Advantech EPC-R4680, User Manual

EPC-R4680 User Manual

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Should DOA cases fail, ADVANTECH will take full responsibility for the product and
transportation charges. If the items are not DOA, but fail within warranty, the sender
will bear the freight charges. For out-of-warranty cases, customers must cover the
cost and take care of both outward and inward transportation.

4.3.2.3

Service Charges

The product is excluded from warranty if :



The product is repaired after expiry of the warranty period.

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The product is tested or calibrated after expiry of the warranty period, and a No 
Problem Found (NPF) result is obtained.

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The product, though repaired within the warranty period, has been misused, 
abused, or subjected to unauthorized disassembly/modification; placed in an 
unsuitable physical or operating environment; improperly maintained by the cus-
tomer; or failure caused which ADVANTECH is not responsible whether by acci-
dent or other cause. Such conditions will be determined by ADVANTECH at its 
sole unfettered discretion.

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The product is damaged beyond repair due to a natural disaster such as a light-
ing strike, flood, earthquake, etc.

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Product updates and tests upon the request of customers who are without war-
ranty.

If a product has been repaired by ADVANTECH, and within three months after such a
repair the product requires another repair for the same problem, ADVANTECH will do
this repair free of charge. However, such free repairs do not apply to products which
have been misused, abused, or subjected to unauthorized disassembly/modification;
placed in an unsuitable physical or operating environment; improperly maintained by
the customer; or failure caused which ADVANTECH is not responsible whether by
accident or other cause.
Please contact your nearest regional service center for detail service quotation. 
Before we start out-of-warranty repairs, we will send you a pro forma invoice (P/I)
with the repair charges. When you remit the funds, please reference the P/I number
listed under "Our Ref". ADVANTECH reserves the right to deny repair services to
customers that do not return the DOA unit or sign the P/I. Meanwhile, ADVANTECH
will scrap defective products without prior notice if customers do not return the signed
P/I within 3 months.

4.3.2.4

Repair Report

ADVANTECH returns each product with a "Repair Report" which shows the result of
the repair. A "Repair Analysis Report" is also provided to customers upon request. If
the defect is not caused by ADVANTECH design or manufacturing, customers will be
charged US$60 or US$120 for in-warranty or out-of-warranty repair analysis reports
respectively.

4.3.2.5

Custody of Products Submitted for Repair

ADVANTECH will retain custody of a product submitted for repair for one month while
it is waiting for return of a signed P/I or payment (A/R). If the customer fails to
respond within such period, ADVANTECH will close the case automatically. ADVAN-
TECH will take reasonable measures to stay in proper contact with the customer dur-
ing this one month period.