Smart Friends Box - Improper Use

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Installation instructions
Intended use Improper use
- The product is designed for the connection and control of
smart home products from the following companies: ABUS,
Paulmann, Schellenberg and Steinel. These are labelled as
being ‘Ready for Smart Friends’.
- Only use the product in dry environments (protection class
IP20).
- Only use the product to control third-party devices where
radio-frequency interference in the transmitter or receiver
does not pose a risk to people or property.
- Using wireless systems in the vicinity of devices with mag-
netic radiation or metallic surface can prevent them running
smoothly.
- Structural features can affect the wireless system’s range and
function.
- The wireless system must not be operated in areas where
there is a high risk of disruption to third parties (e.g. hos-
pitals, doctors’ surgeries, health centres, airports or similar
establishments).
- There is no protection against interference from other wire-
less systems that have been set up and operated correctly,
in particular interference from compliant systems operating
in the same frequency range.
- Never use the product in conjunction with devices or sys-
tems that are subject to increased safety requirements or
present an increased accident risk. Please observe the legal
regulations as these devices and systems require additional
safety equipment.
- The companies ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG, Paul-
mann Licht GmbH, Alfred Schellenberg GmbH and Stei-
nel Vertrieb GmbH accept no liability for personal injury,
damage to property or consequential damage arising from
improper use.
- Any other use or usage beyond this scope is considered to
be improper use.
The following are classed as improper use and are excluded
from the warranty:
- incorrect installation of the product
- failure to observe the operating and installation instructions
- improper operation, use or loading
- external inuences that lead to damage to the product (e.g.
shocks, bumps)
- repairs and modications by third parties
- use of unsuitable accessories
- modications to the device and accessories
- the device and the underside of the device may become
warm and may damage heat-sensitive surfaces as a result
- damage caused by overvoltage, e.g. lightning strike
- malfunctions caused by overlapping of the radio frequency
and other radio frequency interference.