User Manual

80 Additional information
• Treat your product with care, keep it in a clean and
dust-free place.
ANTENNA CARE
Your mobile phone is equipped with an internal antenna.
• To avoid impaired performance, please ensure that your
mobile phone’s antenna is not damaged.
• Do not remove the antenna yourself.
• Only use an antenna that has been specifically designed
by Sony Ericsson for your mobile phone. Use of
unauthorised or modified antennas could damage your
mobile phone and may violate the appropriate
regulations, causing loss of performance and SAR levels
above the recommended limits (see below).
EFFICIENT USE
For optimum performance with minimum power
consumption please:
• Hold your mobile phone as you would any other
telephone. While speaking directly into the mouthpiece,
angle the antenna in a direction up and over your
shoulder.
• Do not touch the antenna when the mobile phone is in
use. Touching the antenna affects call quality, may cause
the mobile phone to operate at a higher power level than
needed and may shorten talk and standby times.
• If your mobile phone is equipped with infrared, never
direct the infrared ray at anyone’s eye and make sure
that it does not disturb any other infrared units.
RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) EXPOSURE AND
SAR
Your mobile phone is a low-power radio transmitter and
receiver. When it is turned on, it emits low levels of radio
frequency energy (also known as radio waves or radio
frequency fields).
Governments around the world have adopted
comprehensive international safety guidelines,
developed by scientific organizations*, e.g. ICNIRP
(International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation
Protection), through periodic and thorough evaluation of
scientific studies. These guidelines establish permitted
levels of radio wave exposure for the general population.
All Sony Ericsson mobile phone models are designed to
operate within these stringent levels. The levels include a
safety margin designed to assure the safety of all
persons, regardless of age and health, and to account for
any variations in measurements.
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is the unit of
measurement for the amount of radio frequency energy
absorbed by the body when using a mobile phone. The
SAR value is determined at the highest certified power
level in laboratory conditions, but the actual SAR level of
the mobile phone while operating can be well below this
value.
This is because the mobile phone is designed to use
the minimum power required to reach the network.
Therefore, the closer you are to a base station, the more
likely it is that the actual SAR level will decrease.