English 2We recommend that you read this instruction man-ual carefully before use to gain full advantage of thefunction of the air conditioner, and to avoid malfunc-tion due to erroneous handling.This air conditioner comes under the term“appliances not accesible to the general public”.• The precautions described below are WARN-ING and CAUTION. These are very importantprecautions concerning safety. Be sure toobserve all of them without fail.WARNING .. These are the matters with possi-bilities leading to serious conse-quences such as death or seriousinjury due to erroneous handling.CAUTION ... These are the matters with possi-bilities leading to injury or materialdamage due to erroneous han-dling including probabilities lead-ing to serious consequences insome cases.• After reading, keep this manual at a placewhere any user can read at any time. Further-more, make certain that this operation manualis handed to a new user when he takes overthe operation.WARNINGAvoid exposure of your body directly to thecold air for a long time, or avoid excessiveexposure of your body to the cold air.Otherwise, your physical condition may be dete-riorated and/or your health may be ruined.When the air conditioner is in abnormal con-ditions (smell of something burning, etc),unplug the power cord from the outlet, andcontact the dealer where you purchased theair conditioner.Continued operation under such circumstancesmay result in a failure, electric shock, and fire.Ask your dealer for installation of the air con-ditioner.Incomplete installation performed by yourselfmay result in a failure, a water leakage, electricshock, and fire.Ask your dealer for improvement, repair, andmaintenance.Incomplete improvement, repair, and mainte-nance may result in a failure, a water leakage,electric shock, and fire.Do not insert your finger, a stick, etc., into theair inlet, outlet, and fan blades.A fan in high-speed running may result in injury.For refrigerant leakage, consult your dealer.2. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS When the air conditioner is to be installed in asmall room, it is necessary to take proper mea-sures so that the amount of any leaked refriger-ant does not exceed the limiting concentrationeven when it leaks. If the refrigerant leaksexceeding the level of limiting concentration, anoxygen deficiency accident may happen.For installation of separately sold compo-nent parts, ask a specialist.Be sure to use the separately sold componentparts designated by our company.Incomplete installation performed by yourselfmay result in a failure, a water leakage, electricshock, and fire.Ask your dealer to move and reinstall the airconditioner.Incomplete installation may result in a failure, awater leakage, electric shock, and fire.Do not use any fuse with improper capacity.The use of a piece of wire and whatnot mayresult in a failure and fire.The refrigerant in the air conditioner is safeand normally does not leak. If the refrigerantleaks inside the room, the contact with a fire ofa burner, a heater or a cooker may result in aharmful gas.Do not use the air conditioner until when a ser-vice person confirms to finish repairing the por-tion where the refrigerant leaks.CAUTIONDo not use the air conditioner for other pur-poses.Do not use the air conditioner for a special appli-cation such as the storage of foods, animals andplants, precision machines, and art objects asotherwise the deterioration of quality may result.Do not remove the air outlet of the outdoorunit.The fan may get exposed and result in injury.When the air conditioner is used in combina-tion with burners or heaters, perform suffi-cient ventilation.Insufficient ventilation may result in an oxygendeficiency accident.Check and make sure that foundation blocksare not damaged after a long use.If they are left in a damaged condition, the unitmay fall and result in injury.Neither place a flammable spray bottle nearthe air conditioner nor perform spraying.Doing so may result in a fire.To clean the air conditioner, stop operation,and unplug the power cord from the outlet.Otherwise, an electric shock and injury mayresult.Do not operate the air conditioner with a wethand.An electric shock may result.