4For Your Safety• Do not short or disassemble thebattery.• Do not expose the battery to flameor to excessive heat.• Do not immerse in or expose towater.• Do not transport or store with met-al objects such as necklaces or hair-pins.• Batteries are prone to leakagewhen fully discharged. To avoiddamage to the product, be sure toremove the battery when nocharge remains.• When the battery is not in use, at-tach the terminal cover and storein a cool place.• Immediately after use, or when theproduct is used on battery powerfor an extended period, the batterymay become hot. Before removingthe battery, turn the camera offand allow the battery to cool.• Discontinue use immediately shouldyou notice any changes in the bat-tery, such as discoloration or defor-mation.Use appropriate cablesWhen connecting cables to the in-put and output jacks, use only thecables provided or sold by Nikonfor the purpose, to maintain com-pliance with product regulations.Keep out of reach of childrenParticular care should be taken toprevent infants from putting thebattery or other small parts intotheir mouths.Removing memory cardsMemory cards may become hotduring use. Observe due cautionwhen removing memory cardsfrom the camera.CD-ROMsThe CD-ROMs on which the soft-ware and manuals are distributedshould not be played back on au-dio CD equipment. Playing CD-ROMs on an audio CD player couldcause hearing loss or damage theequipment.Observe caution when operat-ing the flashUsing the flash close to your sub-ject’s eyes could cause temporaryvisual impairment. Particular careshould be observed if photograph-ing infants, when the flash shouldbe no less than one meter (39")from the subject.Avoid contact with liquid crys-talShould the monitor break, careshould be taken to avoid injury dueto broken glass and to prevent liq-uid crystal from the monitor touch-ing the skin or entering the eyes ormouth.