User's Manual

12 Important Safety Information
Important Safety Information 13
In 1991–92, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) joined
in updating ANSI’s 1982 standard for safety
levels with respect to human exposure to RF
signals. More than 120 scientists, engineers and
physicians from universities, government health
agencies and industries developed this updated
standard after 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 a 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 handset on your body, use
a Sprint-supplied or Sprint-approved carrying case,
holster or other body-worn accessory. If you do not
use a body-worn accessory, ensure the antennas
are at least
0.39 inches (1.0 centimeter) from
your body when transmitting. Use of non-Sprint-
approved accessories may violate FCC RF exposure
guidelines. Other accessories used with this phone
for body-worn operations must not contain any
metallic components and must provide at least
0.39 inches (1.0 centimeter) separation distance
between the antennas and the user’s body.
For more information about RF exposure, visit the
FCC website at
fcc.gov.
Speciic Absorption Rates (SAR) for Wireless
Phones
The SAR value corresponds to the relative amount
of RF energy absorbed into the head of a user of a
wireless handset.
The SAR value of a phone is the result of an
extensive testing, measuring and calculation
process. It does not represent how much RF the
phone emits. All phone models are tested at
their highest value in strict laboratory settings.