For Your Safety - Nikon D70-series User Manual

For Your Safety

To prevent damage to your Nikon product or injury to yourself or to others, read
the following safety precautions in their entirety before using this equipment.
Keep these safety instructions where all those who use the product will read
them.
The consequences that could result from failure to observe the precautions listed
in this section are indicated by the following symbol:
This icon marks warnings, information that should be read before using this Nikon
product to prevent possible injury.
WARNINGS
Do not look at the sun through the view fi nder
Viewing the sun or other strong light
source through the viewfi nder could
cause per ma nent visual im pair ment.
Turn off immediately in the event of malfunction
Should you notice smoke or an un usu al
smell coming from the equip ment or
from the AC adapt er (avail able sep a rate ly),
unplug the AC adapt er and re move the
battery im me di ate ly, taking care to avoid
burns. Con tin ued op er a tion could re sult
in injury. After re mov ing the bat tery, take
the equip ment to a Nikon-au tho rized ser-
vice cen ter for in spec tion.
Do not use in the presence of fl am ma ble gas
Do not use electronic equip ment in the
presence of fl ammable gas, as this could
result in ex plo sion or fi re.
Do not place strap around the neck of an infant
or child
Placing the camera strap around the neck
of an infant or child could result in stran-
gulation.
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Do not disassemble
Touching the product's internal parts
could result in injury. In the event of
a malfunction, the prod uct should be
re paired only by a qualifi ed tech ni cian.
Should the product break open as the re-
sult of a fall or other ac ci dent, re move the
battery and/or AC adapt er and then take
the prod uct to a Nikon-au tho rized ser vice
cen ter for in spec tion.
Observe proper precautions when han dling bat-
teries
Batteries may leak or explode if im prop -
er ly handled. Observe the fol low ing pre-
cau tions when handling bat ter ies for use
in this product:
• Be sure the product is off before re plac ing
the battery. If you are using an AC adapt-
er, be sure it is un plugged.
• Use only batteries approved for use in this
equipment. Do not mix old and new bat-
teries or batteries of diff erent types.
• Do not at tempt to insert the battery up-
side down or back wards.
• Do not short or disassemble the bat tery.
• Do not expose the battery to fl ame or to
excessive heat.
• Do not immerse in or expose to wa ter.
• Replace the terminal cover when trans-
porting the battery. Do not transport or
store with metal objects such as neck-
lac es or hair pins.