Olympus VH-520 Instruction Manual page 63

The customer is liable and shall pay for shipment of the
Products to the Olympus Service Center.
Olympus shall not be obligated to perform preventive
maintenance, installation, deinstallation, or maintenance.
Olympus reserves the right to (i) use reconditioned,
refurbished, and/or serviceable used parts (that meet
Olympus's quality assurance standards) for warranty or
any other repairs and (ii) make any internal or external
design and/or feature changes on or to its products
without any liability to incorporate such changes on or to
the Products.
WHAT IS NOT COVERED BY THIS LIMITED
WARRANTY
Excluded from this limited warranty and not warranted
by Olympus in any fashion, either express, implied, or by
statute, are:
(a) products and accessories not manufactured by
Olympus and/or not bearing the "OLYMPUS" brand
label (the warranty coverage for products and
accessories of other manufacturers, which may be
distributed by Olympus, is the responsibility of the
manufacturers of such products and accessories
in accordance with the terms and duration of such
manufacturers' warranties);
(b) any Product which has been disassembled, repaired,
tampered with, altered, changed, or modifi ed by
persons other than Olympus's own authorized service
personnel unless repair by others is made with the
written consent of Olympus;
(c) defects or damage to the Products resulting from wear,
tear, misuse, abuse, negligence, sand, liquids, impact,
improper storage, nonperformance of scheduled
operator and maintenance items, battery leakage, use
of non-"OLYMPUS" brand accessories, consumables,
or supplies, or use of the Products in combination with
non-compatible devices;
(d) software programs;
(e) supplies and consumables (including but not limited to
lamps, ink, paper, fi lm, prints, negatives, cables and
batteries); and/or
(f) Products which do not contain a validly placed and
recorded Olympus serial number, unless they are a
model on which Olympus does not place and record
serial numbers.
EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH
ABOVE, OLYMPUS MAKES NO AND DISCLAIMS
ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, GUARANTIES,
CONDITIONS, AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING
THE PRODUCTS, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR ARISING UNDER ANY
STATUTE, ORDINANCE, COMMERCIAL USAGE OR
OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION AS TO THE
SUITABILITY, DURABILITY, DESIGN, OPERATION,
OR CONDITON OF THE PRODUCTS (OR ANY PART
THEREOF) OR THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE
PRODUCTS OR THEIR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OR RELATING TO THE INFRINGEMENT OF
ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY
RIGHT USED OR INCLUDED THEREIN.
IF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES APPLY AS A MATTER
OF LAW, THEY ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE
LENGTH OF THIS LIMITED WARRANTY.
SOME STATES MAY NOT RECOGNIZE A DISCLAIMER
OR LIMITATION OF WARRANTIES AND/OR LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY SO THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS AND
EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY.
THE CUSTOMER MAY ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT AND/
OR ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES THAT VARY
FROM STATE TO STATE.
THE CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES
THAT OLYMPUS SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES THAT THE CUSTOMER MAY INCUR
FROM DELAYED SHIPMENT, PRODUCT FAILURE,
PRODUCT DESIGN, SELECTION, OR PRODUCTION,
IMAGE OR DATA LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT OR FROM
ANY OTHER CAUSE, WHETHER LIABILITY IS
ASSERTED IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY)
OR OTHERWISE. IN NO EVENT SHALL OLYMPUS
BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY
KIND (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOSS OF
PROFITS OR LOSS OF USE), WHETHER OR NOT
OLYMPUS SHALL BE OR SHOULD BE AWARE OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH POTENTIAL LOSS OR
DAMAGE.
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