ENGLISH8787Troubleshooting✤ If these instructions do not solve your problem, contact your nearest Samsung authorized service centre.You cannot switch thecamcorder on.START/STOP buttondoes not operatewhile recording.The camcorder goesoff automatically.The battery pack isquickly exhausted.When you see a bluescreen duringplayback.A vertical strip appearson the screen whenrecording a darkbackground.Auto focus does notwork.Play, FF or REWbutton 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 morethan 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 berecharged, Use another battery pack.The video heads may be dirty.Clean the head with a cleaning tape.The contrast between the subject and the backgroundis too great for the camcorder to operate normally.Make the background bright to reduce the contrast oruse the BLC function while you are recording brighter.The image in theviewfinder is blurred.The Viewfinder lens has not been adjusted.Adjust the viewfinder control lever until the indicatorsdisplayed 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 abroken block imageduring the RECORDSEARCH.This is normal operation and it is not a failure ordefect.Explanation/SolutionSymptom
