Instruction Manual

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For Your Safety
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid/aftersearchingonFCCIDZNFV495.
FormoreinformationaboutSARs,seetheFCC’sOETBulletins56and65athttp://www.
fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Documents/bulletinsorvisittheCellular
TelecommunicationsIndustryAssociationwebsiteathttp://www.ctia.org/consumer_info/
index.cfm/AID/10371.Youmayalsowishtocontactthemanufacturerofyourdevice.
CanIminimizemyRFexposure?
IfyouareconcernedaboutRF,thereareseveralsimplestepsyoucantaketominimize
yourRFexposure.Youcan,ofcourse,reduceyourtalktime.Youcanplacemoredistance
betweenyourbodyandthesourceoftheRF,astheexposureleveldropsoffdramatically
withdistance.TheFDA/FCCwebsitestatesthat“hands-freekitscanbeusedwithwireless
devicesforconvenienceandcomfort.ThesesystemsreducetheabsorptionofRFenergyin
theheadbecausethedevice,whichisthesourceoftheRFemissions,willnotbeplaced
againstthehead.Ontheotherhand,ifthedeviceismountedagainstthewaistorother
partofthebodyduringuse,thenthatpartofthebodywillabsorbmoreRFenergy.Wireless
devicesmarketedintheU.S.arerequiredtomeetsafetyrequirementsregardlessofwhether
theyareusedagainsttheheadoragainstthebody.Eitherconfigurationshouldresultin
compliancewiththesafetylimit”.Also,ifyouuseyourwirelessdevicewhileinacar,you
canuseadevicewithanantennaontheoutsideofthevehicle.Youshouldalsoreadand
followyourwirelessdevicemanufacturer’sinstructionsforthesafeoperationofyourdevice.
Dowirelessdevicesposeanyspecialriskstochildren?
TheFDA/FCCwebsitestatesthat“thescientificevidencedoesnotshowadangertousers
ofwirelesscommunicationdevices,includingchildren”.TheFDA/FCCwebsitefurtherstates
that“somegroupssponsoredbyothernationalgovernmentshaveadvisedthatchildrenbe
discouragedfromusingwirelessdeviceatall”.Forexample,theStewartReportfromthe
UnitedKingdom[“UK”]madesucharecommendationinDecember2000.Inthisreporta
groupofindependentexpertsnotedthatnoevidenceexiststhatusingadevicecausesbrain