User's Manual

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Thank you for purchasing this Samsung
Camcorder. Please read this user manual
carefully before you use the camcorder and
keep it handy for future reference. Should
your camcorder fail to operate correctly, refer
to Troubleshooting.
This User Manual covers HMX-S10,
HMX-S15, and HMX-S16 models.
The HMX-S15 and HMX-S16 have a
32GB, and 64GB built-in storage media
(SSD) respectively but also use memory
cards.
The HMX-S10 do not have built-in storage
media (SSD) and use memory cards.
Although some features of HMX-S10
models are different, they operate in the
same way.
Illustrations of model HMX-S10 are used
in this user manual.
The displays in this user manual may not
be exactly the same as those you see on
the LCD screen.
Designs and specifications of the
camcorder and other accessories are
subject to change without any notice.
In this user manual, the icon or symbol in
the parenthesis appearing in a description
of a submenu item indicates it will
appear on the screen when setting the
corresponding item.
Ex) Submenu item of “iSCENE”
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- “Sports” (
): Recording people
or objects in motion. (If set,
corresponding icon (
) will appear
on the screen.)
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The following terms are used in this
manual:
• ‘Scene’ refers to the point where you
press the Record Start/Stop button to
start recording until you press again to
pause the recording.
• The terms ‘photo’ and ‘still image’ are
used interchangeably with the same
meaning.
This camcorder records video in H.264
(MPEG4 part10/AVC) format and in
High Definition Video (HD-VIDEO) or
Standard Definition Video (SD-VIDEO).
You can play back and edit the video
recorded by the camcorder on a
personal computer with the built-in
software in this camcorder.
Please note that this camcorder is not
compatible with other digital video
formats.
Before recording important video,
make a trial recording.
Play back your trial recording to make sure
the video and audio have been recorded
properly.
The recorded contents cannot be
compensated for:
- Samsung cannot compensate for any
damage caused when a recording
cannot be played back because of a
defect in the camcorder or memory
card. Samsung cannot be responsible
for your recorded video and audio.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON USE
Before using this camcorder
About this user manual