When placing the unit on a wall

Safety Precautions

Professional installation is required.

The installation should never be done by any other than a qualified installation specialist.

PANASONIC DISCLAIMS ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE AND/OR SERIOUS INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH RESULTING FROM IMPROPER INSTALLATION OR INCORRECT HANDLING.

≥Be sure to install this unit as indicated within this Operating Instructions.WARNING

Ensure that the installation location is strong enough to support long-term use.

≥If its strength becomes insufficient over the course of long-term use, the unit may drop, possibly causing injury.

The installation work should be done by a qualified installation specialist.

≥Incorrect installation may cause equipment to fall, and personal injury may result.

Include a safety factor when considering the strength of the proposed installation location.

≥If strength is not sufficient the equipment may fall, and personal injury may result.

Do not install in a location that cannot bear the load.

≥If the installation location lacks sufficient strength, the equipment may fall.

Do not modify the wall mount brackets.

≥Otherwise the unit may fall and become damaged, and personal injury may result.

Install the unit by taking only the steps which are specified in these instructions: Do not install it in any other way.

≥Otherwise the unit may drop and become damaged, and personal injury may result.

Do not install in a location other than a vertical wall.

≥Otherwise the unit may drop and become damaged, and personal injury may result.

Precautions

CAUTION

Do not install in any locations subject to humidity, dust, smoke, steam or heat or under an air conditioner where water may drip onto the unit.

≥This may have an adverse effect on the unit and cause fire or electric shock.

Leave a clearance between the rear panel and the wall.

≥The unit has air ventilation holes at the front and rear. Covering these may result in a fire.

Install the mounting screws and power cable in such a way that they will not make contact with metal objects or wiring inside the wall.

≥Electric shocks may result from contact with any metal objects inside the wall.

For installation, use the special-purpose constituent parts.

≥Otherwise, the unit may fall off the wall, and personal injury may result.

When removing this unit, remove the wall mounting screws as well.

≥Otherwise the mounting screws may get caught and personal injury may result.

To operate this unit safely, install it at an appropriate height.

≥Otherwise the unit may fall, and personal injury may result.

Preparation
Commercially available components (not supplied)

 

≥Screws for wall mounting....................................................................................................................

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jUse commercially available screws with a nominal diameter of 4.0 mm that are suited to the wall material (wood, steel frame, concrete etc.) you are attaching the wall mount brackets to.

≥Fall prevention cord ............................................................................................................................

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≥Screw eyes (to attach the fall prevention cord) ..................................................................................

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≥To prevent damage or scratches, lay down a soft cloth and perform the assembly on it.

 

≥Take sufficient care to ensure safety around you when performing the assembly and installation work or while moving about during the course of the work.

≥Attach using techniques suited to the structure and materials of the installation location. ≥Ensure that there are no electrical cables or pipes in the wall before hanging this unit.

Getting started

≥To ensure correct unit performance and prevent trouble, do not install at any of the following locations:

jNear sprinklers or fire/smoke detectors

jWhere there is a risk of exposure to vibration or impact

jNear high-voltage wires or dynamic power supplies jNear sources of magnetism, heat, water vapour or soot jLocations exposed to air blown from heating

equipment

jWhere droplets of condensation from an air conditioner or another unit may form.

≥ Do not hold this unit in one hand to avoid injury by dropping this unit when carrying.

≥ When screwing down the parts, ensure that the screws are neither insufficiently tightened nor over tightened.

≥ Improper attachment may result in damage to the wall and this unit.

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