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Safety Precautions
This product includes a built-in hard disk. Hard disks are sensitive to environmental conditions such as jolting,
vibration, temperature, etc. Please take note of the following warnings. If this product is not used in accordance
with these warnings, malfunction, damage, or loss of data may result.
• Avoid using or leaving this product for long periods of time in the following places as this could result in
failure, malfunction, or loss of data.
– Do not subject this product to rapid temperature changes which may produce condensation.
– Avoid using during a thunderstorm.
– Keep this product away from equipment with magnets, such as speakers.
– Avoid placing this product in places subject to strong vibration.
– Do not place any object on this product, and be careful not to drop anything on this product.
– Do not place objects filled with liquid, such as cups, near this product or otherwise expose this product to
liquids or places subject to high humidity.
– Do not subject this product to strong vibration or shock, or throw/drop it.
– Do not use excessive force when operating this product.
– When writing or reading data to/on this product, do not turn off or remove the USB cable.
• Do not format this product from your computer.
• Stored data in the hard disk may be corrupted or erased by operating mistakes, this product malfunctioning,
or during repair work. We recommend backing up all important content to other media, such as a computer
hard disk.
• Please read all materials carefully, we are not responsible for damaged content saved on the built-in hard
disk.
• Be sure to back up your data before sending this product for repair or service.
Writing to hard disk or deleting data may be necessary during the repair or service.
About the built-in hard disk
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