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EN
Safety precautions
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.
f
Danger
If the product is used without
observing the information
given under this symbol,
serious injury or death may
result.
f
Warning
If the product is used without
observing the information
given under this symbol,
injury or death may result.
f
Caution
If the product is used without
observing the information
given under this symbol,
minor personal injury,
damage to the equipment,
or loss of valuable data may
result.
Convention used in this
manual
• The word “card” is used to refer
to the SD card.
• The word “ODMS” is used to
refer to the Olympus Dictation
Management System in
Windows environment.
• The word “DSS Player” is used to
refer to the DSS Player for Mac in
Apple Macintosh environment.
• This manual shows the English
on screen display in the
illustrations and explanations.
You can select the display
language for this recorder.
Caution for usage
environment
• To protect the high-precision
technology contained in
this product, never leave the
recorder in the places listed
below, no matter if in use or
storage:
• Places where temperatures
and/ or humidity are high or
go through extreme changes.
Direct sunlight, beaches,
locked cars, or near other heat
sources (stove, radiator, etc.) or
humidifiers.
• Near flammable items or
explosives.
• In wet places, such as
bathrooms or in the rain.
• In places prone to strong
vibrations.
• Never drop the recorder or
subject it to severe shocks or
vibrations.
• The recorder may malfunction
if it is used in a location where
it is subject to a magnetic/
electromagnetic field, radio
waves, or high voltage, such
as near a TV set, microwave,
video game, loud speakers,
large monitor unit, TV/radio
tower, or transmission towers.
In such cases, turn the recorder
off and on again before further
operation.
• 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.
• Do not use organic solvents
such as alcohol and lacquer
thinner to clean the unit.
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, an Olympus
authorized service station or
any other reason is excluded
from the Olympus liability.
