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Product Warranty (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 02, 2017

Other Accrued Liabilities

The warranty balance below is included in other accrued liabilities on the balance sheet.

		For the Three Months Ended
		April 2,				April 3,
		2017				2016
		(in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period		$	7,203			$	6,925
Accruals for warranties issued during the period			3,021				3,490
Adjustments related to pre-existing warranties			(471	)			243
Settlements made during the period			(2,699	)			(3,162	)
Balance at end of period		$	7,054			$	7,496

Extended Product Warranty of Short and Long-Term Deferred Revenue and Customer Advances

The extended warranty balance below is included in short and long-term deferred revenue and customer advances on the balance sheet.

		For the Three Months Ended
		April 2,				April 3,
		2017				2016
		(in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period		$	46,753			$	46,499
Deferral of new extended warranty revenue			6,125				6,827
Recognition of extended warranty deferred revenue			(8,825	)			(7,211	)
Balance at end of period		$	44,053			$	46,115

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Schedule of extended product warranty liability.

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Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68068213&loc=d3e12565-110249

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