User's Manual

6 Important Safety Information
Important Safety Information 7
reviewing the available body of research. In 1993,
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
adopted this updated standard in a regulation. In
August 1996, the FCC adopted hybrid standard
consisting of the existing ANSI/IEEE standard and
the guidelines published by the National Council of
Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP).
Body-Worn Operation
To maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure
guidelines, if you wear a tablet on your body, use a
Boost-supplied or Boost-approved carrying case,
holster or other body-worn accessory. If you do not
use a body-worn accessory, ensure the antenna
is at least 1.3 centimeters from your body when
transmitting. Use of non-approved accessories
may violate FCC RF exposure guidelines.
For more information about RF exposure, visit the
FCC website at fcc.gov.
Specific Absorption Rates (SAR) for Wireless
Tablets
The SAR value corresponds to the relative amount
of RF energy absorbed into the head of a user of a
wireless device.
The SAR value of a tablet is the result of an extensive
testing, measuring and calculation process. It does
not represent how much RF the tablet emits. All
tablet models are tested at their highest value in
strict laboratory settings. But when in operation,
the SAR of a tablet can be substantially less than
the level reported to the FCC. This is because of a
variety of factors including its proximity to a base
station antenna, tablet design and other factors.
What is important to remember is that each tablet
meets strict federal guidelines. Variations in SARs
do not represent a variation in safety.
All tablets must meet the federal standard, which
incorporates a substantial margin of safety. As
stated above, variations in SAR values between
different model tablets do not mean variations in