User Manual

Draft for Sony Ericsson -- Preliminary Copy
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US Safety Guidelines
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 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. Body worn measurements are made while the
phone is in use and worn on the body with an Ericsson
or Sony Ericsson accessory supplied with or designated
for use with this phone. The design and composition of
an accessory can affect the body worn Specific
Absorption Rate (SAR) levels for the phone. Sony
Ericsson has not measured, and makes no
representation about, the body worn SAR levels when
the phone is used with non-Ericsson or non-Sony
Ericsson accessories not supplied with or designated
for use with this phone.
Consumer Update
Wireless Phones Supplied by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) - Center for
Devices and Radiological Health
Do wireless phones pose a health
hazard?
The available scientific evidence does not show that
any health problems are associated with using wireless
phones. There is no proof, however, that wireless
phones are absolutely safe. Wireless phones emit low
levels of radiofrequency energy (RF) in the microwave
range while being used. They also emit very low levels
of RF when in the stand-by mode. Whereas high levels
of RF can produce health effects (by heating tissue),
exposure to low level RF that does not produce heating
effects causes no known adverse health effects. Many
studies of low level RF exposures have not found any
biological effects. Some studies have suggested that
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