
12
PRECAUTIONS
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING
Please keep this manual in a safe and handy place for future reference.
WARNING
Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even
death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards. These precautions
include, but are not limited to, the following:
Do Not Disassemble
• Donotdismantleormodifythevibraphone’scontrolleror
driver.Doingsocancausereorelectricalshock.
• Repairsorpartreplacementshouldnotbeattemptedunless
instructionsareprovidedinthemanual.
Handling
• Ifyouexperienceanyabnormalmovement,noise,orvibra-
tion,stopusingtheinstrumentimmediatelyandtightenall
boltsagain.Theinstrumentcanoverturnresultingininjury.
• Neverplaceyourhandsorfeetunderneaththepedal.Doing
so can result in pinched hands or feet.
• Nevertouchtherotatingfans.Doingsocanresultinpinched
ngers,etc.
• Donotuseorstoretheinstrumentinanyofthefollowing
locations.Doingsocancausereorelectricalshock.
- Inplacessubjecttohightemperatures(nearaheating
deviceorindirectsunlight,etc.).
- Inplaceswheretheinstrumentmaybeexposedto
moisture(bathroom,onwetoors,etc.)andexcessive
humidity.
- Inplaceswheretheinstrumentmaybeexposedtorain.
- Inplaceswithexcessivedust.
- Inplacessubjecttovibrations.
• Donotplayorroughhousearoundtheinstrument.Bumping
intotheinstrumentcancauseinjury.Itcanalsocausethe
instrumenttooverturn.Donotallowchildrentoplayaround
the instrument.
• Donotleanagainstorclimbontotheinstrument.Doingso
cancausetheinstrumenttooverturnresultinginserious
injury.
Power/AC adapter
• WhenusingtheACadapter,donotexcessivelybendthe
powercord,orplaceheavyobjectsonthecord.Doingso
maydamagethecordcausingreorelectricalshock.
• Neverputforeignobjects(combustibleobjects,coins,wire,
etc.)orliquids(water,juice,etc.)inthedriveunit.Doingso
cancausereandelectricshock.
• Ifoneofthefollowingoccurs,turnoffthepower,unplugthe
ACadapterandrequestrepairassoonaspossible.
- IftheACadapterorpowercordbecomesdamaged.
- Ifforeignobjectsorliquidshavegottenintothedriveunit.
- Ifthedriveunitgetswet(rain,etc.).
- Ifthedriveunitoperatesabnormallyorisbroken.
Transporting/Installation Location
• Alwaysassembletheinstrumentwithtwoormorepersons.
Doingsoalonecancausetheinstrumentfallingoverresult-
ingininjuryanddamagetotheinstrument.
• Followandobeytheinstructionstoproperlyassemblethein-
strument.Usinginanimproperlyassembledstatecancause
theinstrumenttooverturn,resultingininjury.
• Lockthecasterbrakeswhentheinstrumentisnotinuse.
Theinstrumentmaymoveoroverturn,resultingininjury.
• Neverplacetheinstrumentonaslopingorunstablesurface
orplatform,etc.Doingsocancausetheinstrumenttofall
overresultingininjury.
• Whenmovingtheinstrumentonitscasters,onlymove
acrosssmooth,atsurfaces.Avoidmovingtheinstrument
onsurfacesthatareslopedoruneven.Theinstrumentcan
overturn,runoutofcontrol,andbeadanger.
• Neverrunwiththeinstrument.Theinstrumentmaybecome
impossibletocontrolandcrashintoawallcausingserious
injury.
• Iftheinstrumentmustbeliftedorcarried,dosowithtwoor
morepersonsusingbothhandstoliftitbythesideframes.