Olimpus IPLEX RT Operation Manual page 9

• If you carry this instrument to the high altitude or use at the high altitude, be careful for followings.
- Check the instrument prior to use.
- Prevent the instrument from dropping.
- Make sure of the safety thoroughly.
• Do not insert the insertion tube into an observation object in an environment that is outside the operating temperature range.
Continued use may damage or reduce the performance of the instrument.
• Do not touch the distal end immediately after using this instrument in high-temperature environments.
Otherwise, you may get burned.
• Do not grip the control unit for long periods while using it in very hot environments.
Doing so may lead to low-temperature burns. Wear gloves or do something to prevent lowtemperature burns.
• Use only a power cord and AC adapter specified by Olympus and connect the power cord to a 3P power outlet in rated range
Otherwise, smoke, fire, or electric shock might occur.
• Do not use the AC adapter outdoors.
Otherwise, electric shock might occur, or smoke emission and fire might occur, causing damage to the instrument.
The AC adapter is designed for indoor use.
• Do not subject the AC adapter to strong impact cause by striking it against a wall, dropping it, etc.
Otherwise, malfunction, damage, or electric shock might occur.
• Should you sense any abnormality while inserting the scope into the object to be inspected, do not try to force the operation and
carefully withdraw the insertion tube. Note the following precautions when withdrawing the insertion tube.
- Do not try to withdraw from the observation object while angulation is locked or while the angulation section is bent.
- If the insertion tube becomes caught on something during withdrawal, rotate the control unit gently while continuing the with-
drawal.
• Note the following precautions during handling the insertion tube's distal end.
• Do not drop the optical adapter or otherwise subject it to strong impact.
• Do not subject the distal end to severe impact or pulling.
• Do not expose the angulation section to severe impact or bending.
• Otherwise, glass lenses and the precision components that make up the distal end and the angulation section might be damaged.
• Never use the instrument without an optical adapter mounted.
Otherwise, parts (screws, etc.) are easily subjected to deformation due to contact with hard objects, etc. Deformed insertion tube
parts can make it no longer possible to mount an optical adapter and can cause the optical adapter to fall off.
• Never use an optical adapter when any of its parts are loose.
Otherwise, a loose part might fall into the inspection object.
• The optical adapters have a safe double-screw installation design. However, if an optical adapter starts to come off the distal end
while inserting the scope into the object to be inspected, the entire or a part of the observed image may be whitish caused by the
illumination light or a part of the view field may be lacked. The optical adapter may fall off the insertion tube's distal end if used in
this condition. In this case, immediately stop the inspection, carefully withdraw the insertion tube and secure the optical adapter as
described in "Attach the optical adapter" (P. 2).
(The strong light appears partially.)
The screen is viewed whitish.
• Should you sense any abnormality when performing angulation operation, do not try to force the angulation operation.
Doing so can damage the insertion tube or observation object.
• Never use the instrument while dirt or water is present in the optical adapter
Water tightness between the optical adapter and the distal end may be lost, or the optical adapter or the distal end may be dam-
aged.
• If an optical adapter cannot be mounted or removed because the nut will not turn, stop using it.
Contact Olympus.
• Do not look directly into the illumination being emitted by the distal end.
Otherwise, eye damage may result.
• Take care not to have your feet caught by a cord including the power cord or universal cable.
Tip adapter not
properly attached Correct
The entire screen is
clearly viewed.
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