Samsung SCD303 User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English) - Page 107

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Troubleshooting ✤ If these instructions do not solve your problem, contact your nearest Samsung authorized service center. ENGLISH Symptom Explanation/Solution You cannot switch the camcorder on. Check the battery pack or the AC Power Adapter. START/STOP button Check the POWER switch is set to CAMERA. does not operate You have reached the end of the cassette. while recording. Check the record protection tab on the cassette. The camcorder goes off automatically. You have left the camcorder set to STBY for more than 5 minutes without using it. The battery pack is fully exhausted. The battery pack is quickly 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. When you see a blue screen during playback. The video heads may be dirty. Clean the head with a cleaning tape. A vertical strip appears The contrast between the subject and the background on the screen when is too great for the camcorder to operate normally. recording a dark Make the background bright to reduce the contrast or background. 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. Auto focus does not Check the M.FOCUS menu. work. Auto focus does not work in the Manual Focus mode. Play, FF or REW button does not work. When you see a broken block image during the RECORD SEARCH. Check the POWER switch. Set the power switch to PLAYER. You have reached the beginning or end of the cassette. This is normal operation and it is not a failure or defect. 103

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Troubleshooting
If these instructions do not solve your problem, contact your nearest Samsung authorized service center.
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