Instruction manual

Warranty and After-Sales Service
III
RF-20A/20Axs
11) Consumable items
Note: Recording media such as floppy disks and CD-ROMs are
considered consumable items.
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If there is a document such as a warranty provided with the product, or
there is a separate contract agreed upon that includes warranty conditions,
the provisions of those documents shall apply.
After-Sales Service
If any problem occurs with this instrument, perform an inspection and take
appropriate corrective action as described in the Section "6 Troubleshooting".
If the problem persists, or the symptoms are not covered in the
troubleshooting section, contact your Shimadzu representative.
Replacement Parts
Availability
Replacement parts for this instrument will be available for a period of seven (7)
years after the product is discontinued. Thereafter, such parts may cease to be
available.
Note, however, that the availability of parts not manufactured by Shimadzu
shall be determined by the relevant manufacturers.
Hardware Validation
Each LC component and the entire LC system should be checked periodically
to ensure that they function normally, or the analysis data may not be reliable.
To this end, it is necessary to carry out periodic hardware validation and keep
records of the validation.
There are two types of hardware validation - component validation and system
validation.
The purpose of component validation is to check that the individual
components of the system function normally, while the system validation
checks that the system as a whole (the several components in combination)
functions normally.
Before shipment from the factory, this instrument was rigorously inspected.
The results are summarized in the Inspection Certificate accompanying the
instrument. To inspect the instrument performance after installation, repeat the
Hardware Validation as described in "7 Hardware Validation".
^ "7 Hardware Validation" P.7-1
Hardware Validation
Contract
This is a contract under which a qualified Shimadzu-approved engineer
performs periodic component and system validation, and provides reports of
the results.
Details of the contract can be obtained from your Shimadzu representative.