HP 54501A Programming Reference Manual page 5

Product
Warranty
This Hewlett-Packard product
has
a
warranty against defects in
material and workmanship for
a
period of three
years
from
date of
shipment.
During warranty
period, Hewlett-Packard Company will, at
its
option, either
repair or
replace products that prove to be defective.
For warranty
service
or repair,
this
product
must be
returned to
a
service
facility designated by Hewlett-Packard. However, warranty
service for products installed
by Hewlett-Packard
and certain other
products designated by Hewlett-Packard
will be
performed
at the
Buyer's
facility
at
no charge within the
Hewlett-Packard service travel
area. Outside
Hewlett-Packard service travel areas,
warranty service
will
be
performed at the Buyer's faculty only upon Hewlett-Packard's
prior agreement and the Buyer shall
pay
Hewlett-Packard's round trip
travel expenses.
For
products returned to Hewlett-Packard for warranty
service, the
Buyer
shall prepay
shipping
charges to Hewlett-Packard and
Hewlett-Packard shall pay shipping
charges to
return the product to
the Buyer.
However,
the Buyer shall pay all shipping
charges, duties,
and
taxes
for products returned to Hewlett-Packard from another
country.
Hewlett-Packard warrants that
its
software and firmware designated by
Hewlett-Packard for
use
with an instrument will execute its
programming
instructions when properly installed on that instrument.
Hewlett-Packard does not
warrant that the operation of the instrument
software, or firmware will be uninterrupted or
error-free.