2SAFETY WARNINGSWhat the icons and signs in this user manual mean:Safety Icon MeaningWARNINGThere is a potential risk of death or serious injury.CAUTIONThere is a potential risk of personal injury or damage to theproduct.To reduce the risk of fire, explosion, electric shock, or personalinjury when using your camcorder, follow these basic safetyprecautions.Here are hints or page number references you will find helpfulwhen you operate the camcorder.Settings required before using a function.These warning signs are here to prevent injury to you and others.Please follow them explicitly. After reading this section, keep it in asafe place for future reference.PRECAUTIONSWarning!• When using the AC power adaptor with your camcorder, connect theadaptor to an outlet with protective grounding.• Do not expose the camcorder battery to direct sunlight, heaters,radiators, fire, or any source of excessive heat.CautionIf you replace the battery with the wrong battery, you can cause anexplosion. Replace only with the same battery or an equivalent type.To disconnect the apparatus from the mains, the plug must be pulled outfrom the mains socket, therefore the mains plug shall be readily operable.IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON USEThank you for purchasing this Samsung Camcorder. Please readthis user manual carefully before you use the camcorder and keepit handy for future reference. Should your camcorder fail to operatecorrectly, refer to Troubleshooting. pages 93~102This User Manual covers models HMX-F90, HMX-F91,HMX-F900, HMX-F910, and HMX-F920.• Illustrations of model HMX-F90 are used in this user manual.• The displays in this user manual may not be exactly the same asthose you see on the LCD screen.• Designs and specifications of the camcorder and otheraccessories are subject to change without notice.• Before using the camcorder, read the Safety information carefullyand then use the product properly.• Samsung is not responsible for any injury or damage caused bynot following the instructions in the user manual.• In this manual, a ‘memory card’ or ‘card’ means an SD, SDHC,or SDXC memory card.• In this user manual’s function description tables, the icon shownin the on-screen display column will appear on the screen whenyou set the corresponding function.Example: 720X576/50p (16:9) - Video Resolution Submenuitem page 53Item Use On-screendisplay720X576/50p(16:9)Records in 720x576 (50p) resolutionwith 16:9 aspect ratio.If you set the video resolution to 720X576/50p (16:9), thecorresponding icon ( ) will appear on the screen.Before reading this user manualAbout this user manual