Safety Instructions - Metz mecastudio TL-300 Mode D'emploi

Introduction
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Metz customer.
Read these operating instructions through
carefully before starting up the studio flash
unit.
They contain all the important information for
your safety as well as for using, setting up
and maintaining the studio flash unit.
Observe all safety instructions in these
operating instructions.
Keep these operating instructions in a secure
place. Pass on these operating instructions
to the new owner if you sell the unit or pass it
on in some other way.
The following symbols are used in the opera-
ting instructions:
+
The pointing finger stands for comments that
give supplementary information on the ope-
ration and/or maintenance of the studio
flash unit.
The caution symbol warns against improper
or negligent use of the studio flash unit.
If the warning instructions are not observed,
then this may result in damage to the unit
and/or there is a risk of injury or death.
The Hot surface icon warns of parts that can
have dangerously high temperatures.

1 Safety instructions

To trigger flashes, the studio flash unit stores
the necessary energy in its capacitors, which
are charged at very high voltage.
Therefore, there are safety instructions that
go beyond generally applicable safety provi-
sions when operating electrical devices.
Bl on read and observe the following safety
instructions and the safety instructions in the
following chapters.
Only use the studio flash unit in accordance
with its designated use, only in dry rooms,
and mounted on a tripod to illuminate photo
motifs in accordance with these operating
instructions.
Never trigger a flash in the immediate
vicinity of anyone's eyes!
If triggered directly in front of the eyes,
the flash can cause damage to the retina
and serious vision disorders.
DANGER of BLINDNESS!
People and animals must therefore be at
least 2 m away from the studio flash unit
and must not look directly into the flash.
The studio flash unit is a device with
PROTECTION CLASS 1 and must be
connected to a power socket with a
protective earth conductor.
If the studio flash unit is faulty, if there is
a noticeable smell of scorched cable,
or if the housing is damaged in such a
way that the inside is exposed, then the
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