The Architect
Model 500 & Model 700
Installer’s Guide
The WARRANTY
People are scared of warranties. Lots of fine print. Months of
waiting around. Well, fear no more. This warranty is designed to
make you rave about us to your friends. It’s a warranty that looks
out for you and helps you resist the temptation to have your
friend, who’s “good with electronics”, try to repair your
AudioControl product. So go ahead, read this warranty, then take
a few days to enjoy your new Architect
before sending in the
warranty card and comments.
“Conditional” doesn’t mean anything ominous. The Federal
Trade Commission tells all manufacturers to use the term to
indicate that certain conditions have to be met before they’ll honor
the warranty. If you meet all of these conditions, we will warrant
all materials and workmanship on The Architect for five (5) years
from the date you bought it, and we will fix or replace it, at our
option, during that time.
Here are the conditional conditions:
1. You have to fill out the warranty card and send it to us
within 15 days after installing the The Architect.
2. You must keep your sales receipt for proof of purchase
showing when and from whom the unit was purchased. We’re not
the only ones who require this, so it’s a good habit to get into with
any major purchase.
3. The Architect must have originally been purchased from an
authorized AudioControl dealer. You do not have to be the
original owner, but you do need a copy of the original sales slip.
4. You cannot let anybody who isn’t: (A) the AudioControl
factory; or (B) somebody authorized in writing by AudioControl
to service the The Architect equalizer. If anyone other than (A),
or (B) messes with The Architect, that voids your warranty.
5. The warranty is also void if the serial number is altered or
removed, or if The Architect
has been used improperly. Now that
sounds like a big loophole, but here is all we mean by it:
Unwarranted abuse is: (A) physical damage (don’t use The
Architect
®
to level your projection TV); (B) improper connections
(120 volts into the RCA jacks can fry the poor thing); (C) sadistic
things. This is the best product we know how to build, but if you
strap it to the front bumper of your Range Rover, something might
break.
Assuming you conform to 1 through 5, and it really isn’t all
that hard to do, we get the option of fixing your old unit or replac-
ing it with a new one.
The Warranty
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Legalese Section
This is the only warranty given
by AudioControl. This warranty
gives you specific legal rights,
and you may also have rights
that vary from state to state.
Promises of how well The
Architect will work are not
implied by this warranty. Other
than what we’ve said we’ll do in
this warranty, we have no
obligation, express or implied.
We make no warranty of mer-
chantability or fitness for any
particular purpose. Also neither
we nor anyone else who has been
involved in the development or
manufacture of the unit will have
any liability of any incidental,
consequential, special or punitive
damages, including but not
limited to any lost profits or
damage to other parts of your
system by hooking up to the unit
(whether the claim is one for
breach of warranty, negligence of
other tort, or any other kind of
claim). Some states do not allow
limitations of consequential
damages.
Failure to send in a properly
completed warranty card negates
any service claims.
The warranty included with the
unit shall supersede this plain-
text version if there is any
inconsistency between the two.
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