For Your Safety In Using The Ea Series Amplifiers - Eclipse EA4000 Owner's Manual

For your safety in using the EA Series Amplifier
Warnings and caution signs, illustrated below, are posted throughout this manual as well as on the
EA2000/EA4000. They show safe and correct ways to handle the product to prevent personal
injury to you and others and to avoid damage to property.
Before reading through the manual, take time to read through and learn the important information listed in
this section.
&Warning
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Caution
This sign indicates a situation in which incorrect handling through
disregard of a sign might result in death or serious personal injury.
This sign indicates a situation in which incorrect handling through
disregard of a sign might result in personal injury or may result solely in
damage to property.
&Warning
• This equipment requires 12V DC and should
only be installed in a vehicle with a 12V negative
ground electrical system. Any other installation
may cause a fire or other severe damage to the
equipment and the vehicle.
• Do not disassemble or alter this equipment.
Accidents, fires or shocks may result.
• Do not let water or foreign objects enter the
internal parts of this equipment. Smoke, fires or
shocks may result.
• Do not use when it is broken Accidents, fires or
shocks may result.
• Always replace fuses with fuses of identical
capacity and characteristics. Never use a higher
rated fuse than the original. Using the wrong
type of fuse may cause a fire or severe
damage.
• If foreign objects or water enters the equipment,
smoke comes out, or there is a strange odor,
stop using it immediately, and contact your
dealer. Accidents, fires, or shocks may result if
you continue to use it in these conditions.
• Plastic bags and wrappings may cause
suffocation and death. Keep away from babies
and children. Never put bag over your head or
mouth.
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Caution
• When changing the installation location for this
equipment, please consult the dealer where
you bought it for safety reasons. Expertise is
necessary for removal and installation.
• Keep volume to a reasonable level so that you
can hear sounds from outside the vehicle,
including warning sounds, voices, and sirens.
Failure to do so may cause an accident.
• Do not touch the heat dissipating part of the
amplifier. Burns may result from the heat of this
part.
• Do not use this equipment except for in-vehicle
use. Shocks or injuries may result.
• Be careful of the volume position when turning
the power source ON. Hearing damage may
result if very loud noise is emitted when the
power is turned ON.
• Do not operate under abnormal conditions such
as when the sound is distorted or cuts out.
Fires may result.
• If placed in direct sunlight, metal parts may
heat, resulting in the possibility of burns.
• If the equipment if dropped or the case is
broken, turn off the power to the main unit and
contact your dealer. If used in this condition,
fires or shocks may result.
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