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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1 Safety Precaution ------------------------------------------------- 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 Capacitor on Flash
PCB------------------------------------------------------------4
2 Warning -------------------------------------------------------------- 5
2.1. Prevention of Electro Static Discharge (ESD)
to ElectrostaticallySensitive (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/SG) -----------------6
2.4. How to Replace the Lithium Battery -------------------7
3 Service Navigation ------------------------------------------------ 9
3.1. Introduction --------------------------------------------------9
3.2. General Description About Lead Free Solder
(PbF) ----------------------------------------------------------9
3.3. Important Notice 1:(Other than U.S.A. and
Canadian Market) ------------------------------------------9
3.4. How to Define the Model Suffix (NTSC or PAL
model)------------------------------------------------------- 10
4 Specifications ---------------------------------------------------- 12
5 Location of Controls and Components ------------------ 13
6 Service Mode ----------------------------------------------------- 14
6.1. Error Code Memory Function ------------------------- 14
6.2. Confirmation of Firmware Version ------------------- 17
7 Service Fixture & Tools --------------------------------------- 18
7.1. Service Fixture and Tools ------------------------------ 18
7.2. When Replacing the Main PCB ---------------------- 19
7.3. Service Position ------------------------------------------ 19
8 Disassembly and Assembly Instructions --------------- 21
8.1. Disassembly Flow Chart-------------------------------- 21
8.2. PCB Location---------------------------------------------- 21
8.3. Disassembly Procedure -------------------------------- 22
8.4. Disassembly Procedure for the Lens --------------- 32
8.5. Assembly Procedure for the Lens ------------------- 36
8.6. Removal of the CCD ------------------------------------ 42
9 Measurements and Adjustments -------------------------- 43
9.1. Adjustment Procedures--------------------------------- 43
10 Maintenace -------------------------------------------------------- 44
10.1. Cleaning Lens, Viewfinder and LCD Panel -------- 44