User's Guide

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Introduction
Introduction
Before installing your Hands-Free Car Kit in a vehicle, please read this
manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference. Professional
installation is recommended.
Features
The Hands-Free Car Kit allows your Globalstar portable phone to be used
as a mobile telephone in your vehicle.
With this car kit installed in a vehicle, you can:
■ Turn the phone on and off by turning the vehicle’s ignition on and off.
■ Talk without picking up the phone.
■ Obtain unlimited talk time using DC current supplied by your vehicle.
■ Charge the phone’s battery.
Safety precautions
When using your phone in a vehicle, please observe the following rules.
Caution
Failure to follow these instructions may lead to serious personal
injury and possible property damage.
■ Secure the phone in your vehicle to prevent personal injury and
damage to the phone in the event of an accident.
■ When attaching or detaching the Outdoor Unit (ODU/GCK-9) to the car
kit with the ODU cables, disconnect all power to the phone and car kit.
Note that DC voltage is present in the central conductor of the ODU
cable (GCK-10, GCK-11). See Hands-Free Car Kit standard
components, page 11.
■ Detach the phone from the Hands-Free Car Kit and disconnect power
(GCK-7) to the Globalstar electronic module (GEM/GCK-1) when jump
starting the vehicle or recharging the car battery. Jump starting may
cause the car kit fuse to open. See Hands-Free Car Kit standard
components, page 11.
Exposure to radio frequency signals
Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power radio transmitter
and receiver. When it is ON, it receives and also sends out radio frequency
(RF) signals.
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