Professional Audio

Yamaha sells its products through a network of Authorised Yamaha Professional Audio dealers and is pleased to offer the following manufacturer’s warranty. This warranty applies from date of purchase to products purchased from Authorised Yamaha Professional Audio dealers throughout Australia. Yamaha suggests that you read the warranty terms and conditions thoroughly, and invite you to contact your Authorised Yamaha Professional Audio dealer or Yamaha Service Division if you have any questions.

The Australian Consumer Law guarantees certain conditions, warranties and undertakings, in relation to the quality and fitness for purpose of products sold in Australia.

Therefore in addition to the provisions of this Yamaha warranty, our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure. What constitutes a major failure is set out in the Australian Consumer Law.

What is covered?

The warranty covers manufacturing defects in materials or workmanship for the duration of the product warranty and is in addition to the protection conferred by law.

This warranty provides for parts and labour, repairs are free of charge provided work is carried out by one of our Authorised Professional Audio Service Centres.

Australian customers: Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and for compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure.

The warranty details and conditions outlined apply only to products and equipment sold within Australia and distributed by Yamaha Music Australia.

What is not covered?

- Yamaha equipment purchased in Australia from someone other than an Authorised Yamaha Dealer.

- Yamaha equipment purchased or imported from overseas.

- Damage, deterioration or malfunction resulting from accident, negligence, misuse, abuse, operation or failure to follow instructions contained in your Owner's Manual.

- Failure having occurred due to the short circuit of any output.

- Failure of switches, key contacts, potentiometers, external connectors, sensors or any part that may be affected by an externally applied force. (After the first 12 months into the warranty period).

- Damage or loss to the product during shipment (all claims relating to freight/shipment damage should be presented to the carrier)

- Loudspeaker driver or diaphragm assemblies that, on inspection by Yamaha or a Yamaha Authorised Professional Audio Service Centre, are found to have burnt voice coils as a result of over driving, or use of incorrect or faulty amplifier.

- Repair or attempted repair by anyone other than Yamaha or a Yamaha Authorised Professional Audio Service Centre.

- Normal wear and any periodic maintenance.

- Deterioration by reason of perspiration, corrosive atmosphere, or other external causes such as extremes in temperature or humidity.

- Any products on which the serial number has been altered, defaced, modified or removed

- Evidence of alteration, erasing or forgery of proof of purchase documents will void this warranty.

Yamaha reserves the right to charge you for parts, labour and ancillary costs associated with rectification work, if the fault is not as a result of a manufacturing defect. You will be notified if your product is found to be ineligible for warranty repair.

What you must do to obtain warranty service

Yamaha Professional Audio equipment requiring warranty service should be returned to the place of purchase or taken to an Authorised Yamaha Service Centre or technician. Please provide your original purchase receipt, along with your, name, address and daytime contact details when returning good sunder this warranty. Information on how to find your nearest Authorised Yamaha Service Centre is available on our website.

• Find the nearest Authorised Professional Audio Service Centre

Important notice

Please retain your original receipt or proof of purchase in a safe place as it may be required when making a claim under this warranty. We recommend you keep all the original packaging, as it provides the best protection in the event you have to transport the instrument in the future.

Notes on returning and or shipping your instrument for service

The Pro Audio product, guitar or accessory should be returned to your nearest Authorised Pro Audio Service Centre or to the original dealer from which the purchase was made.

When shipping Pro Audio product, guitars or accessories, great care should be taken to ensure they are packed carefully in an appropriate container to avoid damage during transport. Particular attention should be given to securing all moving or delicate parts. (YAMAHA is not liable for damage or loss by carriers)

We recommend that the following information be included with repairs

1. Your name and address

2. Original purchase receipt or proof-of-purchase from an Authorised Pro Audio dealer

3. A description of the fault or reason for return

4. A daytime contact telephone number