User's Manual

Certification and safety information for the United States and countries using FCC
standards 57
FCC SAR information
THIS MODEL PHONE MEETS THE FCC'S REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPOSURE TO
RADIO WAVES
Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and
manufactured not to exceed the limits for exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy
set by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC). These limits
are part of comprehensive guidelines and establish permitted levels of RF energy for
the general population. The guidelines are based on standards that were developed
by independent scientific organizations through periodic and thorough evaluation of
scientific studies. The standards include a substantial safety margin designed to
assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health.
The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of measurement
known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC and
Health Canada is 1.6 W/kg (*). Tests for SAR are conducted using standard
operating positions accepted by the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest
certified power level in all tested frequency bands. Although the SAR is determined
at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating
can be well below the maximum value. This is because the phone is designed to
operate at multiple power levels so as to use only the power required to reach the
network. In general, the closer you are to a wireless base station antenna, the lower
the power output.
Before a phone model is available for sale to the public, it must be tested and
certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the RF limit established by the
government-adopted requirement for safe exposure. The tests are performed in
positions and locations (i.e., at the ear and worn on the body) as required by the FCC
for each model.
The highest SAR value for these model phones as reported to the FCC when tested
for use at the ear and when worn on the body are (measured at a distance of 0.59
inches (1.5 cm)):
SAR at the ear (W/kg) SAR worn of the body (W.kg)
PCS 1900 PCS 1900
1.1 0.472
(*) In the United States and Canada, the SAR limit for mobile phones used by the
public is 1.6 watts/kilogram (W/kg) averaged over one gram of tissue. The
standard incorporates a substantial margin of safety to give additional protection
for the public and to account for any variations in measurements.