User's Manual

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SAFETY INFORMATION
STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE
This device complies with part 15 of the
FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: 1) This device
may not cause harmful interference, and
2) this device must accept any interfer-
ence that may cause undesired operation.
CAUTION: Changes or modifications not
expressly approved by Mitsubishi Wireless
Communications, Inc. could void your
authority from the FCC to operate the
equipment.
EXPOSURE TO RADIO
FREQUENCY SIGNALS
Your wireless handheld portable tele-
phone is a low power radio transmitter
and receiver. When it is ON, it receives
and also sends out radio frequency (RF)
signals.
In August 1996, the Federal Communica-
tions Commissions (FCC) adopted RF
exposure guidelines with safety levels for
hand-held wireless phones. These guide-
lines are consistent with the safety stan-
dards previously set by both U.S. and
international standards bodies:
*ANSI C95.1 (1992)
*NCRP Report 86 (1986)
*ICNIRP (1996)
*American National Standards Institute;
National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurements; International Commission on
Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
Those standards were based on compre-
hensive and periodic evaluations of the
relevant scientific literature. For example,
over 120 scientists, engineers, and physi-
cians from universities, government
health agencies, and industry reviewed
the available body of research to develop
the ANSI Standard (C95.1).
The design of your phone complies with
the FCC guidelines (and those standards).
THIS MODEL PHONE MEETS THE
GOVERNMENT’S REQUIREMENTS
FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO
WAVES.
Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter
and receiver. It is designed and manufac-
tured not to exceed the limits for
exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy
set by the Federal Communications Com-
mission of the U.S. Government. These
limits are part of comprehensive guide-
lines and establish permitted levels of RF
energy for the general population. The
guidelines are based on 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 mobile
phones employs a unit of measurement
known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or
SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6
W/kg.* Tests for SAR are conducted using
standard operating positions accepted 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.
Before a phone model is available for sale
to the public, it must be tested and certi-
fied to the FCC 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 the
body) as required by the FCC for each
model. The highest SAR value for this
model phone when tested for use at the
ear is 0.57 W/kg and when worn on the
body, as described in this user guide, is
0.97 W/kg. (Body-worn measurements
differ among phone models, depending
upon available accessories and FCC
requirements.) While there may be differ-
ences between the SAR levels of various
phones and at various positions, they all
meet the government requirement for safe
exposure.
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