User's Guide

76 Performance, Maintenance, and Safety Preliminary Draft
Safety
Before using your wireless phone, know a few basic safety
guidelines. Not following these guidelines may cause personal
injury, damage your phone, or be illegal.
Radio Frequency (RF) energy
Your hand-held portable telephone is a low power radio
transmitter and receiver. When it is ON, it receives and also sends
out radio frequency (RF) signals. In August 1996, the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) adopted RF exposure
requirements with safety levels for hand-held wireless phones.
Those requirements are consistent with the safety standards
previously set by both U.S. and international standards bodies:
■ ANSI C95.1 (1992), American National Standards Institute
■ NCRP Report 86 (1986), National Council on Radiation
Protection and Measurements
■ ICNIRP (1996), International Commission on Non-Ionizing
Radiation Protection
Those standards were based on comprehensive and periodic
evaluations of the relevant scientific literature. For example, over
120 scientists, engineers, and physicians from universities,
government health agencies, and industry reviewed the available
body of research to develop the ANSI Standard (C95.1)
Your phone complies with the standards set by these reports and
the FCC requirements.
Caution
To ensure your exposure to RF electromagnetic energy is
within the limits established by the FCC and the other
standards listed in this section, always follow these
procedures:
❑ While using the Push-to-Talk/Push-to-Unmute (PTT/
PTU) feature, hold the phone in front of you with the
microphone 1 or 2 inches (2.5 to 5 cm) from your face. For
information about PTT/PTU, see page 17.
❑ While using the phone and carrying it on your body make
sure the antenna is at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) from your body
when transmitting. Only use QUALCOMM-approved