User's Guide

Chapter 8 Health and Safety Information
Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals
Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured
not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the U.S. Government. These limits
are part of comprehensive guidelines and establish permitted levels of RF energy for
the general population. The guidelines are based on the safety 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 phones employs a unit of measurement known as
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6 W/kg
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. SAR tests
are conducted using standard operating positions specified 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 of the phone.
Before a new model phone is available for sale to the public, it must be tested and
certified by the FCC to insure that it does not exceed the limit established by the
government adopted requirement for safe exposure. The tests are performed in
positions and locations (e.g., at the ear and worn on body) as required by the FCC for
each model. While there may be differences between SAR levels of various phones and
at various positions, they all meet the government requirement.
The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model phone with all
reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines.
SAR information on this model phone is on file with the FCC and can be found on the
FCC website (http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid) after searching the FCC ID printed in the
label on the phone.
The highest SAR value for this model phone when tested for use at the ear is
1.38 W/kg, and when worn on the body, as described in this user guide, is 1.55 W/kg.
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In the U.S. and Canada, the SAR limit for mobile phones used by the public is 1.6 Watts/kg
(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.
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