User manual
Table Of Contents
- Getting Started
- Settings
- Apps
- Technical Data
- Health/Safety/Warranty Guide
- Important health information and safety precautions
- Safety precautions for proper grounding installation
- Safety precautions for power supply unit
- Electrical safety
- Follow these other specific precautions:
- Prevention of hearing loss
- Safety precautions for direct sunlight
- Environmental restrictions
- Aircraft safety
- Road safety
- Safety precautions for rf exposure
- Explosive atmospheres
- Interference with medical equipment functions
- Non-ionizing radiation
- Battery information and precautions
- Danger!
- Warning!
- Caution!
- FCC notice and cautions
- HAC
- Safety information
- FDA Consumer Update
- 1. What is the FDA's role concerning the safety of wireless phones?
- 2. Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?
- 3. What are the results of the research done already?
- 4. What kinds of phones are the subjects of this update?
- 5. What is the FDA doing to find out more about the possible health effects of wireless phone RF?
- 6. What research is needed to decide whether RF exposure from wireless phones poses a health risk?
- 7. What has the FDA done to measure the Radio Frequency energy coming from wireless phones?
- 8. How can I find out how much Radio Frequency energy exposure I can get by using my wireless phone?
- 9. What about children using wireless phones?
- 10. What steps can I take to reduce my exposure to Radio Frequency energy from my wireless phone?
- 11. What about wireless phone interference with medical equipment?
- 12. Where can I find additional information?
- Nine Driver Safety Tips
- Consumer Information on SAR (Specific Absorption Rate)
- Important health information and safety precautions
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11. What about wireless phone interference with medical equipment?
Radio Frequency (RF) energy from wireless phones can interact with some electronic
devices. For this reason, the FDA helped develop a detailed test method to measure
Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) of implanted cardiac pacemakers and
defibrillators from wireless telephones. This test method is now part of a standard
sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
(AAMI). The final draft, a joint effort by the FDA, medical device manufacturers, and
many other groups, was completed in late 2000. This standard will allow
manufacturers to ensure that cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are safe from
wireless phone EMI. The FDA has tested hearing aids for interference from handheld
wireless phones and helped develop a voluntary standard sponsored by the Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). This standard specifies test methods and
performance requirements for hearing aids and wireless phones so that no
interference occurs when a person uses a “compatible” phone and a “compatible”
hearing aid simultaneously. This standard was approved by the IEEE in 2000. The FDA
continues to monitor the use of wireless phones for possible interactions with other
medical devices. Should harmful interference be found to occur, the FDA will conduct
testing to assess the interference and work to resolve the problem.
12. Where can I find additional information?
For additional information, please refer to the following resources: FDA web page on
wireless phones (http://www.fda.gov), under “C” in the subject index, select Cell
Phones > Current Research Results. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
RF Safety Program (http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/cellular.html)