Handling your camera, Caution – Toshiba Gigashot K Series User Manual
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Owner’s Manual
Hard Disk Camera GSC-K80HE/GSC-K40HE
Handling Your Camera
Before using the camera, carefully read and observe the “Safety
Precautions” (
p.xiii) and the notes described below:
Avoid Using or Storing the Camera in the Following Places
Places subject to humidity, dust, and dirt
Places subject to direct sunlight
Places subject to high or low temperature
Places filled with highly flammable gas
Places near gasoline, benzene, or paint thinner
Places subject to strong vibration
Places subject to smoke or steam
Places subject to strong magnetic fields (near electric motors,
transformers, magnets, etc.)
Places contacting chemicals (such as pesticides), rubber or vinyl
products for a long period of time
Avoid Subjecting the Camera to Vibrations or Impacts
If the camera is subjected to strong vibrations, not only will the camera
become damaged, there might also be a loss of hard disk drive data.
Do not remove the battery
immediately after the camera
has been used for a long time.
The battery becomes hot during
use.
Touching a hot battery might
cause burns.
Do not use unusable battery or
discharged battery.
Otherwise, the battery may
rupture, ignite or heat up,
resulting in fire, burns, or injury.
Before storing the battery, attach
insulating tape to both the plus (+)
and (-) electrodes.
Storing battery as it is might cause
the battery to leak fluid, heat up or
rupture, resulting in burns or injury.
Insert the coin-shaped battery
carefully making sure that its
polarities (marked by + and -) are
facing the correct way.
Inserting the battery with its polarities
facing the wrong way might cause fire
or injury, or damage to the
surrounding area due to the battery
rupturing or leaking.
CAUTION