61 Photo Copy Copying photo images from a cassette to memory card 88 Audio Select Selecting the Audio playback channel 66 Audio Effect Selecting the Audio Ef...

Page 110: ...MANUAL This user manual covers models VP D391 VP D391 i VP D3910 VP D392 VP D392 i and VP D395 i Although the external appearances of VP D391 i D3910 D392 i and VP D395i are different they operate in...

Page 111: ...ors Video output 1Vp p 75 terminated Audio output 7 5dBs 600 terminated DV input output 4pin special in out connector USB output VP D385 i only Mini B type connector USB2 0 High Speed General Power so...

Page 112: ...assistance However if there is no alternative to cutting off the plug remove the fuse and then safely dispose the plug DO NOT connect the plug to a mains socket as there is a risk of shock hazard fro...

Page 113: ...ir work will not be covered by this warranty 4 This product is not considered to be defective in materials nor workmanship by reason that it requires adaptation in order to conform to national or loca...

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