Notice
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Safety Summary
Services and Support
Any adjustment, maintenance, or repair of this
product must be performed by qualified personnel.
Contact your customer engineer through your local
Agilent Technologies Service Center. You can find
a list of local service representatives on the Web at:
http://www.agilent.com/find/techsupport
Operating personnel must not remove instrument
covers. Component replacement and internal
adjustments must be made only by qualified
personnel.
Instruments that appear damaged or defective
should be made inoperative and secured against
unintended operation until they can be repaired by
qualified service personnel.
The following general safety precautions must be
observed during all phases of operation of this
instrument. Failure to comply with these precautions
or with specific warnings elsewhere in this manual
violates safety standards of design, manufacture,
and intended use of the instrument.
Agilent Technologies Inc. assumes no liability for
the customer's failure to comply with these
requirements.
Before operation, review the instrument and manual
for safety markings and instructions. You must follow
these to ensure safe operation and to maintain the
instrument in safe condition.
This product is a Safety Class 1 instrument
(provided with a protective earth terminal).
The protective features of this product may be
impaired if it is used in a manner not specified in
the operation instructions.
All Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) used in this
product are Class 1 LEDs as per IEC 60825-1.
Environmental Conditions
Verify that all safety precautions are taken.
The power cable inlet of the instrument
serves as a device to disconnect from the
mains in case of hazard.
The instrument must be positioned so that
the operator can easily access the power
cable inlet. When the instrument is rack-
mounted the rack must be provided with
an easily accessible mains switch.
Before Applying Power
To minimize shock hazard, the instrument chassis
and cover must be connected to an electrical
protective earth ground. The instrument must be
connected to the ac power mains through a
grounded power cable, with the ground wire firmly
connected to an electrical ground (safety ground)
at the power outlet. Any interruption of the
protective (grounding) conductor or disconnection
of the protective earth terminal will cause a
potential shock hazard that could result in
personal injury.
Do not operate the instrument in the presence of
flammable gases or fumes.
Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere
General Safety Precautions
General
Ground the Instrument
This instrument is intended for indoor use in an
installation category II, pollution degree
2 environment. It is designed to operate within
a temperature range of 5 – 40 °C (40 – 105 °F)
at a maximum relative humidity of 95% and
at altitudes of up to 2000 meters.
Refer to the specifications tables for the ac mains
voltage requirements and ambient operating
temperature range.
Do Not Remove the Instrument Cover
This product is marked with a warning
symbol when it is necessary for the user
to refer the instructions in the manual.
Instrument Markings
Revision 7.0, October 2012
Manual Part Number
N4916B-91011
Printed in Germany
Agilent Technologies, Deutschland GmbH
Herrenberger Str. 130
71034 Boeblingen, Germany
Revision
© Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2012
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All front-panel connectors of N4916B are very sensitive
to Electrostatic Discharge (ESD).
We urgently recommend to operate the instrument in
an electrostatic safe environment.
There is a high risk of instrument damage causing
expensive repairs when connecting a not fully
discharged device or cable to a front-panel connectors
or when touching a connector.
Please follow these instructions:
Before connecting any coaxial cable to the connectors,
short the center and outer conductor with ground.
Before touching the front-panel connectors, discharge
yourself by touching the properly grounded frame of
the instrument.
ESD Sensitive Device