Safe and proper usage
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Before using your new recorder, read this manual carefully to ensure that you know how to operate it safely and correctly. Keep this manual in an easily accessible location for future reference.
•The warning symbols indicate important safety related information. To protect yourself and others from personal injury or damage to property, it is essential that you always read the warnings and information provided.
General precautions
•Do not leave the recorder in hot, humid locations such as inside a closed automobile under direct sunlight or on the beach in the summer.
•Do not store the recorder in places exposed to excessive moisture or dust.
•Do not use organic solvents such as alcohol and lacquer thinner to clean the unit.
•Do not place the recorder on top of or near electric appliances such as TVs or refrigerators.
•Avoid recording or playing back near cellular phones or other wireless equipment, as they may cause interference and noise.
If you experience noise, move to another place, or move the recorder further away from such equipment.
•Avoid sand or dirt. These can cause irreparable damage.
•Avoid strong vibrations or shocks.
•Do not disassemble, repair or modify the unit yourself.
•Do not operate the unit while operating a vehicle (such as a bicycle, motorcycle, or
•Keep the unit out of the reach of children.
Precautions relating to reception:
•Radio reception will vary substantially depending on where you are using the radio. If the reception is poor, try moving the recorder near to a window and away from electrical products such as cellular phones, televisions, florescent lights etc.
Warning regarding data loss:
•Recorded content in memory may be destroyed or erased by operating mistakes, unit malfunction, or during repair work. It is recommended to back up and save important content to other media such as a computer hard disk.
•Any liability for passive damages or damage of any kind occurred due to data loss incurred by a defect of the product, repair performed by the third party other than Olympus or an Olympus authorized service station, or any other reasons is excluded from the Olympus’s liability.
Precautions relating to recording:
•Olympus will not be held responsible for any deletion or corruption of recorded files caused by malfunction of the recorder or your PC.
•Content you have recorded cannot, under copyright law, be used for anything other than private consumption without the express consent of the copyright holder.