Samsung Digimax V4000 Users Manual

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Important notes
Your new Samsung camera is a precision instrument. Whilst it is designed to withstand general wear
and tear, there are some important points that will help you get maximum service and reliability from
your camera. The following should be avoided :
- Severe changes in temperature and humidity.
- Dust and dirt.
- Direct sunlight or the inside of a vehicle in hot weather.
- Environments where there is high magnetism or excessive vibration.
- Areas with high explosives or which are...

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Warning indicator
There are several warnings that may appear in the LCD display
Warning indicator
CARD ERROR !
CARD FULL !
NO IMAGE !
NO CARD !
FILE ERROR !
LOW BATTERY !
CARD LOCKED !Causes
- Card error
- There is insufficient memory
capacity to take an image
- There are no images stored on the
memory card
- A memory card is not inserted
- The camera can’t recognize the
memory card
- Memory card error
- There is low battery capacity
- The SD memory card is locked- Turn off the camera power and
turn...

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Before contacting a service center
Symptom
The camera doesn’t
switch on
The camera power is
down whilst in use
Batteries 
drain quickly
Camera does not 
take images when
pressing the 
Shutter button Causes
- There is low battery capacity
- An AC Power Adapter is not
connected
- The batteries are exhausted
- The Camera is turned off
automatically due to the Auto
power off function
- The Adapter plug is not connected
securely
- The Camera is being used in low
temperatures
- Mixing old and new...

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Before contacting a service center
Symptom
The images are
unclear
The flash does 
not fire
Incorrect date and
time is displayed
The camera buttons
do not operate
Memory card errorCauses
- The focus mode is not correct.
- The autofocus was not activated
- 
Taking a picture beyond the flash range
- The lens is smudged or dirty.
- FLASH OFF mode have been
selected
- The date and time have been set
incorrectly or the camera has
adopted the default settings
- Camera malfunction
- Incorrect memory card...

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Before contacting a service center
Symptom
Color of image
different to original
scene
Images are too bright
No image on external
monitor
When using 
the PC’s explorer,
‘Removable Disk’ 
file does not showCauses
- White balance setting is incorrect
- Exposure is excessive
- The external monitor has not been
connected properly with the
camera
- There are incorrect files in the
memory card
- Cable connection is incorrect
- The camera is off
- There are no batteries, the
batteries are exhausted or...

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Specifications
Type 1/1.8 CCD
Image Sensor Effective Pixels Approx. 4.0 Mega pixels
Total Pixels Approx. 4.1 Mega pixels
Focal LengthSchneider Lens f = 7.7 ~ 23.1mm (35mm film equivalent : 38~114mm)
Lens F No. F2.7 ~ F4.9
Digital Zoom Still Image mode : 1.0X ~ 4.0X
Play mode : 1.0X ~ 8.3X (depends on image size)
Optical Viewfinder Real image optical viewfinder
LCD Monitor 1.5 color TFT LCD (117,600 dots)
Type TTL auto focus, Manual focus 
Range Normal : 80cm ~ infinity, Macro : 30 ~ 80cm,
Super Macro...

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Specifications
Image Size Large : 2272x1704 pixels, Medium : 1120x840 pixels,
Small : 544x408 pixels, Photo : 2272x1504 pixels
Capacity (32MB) Large : Super fine 12, Fine 25, Normal 38, TIFF 2
Medium : Super fine 53, Fine 106, Normal 159, TIFF 8
Small : Super fine 225, Fine 451, Normal 676, TIFF 35
Photo : Super fine 14, Fine 29, Normal 43, TIFF 2
* These figures are measured under Samsung’s standard
conditions and may vary depending on shooting conditions
and camera settings.
Image Play Single...

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Software Notes
Please ensure that you read the instruction manual carefully before use.
The attached software is a camera driver and image editing software tool for Windows.
Under no circumstances should all or part of either the software or the user manual be reproduced.
Copyrights for software are licensed only for use with a camera.
In the unlikely event of a manufacturing fault, we will repair or exchange your camera. 
We cannot, however, be held responsible in any way for damage caused by...

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About the software
SOFTWARE
After inserting the CD-ROM provided with this camera into the CD-ROM drive, the following window
should automatically run.
Before connecting the camera to the PC, you
should first install the camera driver.
Camera driver : This enables images to transfer between the camera and PC.
This camera uses the USB Storage Driver as the camera driver. You can use the camera as a USB
card reader. After installing the driver and connecting this camera to the PC, you can find...

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Setting up the application software
To use this camera with a PC, install the application software first. After this has been done, the stored
images in the camera can be moved to the PC and can be edited by an image editing program.
You can visit the Samsung web-site through the internet.
http://www.samsungcamera.com : English
http://www.samsungcamera.co.kr : Korean
1. Click the [Install] menu in the Autorun frame. 
The Digimax V4000 camera driver is installed
automatically.
2. Camera driver...