DMC-S3P, DMC-S3PC, DMC-S3PR, DMC-S3PU, DMC-S3EB, DMC-S3EE, DMC-S3EF, DMC-S3EG, DMC-S3EP, DMC-S3GA, DMC-S3GC, DMC-S3GD, DMC-S3GF, DMC-S3GK, DMC-S3GN, DMC-S3GT - Panasonic Digital Camera Service Manual (repair manual). Page 2

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Colour
[DMC-S1]
(A)...........Blue Type (except PR/PU/EB/EF/GD/GK/GT) 
(K)...........Black Type
(N)...........Gold Type (only P)
(P)...........Pink Type (only GA/GC/GD/GF/GT)
(PA).........Pink Type (only P/PR/PU/EB/EE/EG/EP/GN) 
(S)...........Silver Type (except EB/EF/GD) 
(W)..........White Type (only GA/GC/GD/GF/GK/GN/GT)
[DMC-S3]
(A)...........Blue Type (only P/PC/EB/EE/EG/EP/GK/GN) 
(K)...........Black Type
(R)...........Red Type (except GD)
(V)...........Violet Type (except PR/PU/EE/GD/GT)
(W)..........White Type

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1 Safety Precautions -----------------------------------------------3

1.1. General Guidelines ----------------------------------------3
1.2. Leakage Current Cold Check ---------------------------3
1.3. Leakage Current Hot Check (See Figure 1.) --------3
1.4. How to Discharge the E.Capacitor on Flash

P.C.B.----------------------------------------------------------4

2 Warning --------------------------------------------------------------5

2.1. Prevention of Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

to Electrostatically Sensitive (ES) Devices ----------5

2.2. How to Recycle the Lithium Ion Battery (U.S.

Only)-----------------------------------------------------------5

2.3. Caution for AC Cord(For EB/GC) ----------------------6
2.4. How to Replace the Lithium Battery -------------------7

3 Service Navigation------------------------------------------------8

3.1. Introduction --------------------------------------------------8
3.2. Important Notice (About minimum

replacement part size: MAIN P.C.B. & LENS
UNIT) ---------------------------------------------------------8

3.3. General Description About Lead Free Solder

(PbF) ----------------------------------------------------------9

3.4. Important Notice 1:(Other than U.S.A. and

Canadian Market) ------------------------------------------9

3.5. How to Define the Model Suffix (NTSC or PAL

model)------------------------------------------------------- 10

4 Specifications ---------------------------------------------------- 15
5 Location of Controls and Components------------------ 16
6 Service Mode ----------------------------------------------------- 18

6.1. Error Code Memory Function ------------------------- 18

7 Service Fixture & Tools--------------------------------------- 21

7.1. Service Fixture and Tools------------------------------ 21
7.2. When Replacing the Main P.C.B. -------------------- 21

8 Disassembly and Assembly Instructions -------------- 22

8.1. Disassembly Flow Chart ------------------------------- 22
8.2. P.C.B. Location ------------------------------------------- 22
8.3. Disassembly Procedure-------------------------------- 22
8.4. Removal of the CCD Unit------------------------------ 28

9 Measurements and Adjustments -------------------------- 29

9.1. Introduction------------------------------------------------ 29
9.2. Before Disassembling the unit ----------------------- 29
9.3. Details of Electrical Adjustment ---------------------- 31
9.4. After Adjustment ----------------------------------------- 35

10 Maintenance------------------------------------------------------ 36

10.1. Cleaning Lens and LCD Panel ----------------------- 36