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Precautions for users of implanted cardiac pacemakers
Cardiac pacemakers (applies only to digital cordless telephones):
Wireless Technology Research, LLC (WTR), an independent research entity, led a
multidisciplinary evaluation of the interference between portable wireless telephones and
implanted cardiac pacemakers. Supported by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, WTR
recommends to physicians that:
Pacemaker patients
• Should keep wireless telephones at least six inches from the pacemaker.
• Should NOT place wireless telephones directly over the pacemaker, such as in a breast
pocket, when it is turned ON.
• Should use the wireless telephone at the ear opposite the pacemaker.
WTR’s evaluation did not identify any risk to bystanders with pacemakers from other persons
using wireless telephones.
Operating range
The cordless telephone operates with the maximum power allowed by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC). Even so, the cordless handset and telephone base
can communicate over only a certain distance - which can vary with the locations of the
telephone base, cordless handset, the weather, and the layout of the hotel.
When the cordless handset is out of range while on a call, the cordless handset rapidly
beeps three times.
If there is a call while the handset is out of range, it may not ring, or if it does ring, the call
may not connect well when you answer the call. Move closer to the telephone base to
answer the call.
If the handset moves out of range during a telephone conversation, there may be
interference.
To improve reception, move closer to the telephone base.
About cordless telephones
Privacy: The same features that make a cordless telephone convenient create some
limitations. Telephone calls are transmitted between the telephone base and the cordless
handset by radio waves, so there is a possibility that the cordless telephone conversations
could be intercepted by radio receiving equipment within range of the cordless handset.
For this reason, you should not think of cordless telephone conversations as being as
private as those on corded telephones.
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