User manual SAMSUNG VP-D963WI

[. . . ] ENGLISH Digital Video Camcorder VP-D963(i)/D964W(i)/D965W(i) AF CCD LCD Auto Focus Charge Coupled Device Liquid Crystal Display Owner's Instruction Book Before operating the unit, please read this Instruction Book thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. This product meets the intent of Directive 89/336 CEE, 73/23 CEE, 93/68 CEE. Otherwise, there is a danger of overheating, fire or explosion. Samsung is not responsible for problems occurring due to using unapproved batteries. ENGLISH Contents Notes and Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Getting to Know Your Camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Accessories Supplied with Camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Front & Left View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Left Side View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Right & Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Rear & Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Using the Hand Strap & Lens Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Lithium Battery Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Using the Lithium Ion Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting a Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 About the Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using the QUICK MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 OSD (On Screen Display) in Camera/Player Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 OSD (On Screen Display) in M. Cam/M. Player Modes . . . . . . . . . . 22 Turning the OSD (On Screen Display) On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Initial Setting : System Menu Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Setting the Clock (Clock Set) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Setting the Wireless Remote Control Acceptance (Remote) . . 24 Setting the Beep Sound (Beep Sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Setting the Shutter Sound (Shutter Sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Selecting the OSD Language (Language) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 2 Viewing the Demonstration (Demonstration). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Initial Setting : Display Menu Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Adjusting the LCD Screen (LCD Bright/ LCD Colour) . . . . . . . . 29 Displaying the Date/Time (Date/Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Setting the TV Display (TV Display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Basic Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Using the Viewfinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Inserting / Ejecting a Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Various Recording Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Making your First Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Recording with Ease for Beginners (EASY. Q Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Reviewing and Searching when Recording (REC SEARCH). . 36 Searching quickly for a desired scene (Setting the Zero Memory). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Self Record using the Remote Control (Setting the Self Timer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Zooming In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using the Tele Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using the Fade In and Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using Back Light Compensation Mode (BLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using the COLOR NITE (COLOUR NITE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Advanced Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Selecting the Record Mode & Audio Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Cutting Off Wind Noise (WindCut Plus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Selecting the Real Stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 ENGLISH Contents Setting the Shutter Speed & Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Auto Focus / Manual Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Programmed Automatic Exposure Modes (Program AE) . . . . 48 Setting the White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Applying Visual Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Setting the 16:9 Wide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Setting the Digital Image Stabilizer (DIS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Zooming In and Out with Digital Zoom (Digital Zoom) . . . . . . . . 55 Still Image Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Searching for a still image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Playing Back a Tape on the LCD Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Various Functions while in Player Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Zooming during Playback (PB ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Audio Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Dubbed Audio Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Tape Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Audio Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Setting the AV In/Out (VP-D963i/D964Wi/D965Wi only). . . . . . . . 66 Digital Still Camera Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Using a Memory Card (Usable Memory Card) (not supplied) . . 67 Memory Card Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Inserting a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Ejecting a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Structure of Folders and Files on the Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Selecting the Memory Type (VP-D965W(i) only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Selecting the Photo Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Selecting the recording Photo Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Setting the File Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Taking a Photo Image (JPEG) on the Memory Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Using the Built in Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Viewing Photo Images (JPEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 To view a Single Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 To view a Slide Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 To view the Multi Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Protection from accidental Erasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Deleting Photo Images and Moving Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Formatting the Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Recording Moving Images (MPEG) on a Memory Card . . . . . . . . 80 Playing Moving Images (MPEG) on the Memory Card (M. Play Select) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Recording a Moving Image from a Cassette as a Photo Image. . 82 Copying Still Images from a Cassette to Memory Card (Photo Copy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Copies Files from the Memory Card to the Built-in Memory (Copy to) (VP-D965W(i) only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Marking Images for Printing (Print Mark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Removing the Print Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 PictBridgeTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Printing Your Pictures ­ Using the PictBridgeTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Connecting To a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Selecting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Setting the Number of Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 3 ENGLISH Contents Setting the Date/Time Imprint Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Printing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Canceling the Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 IEEE 1394 Data Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Transferring IEEE1394 (i. LINK)-DV Standard Data Connections (VP-D963i/D964Wi/D965Wi only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Connecting to a DV Device (DVD Recorder, Camcorder, etc). [. . . ] Press the [A. DUB] button on the remote control. Press the [/II (PLAY/STILL)] button to start dubbing. I Press the [I (STOP)] button to stop the dubbing. PLAY ER USB DV MIC CA 34 ER M A 5 [ Notes ] I You can not use the Audio Dubbing function while playing a write protected video tape. I To utilize an external MIC or sound source, connect a microphone to the MIC jack or use the Multi Cable to connect external sound source input. I To dub an external sound source, set the <AV In/Out> function to <AV In> (VP-D963i/D964Wi/D965Wi only). page 66 61 ENGLISH Playback Dubbed Audio Playback The dubbed Audio Playback function works only in <Player> mode. Insert the dubbed tape and press the [MENU] button. Move the [Zoom] lever up or down to select <Tape>, then press the [OK] button. ZOOM 4 Player Mode Tape Photo Search Photo Copy Audio Select Audio Effect Sound[1] Off Move OK Select MENU Exit 5. Move the [Zoom] lever up or down to select <Audio Select>, then press the [OK] button. Move the [Zoom] lever up or down to select the audio playback channel, then press the [OK] button. I <Sound[1]>: play the original sound. I <Sound[2]>: play the dubbed sound. I <MIX[1+2]>: play back sound1 and 2 equally mixed. Press the [/II (PLAY/STILL)] button to playback the dubbed tape. [ Note ] When you playback added sound (Sound [2] or MIX[1+2]), you may experience a loss of sound quality. 6 Player Mode Back Photo Search Photo Copy Audio Select Audio Effect Sound[1] Sound[2] MIX[1+2] Select MENU ZOOM Move OK Exit 8 Sound[2] SP 0:01:53:10 20min 62 ENGLISH Playback Tape Playback The Playback function works only in <Player> mode. page 19 Playing back on a TV Monitor To play back a tape, the television must be PAL compatible. page 98 We recommend that you use the AC Power adapter as the power source for the Camcorder. TV Multi Cable AV/ S Camcorder QUIC MEN K U PLAYE R CAM Connecting to a TV which has Audio/Video Input Jacks 1. Connect the Camcorder to your TV with the Multi Cable I The yellow jack: Video I The white jack: Audio(L)-mono , The red jack: Audio(R) I If you connect to a monaural 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. Turn on the TV and set the TV/VIDEO selector on the TV to Video. page 62 Signal flow Multi Cable Connect the Multi AV/S jack with the triangle mark facing down. [ Notes ] You may use an S-Video connector on the cable to obtain better quality pictures if you have a S-Video connector on your TV. I Even if you use an S-Video connector, you need to connect an audio cable. I If you connect the cable to the AV/S jack, you will not hear sound from the Camcorder's speakers. [. . . ] c) Misuse, including the failure to use this product for its normal purposes or incorrect installation. d) Damage caused by Lightning, Water, Fire, Acts of God, War, Public Disturbances, incorrect mains voltage, improper ventilation or any other cause beyond the control of Samsung. This warranty is valid for any person who legally acquired possession of the product during the warranty period. The consumers statutory rights in any applicable national legislation whether against the retailer arising from the purchase contract or otherwise are not affected by this warranty. [. . . ]