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Warranty
Certification Agilent Technologies certifies that this product met its published specifications at the time of
shipment from the factory. Agilent Technologies further certifies that its calibration
measurements are traceable to the United States National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST, formerly NBS), to the extent allowed by the Institute’s calibration facility,
and to the calibration facilities of other International Standards Organization members.
Warranty This Agilent Technologies system product is warranted against defects in
materials and workmanship for a period corresponding to the individual
warranty periods of its component produc ts. Instruments are warranted for a
period of one year. During the warranty period, Agilent Technol ogies will, at
its option, either repair or replace products that prove to be defective.
Warranty service for products installed b y Agilen t and cert ain oth er product s
designated by Agilent will be performed at Buyer’s facility at no charge
within Agilent service travel areas. Outside Agilent service travel areas,
warranty service will be performed at Buyer’s facility only upon Agilent’s
prior agreement and Buyer shall pay Agilent’s round trip travel expenses. In
all other areas, products must be returned to a service facility designated by
Agilent.
For products returned to Agilent for warrant y s ervice, Buyer shall prepay
shipping charges to Agilent and Agilent shall pay shipping charg es t o re turn
the product to Buyer. However, Buyer sh all pay all shipping charges, duties,
and taxes for products returned to Agilent from another country.
Agilent warrants that its software and firmware de signated by Agilent for
use with an instrument will execute its programming instructions when
properly installed on that instrument. Agilent does not warrant that the
operation of the instrument, or software, or firmware will be uninterrupted or
error free.
LIMITATION OF WARRANTY. The foregoing warranty shall not apply
to defects resulting from improper or inadequate maintenance by Buyer,
Buyer-supplied software or interfacing, unauthorized modification or
misuse, operation outside of the environmental specifications for the
product, or improper site preparation or maintenance.
NO OTHER WARRANTY IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. AGILENT
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES. THE REMEDIES PROVIDED HEREIN ARE
BUYER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES. AGILENT SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,