User's Manual

m anufactured not to exceed the exposure lim it s for radio frequency ( RF)
energy set by t he Federal Com m unications Com m ission ( FCC) of t he U.S.
governm ent . These FCC exposure lim its are derived from the
recom m endations of t wo expert organizations, t he National Counsel on
Radiat ion Prot ect ion and Measurem ent ( NCRP) and t he I nst it ut e of
Electrical and Elect ronics Engineers ( I EEE) . I n both cases, t he
recom m endations were developed by scient ific and engineering experts
drawn from indust ry, governm ent , and academ ia after ext ensive reviews
of t he scientific literature related t o the biological effects of RF energy.
The exposure lim it set by t he FCC for wireless m obile phones em ploys a
unit of m easurem ent known as the Specific Absorpt ion Rate ( SAR) . The
SAR is a m easure of t he rat e of absorpt ion of RF energy by t he hum an
body expressed in unit s of watt s per kilogram ( W/ kg) . The FCC requires
wireless phones to com ply with a safety lim it of 1.6 wat ts per kilogram
( 1.6 W/ kg) . The FCC exposure lim it incorporat es a subst ant ial m argin of
safety t o give additional protection t o the public and t o account for any
variations in m easurem ent s.
SAR test s are conducted using st andard operating positions accept ed by
the FCC with t he phone t ransm itt ing at its highest certified power level in
all t est ed frequency bands. Alt hough t he SAR is determ ined at the highest
certified power level, t he act ual SAR level of t he phone while operat ing
can be well below the m axim um value. This is because the phone is
designed t o operate at m ult iple power levels so as t o use only t he power
required t o reach t he network. I n general, the closer you are t o a wireless
base st ation ant enna, t he lower t he power out put.
Before a new m odel phone is available for sale t o the public, it m ust be
test ed and cert ified t o the FCC t hat it does not exceed t he exposure lim it
est ablished by t he FCC. Test s for each m odel phone are perform ed in
posit ions and locations ( e.g. at t he ear and worn on t he body) as required
by t he FCC.
For body worn operat ion, t his m odel phone has been t est ed and m eets
the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with a Sam sung accessory
designated for t his product or when used with an accessory t hat contains
no m etal and t hat posit ions t he handset a m inim um of 1.5 cm from t he
body.
Non- com pliance wit h the above rest rict ions m ay result in violat ion of FCC
RF exposure guidelines.
SAR inform ation on t his and ot her m odel phones can be viewed on- line at
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid/. This site uses t he phone FCC I D num ber,
A3LSGHI 708.
Som etim es it m ay be necessary t o rem ove t he batt ery pack
to find t he num ber. Once you have t he FCC I D num ber for a part icular
phone, follow t he inst ructions on t he website and it should provide values
for t ypical or m axim um SAR for a part icular phone. Addit ional product
specific SAR inform ation can also be obt ained at www.fcc.gov/ cgb/ sar.