Olympus VP-20 User Manual page 78

Safety precautions
Disposing the rechargeable
battery
s Recycling batteries helps saving
resources. When disposing a used
battery, always cover its terminals
and observe local laws and
regulations.
Operating precautions
• Do not leave the voice recorder in hot or
humid locations such as in direct sunlight
inside a vehicle, or on a beach during
summer.
• Do not store the voice recorder in humid
or dusty locations.
• If the voice recorder becomes wet or
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damp, wipe off the moisture right away
with a dry cloth. Contact with salt water
should be particularly avoided.
• Do not place the voice recorder on top of
or near a TV, refrigerator or other electrical
appliance.
• Prevent sand or mud from getting on the
voice recorder. It may cause product not to
be repairable.
• Do not subject the voice recorder to
intense vibrations or shocks.
• Do not use the voice recorder in humid
locations.
• Placing a magnetic card (such as a bank
cash card) near the speaker or earphones
may cause errors in the data stored on the
magnetic card.
• Do not bring the voice recorder close to
power lines, fluorescent lights, mobile
phones, etc. during recording or playback.
The sound may be noisy.
• Olympus will not be held liable for
violations of local regulations arising from
use of this product outside the country or
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region of purchase.
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<Data loss precautions>
• Recorded content in the internal memory
may be destroyed or lost due to reasons
such as operating errors, device failure or
repair.
• Also, when content is saved in the memory
for long period of time or is used repeatedly,
operations such as writing to, reading from,
or erasing of contents may not be possible.
• Making a backup of important recorded
information and saving it on a PC's hard disk
or other recording media is recommended.
• Note that Olympus will assume no liability
for damages or lost earnings resulting from
recorded data damage or loss, regardless of
the nature or cause thereof.
<Recorded file precautions>
• Note that Olympus will assume no
liability for recorded files being erased
or becoming unplayable due to voice
recorder or PC failure.
• Recording of copyrighted material is
permitted when the recording is for your
personal use only. Any other type of use
without the permission of the copyright
owner is prohibited by copyright law.
<Voice recorder disposal precautions>
• Even when formatting (☞ P.56) or
erasing (☞ P.35)are performed, only
the file management information of the
internal memory is updated and the
recorded data is not completely erased.
When disposing the voice recorder, be
sure to destroy it, format and record
silence until the recording time runs
out, or perform a similar operation in
order to prevent the leakage of personal
information.