A customer shall maintain any equipment rented or leased from a cable operator in good working order, and operate the equipment only in the manner specified by the cable operator or the manufacturer of the equipment.
(A) If needed for proper operation, or requested by a customer, a cable operator shall deliver to a customer written instructions detailing the proper use of rented, loaned or purchased equipment. A cable operator may comply with this section by delivering the manufacturer’s instructions to a customer.
(B) A customer shall totally and fully reimburse a cable operator for any damage to a cable operator’s equipment that is due to the customer’s failure to properly maintain and operate the equipment.
(C) A customer shall be relieved from any responsibility for reimbursing a cable operator for equipment which malfunctions or does not operate due to a hidden or latent defect in the equipment or for which fails to operate or improperly operates due to natural occurrences conditioned by the normal wear and tear of the equipment, of for equipment damaged or destroyed by an act of nature.
(Prior Code, § 13.20.220) (Ord. 96-13.20, passed - -1996)