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Impor t ant Saf ety Information 7
• Only use the batter y with a char ging s ystem that has
been qualified with the s ystem per C TIA Cer tification
R equirements f or Batter y S ystem Compliance to
IEEE 1725 . U se of an unqualified batter y or char ger
may pr e sent a risk of fir e , e xplosion, le ak age , or other
haz ar d.
Dispo sal of Lithium I on (Li-I on) Ba tterie s
Do not handle a damaged or le aking Li-Ion batter y as
you can be burned.
F or safe disposal options of y our Li-Ion batterie s,
cont act y our ne are st Sprint authorized ser vice center .
Special N ote: Be sure to dispose of y our batter y pr operly .
In some are as, the disposal of batterie s in household or
busine ss tr ash may be prohibited.
R adio F r equency (RF ) Ener gy
Understanding H o w Y our T ablet Oper a te s
Y our t ablet is basically a r adio tr ansmitter and r eceiver .
When it’ s turned on, it r eceiv e s and tr ansmits r adio
fr equency (RF ) signals. When you use y our t ablet, the
s ystem handling y our call contr ols the pow er le v el. This
pow er can r ange fr om 0 . 006 watt to 0 .2 watt in digit al
mode .
K no wing R adio F r equency Saf ety
The design of y our t ablet complie s with updated NCRP
standards described below .
In 1 9 91– 92 , the Institute of Electrical and Electr onics
Engineer s (IEEE) and the American National St andards
Institute (ANSI) joined in updating ANSI’s 1 98 2 standar d
f or saf ety le v els with r e spect to human e xposur e to
RF signals. Mor e than 12 0 scientists, engineer s and
ph ysicians fr om universitie s, go vernment health
agencie s and industrie s developed this updated
standar d af ter r e vie wing the a v ailable body of r e se ar ch.
In 1 99 3 , the F eder al Communications Commission (F CC)
adopted this updated standar d in a r egulation. In A ugust
1 996 , the F CC adopted h ybrid standar d consisting of
the e xisting ANSI/IEEE standar d and the guideline s
published b y the National Council of Radiation
Pr otection and Measur ements (NCRP).
B ody- Worn Oper a tion
T o maint ain compliance with F CC RF e xposur e
guideline s, if you w ear a t ablet on y our body , use a
Sprint-supplied or Sprint-appr o ved carr ying case ,
holster or other body - worn acce ssor y .
U se of non-Sprint-appr o ved acce ssorie s may violate
F CC RF e xposur e guideline s.
F or mor e information about RF e xposur e , visit the F CC
w ebsite at fc c . g ov .
Specific Ab s orption R a te s (SAR) f or W irele ss
T ablet s
The SAR v alue corr e sponds to the r elativ e amount of RF
ener gy absorbed into the head of a user of a wir ele ss
device .
The SAR v alue of a t ablet is the r e sult of an e xtensiv e
te sting, measuring and calculation proce ss. It doe s
not repr e sent how much RF the t ablet emits. All t ablet
models are te sted at their highest v alue in strict
laboratory settings. But when in oper ation, the SAR of a
t ablet can be substantially le ss than the le v el reported to
the F CC . This is because of a variety of f actor s including
its proximity to a base station antenna, t ablet design
and other f actor s. What is impor t ant to r emember is that
e ach t ablet meets strict f eder al guideline s. V ariations in
SARs do not repr e sent a variation in saf ety .
All t ablets must meet the f eder al standard, which
incorpor ate s a substantial mar gin of saf ety . As stated
abov e , variations in SAR v alue s betw een diff er ent model
t ablets do not me an variations in saf ety . SAR v alue s at or