Safety Precautions - Olympus DS-5500 Instruction Manual

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, it may cause serious injury or
death.
f Warning
If the product is used without observing
the information given under this
symbol, it may cause injury or death.
f Caution
If the product is used without observing
the information given under this
symbol, it may cause minor personal
injury, damage to the equipment, or loss
of valuable data.
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Wording 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.
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.