Instruction Manual

HealthandSafetyInformation
HealthandSafetyInformation
HealthandSafetyInformation133
132HealthandSafetyInformation
FAILURETOFOLLOWTHEINSTRUCTIONSOUTLINEDMAYLEADTOSERIOUSPERSONAL
INJURYANDPOSSIBLEPROPERTYDAMAGE.
IMPORTANTSAFETYINSTRUCTIONS–SAVETHESEINSTRUCTIONS.
DANGER–TOREDUCETHERISKOFFIREORELECTRICSHOCK,CAREFULLYFOLLOWTHESE
INSTRUCTIONS.
FORCONNECTIONTOAPOWERSOURCENOTINNORTHAMERICA,USEANATTACHMENT
PLUGADAPTOROFTHEPROPERCONFIGURATIONFORTHEPOWEROUTLET.THISPOWER
UNITISINTENDEDTOBECORRECTLYORIENTATEDINAVERTICALORHORIZONTALOR
FLOORMOUNTPOSITION.
Consumer Information On Wireless Phones
TheU.S.FoodandDrugAdministration(FDA)haspublishedaseriesofQuestionsand
Answers for consumers relating to radio frequency (RF) exposure from wireless phones.
TheFDApublicationincludesthefollowinginformation:
What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?
The term wireless phone refers here to hand–held wireless phones with built–in
antennas,oftencalled“cell,”“mobile”or“PCS”phones.Thesetypesofwireless
phones can expose the user to measurable radio frequency energy (RF) because of the
short distance between the phone and the user’s head. These RF exposures are limited
by Federal Communications Commission safety guidelines that were developed with the
advice of FDA and other federal health and safety agencies.
Whenthephoneislocatedatgreaterdistancesfromtheuser,theexposuretoRFis
drastically lower because a person’s RF exposure decreases rapidly with increasing
distancefromthesource.Theso–called“cordlessphones,”whichhaveabaseunit
connected to the telephone wiring in a house, typically operate at far lower power levels
and thus produce RF exposures well within the FCC’s compliance limits.
Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?
Theavailablescienticevidencedoesnotshowthatanyhealthproblemsareassociated
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