The precautions noted within this guide are intended to instruct you in the safe and correctuse of the products and to prevent injuries or damage to yourself, other persons andproperty. Please read and ensure that you understand them before proceeding to othersections of the guide.Trademark Acknowledgments• Canon and PowerShot are trademarks of Canon Inc.• ArcSoft, the ArcSoft logo, ArcSoft PhotoImpression and ArcSoft VideoImpression aretrademarks or registered trademarks of ArcSoft, Inc.• Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.• CompactFlash is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation.• iBook and iMac are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.• Macintosh, PowerBook, Power Macintosh and QuickTime are trademarks of AppleComputer Inc., registered in the United States and other countries.• Microsoft, Windows and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarksof Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.• Netscape and Netscape Navigator are trademarks or registered trademarks of NetscapeCommunications Corporation in the United States and other countries. NetscapeCommunicator is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation.• Other names and products not mentioned above may be registered trademarks ortrademarks of their respective companies.Copyright © 2003 Canon Inc. All rights reserved.SAFETY PRECAUTIONSWarnings This symbol indicates topics that could lead to death or serious injury ifignored or handled incorrectly.Warnings• Do not play the supplied CD-ROM(s) in any CD player that does not support data CD-ROMs. Playing the CD-ROM(s) in an audio CD player (music player) could damage thespeakers. It is also possible to suffer from hearing loss from listening with headphones tothe loud sounds of a CD-ROM played on a music CD player.Disclaimer• While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this guide isaccurate and complete, no liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions. Canonreserves the right to change the specifications of the hardware and software describedherein at any time without prior notice.• No part of this guide may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrievalsystem, or translated into any language in any form, by any means, without the priorwritten permission of Canon.• Canon makes no warranties for damages resulting from corrupted or lost data due to amistaken operation or malfunction of the camera, the software, the CompactFlash™ cards(CF cards), personal computers, peripheral devices, or use of non-Canon CF cards.