20 Most Recent Samsung VP-D103i Mini DV Digital Camcorder Questions & Answers

yep thats the camera telling you that its broken or that the tape is damaged

More than likely, the flexible cable that goes from the inside of the body to the flip out LCD screen, needs to be replaced. Time to seek Professional service. We can help! Contact Us at AVRepair com

There are two components to a camera lense. One adjusts the final lense distance from the CCD imaging chip the other adjusts the distance between the lenses in the assembly (which zooms the image in and out). It sounds like something inside the lense came loose and when you zoom the lense the focal lense is moving with the rest. The lense will probably have to be replaced if it cannot be taken apart. Odds are something is broken inside anyway. This could be something you might be capable of, I have no way of knowing. If you do not think you are up to the task, have a reputable repair shop do it. Cost should not be excessive. I would think less than $100 US plus the cost of the part. Good luck.

Software don't recognize the samsung mini dv vp-d103i device

You can download a copy of the user manual for this unit from this link, just click HERE.

Please get it downloaded here :
www.driverskit.com/Camera/Samsung.html
www.opendrivers.com/.../samsung-free-driver-download.html

Jay

Hi,
Visit to the given link for your software http://www.samsung.com/download/Model_Select.aspx?type=Camcorder&typecode=7&subtype=Mini-DV&subtypecode=701&model=VP-D103I&filetype=SW&language=
Hope this has helped you.. Please rate the answer. Thanks..

to transfer video from your camcorder to your laptop you will need a firewire cable (ieee 1394). only with this cable you will be able to transer video.
you will also need a firewire port on your laptop.
if you don't have one then you can buy a firewire pci card.

see this for info and pictures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394_interface

Do you have the correct adapter?It sounds like you have the wrong one.

My thoughts is the heads on the drum are getting clogged. The best thing to do is to take it into a place like Best Buy who may be able to have the appropriate cleaning tools to clean the debris from the heads.
Cleaning should be left to the professionals especially with Mini DV as the heads and head drum is so small and tiny.

Blessings,
A/V Media Guy

try to RESET the camera. try to find it on the camera. good luck

Make sure the little slide swithch on the SD card ( left side is not in the no write position. Often when inserting SD cards the little white slide gets pushed off its top position.

Dear Wlburns68,
There are many protection features on this camcoder as follows:

1. If the (DEW) protection feature is activated, leave the camcoder for at least two hours in a dry, warm room with the cassette compartment opened and the battery pack removed.
2. When you have recorded something that you wish to keep,
   you can protect it so that it will not be accidentally erased.
   a. Protecting a tape :
   Push the safety tab on the cassette so that the hole is
   uncovered.
   b. Removing the tape protection :
   If you no longer wish to keep the recording on the
   cassette, push the write-protect tab back so that it
   covers the hole.
   You can have a similar function on Memory cards as well.
   
3. One is the Protection that you set on an image or a video to protect it from being overwritten (the point number 2 is at Tape/memory card level and this one is at image level)
   

I think the issue that your camera has is to do with either (2) or (1).
Please let me know if that helps and if it doesn't still I would love to hear from you so that I can research a little further..
Regards,
Srinivas.