User's Manual

Safety & Certification Leaflet
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1.7 Prohibited use in hospitals: Make sure that you are not in breach of any local restrictions or regulations.
Authorities often request that you switch off all electronic devices in the immediate vicinity of hospitals. This is a
recommendation that Option
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fully supports. If the iCON
®
XY is used in the proximity of sensitive electronic equipment,
the device could interfere with this equipment. If you intend to use your notebook in this kind of environment, you must
remove the iCON
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XY beforehand.
1.8 Interference from radio signals: Option
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takes into account the findings of health authorities and expert
committees that have investigated the potentially undesirable effects of the radio-frequency radiation emitted by the
iCON
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XY.
1.9 Immunity to interference: Electromagnetic interference is a disturbance of the normal workings of a device, based
on how the device
responds to radio signals from an external source. Occasionally, for example, you may hear a brief
noise emitted by audio equipment, such as a radio or loudspeaker. However, these audible signals do not affect the
equipment's ability to perform correctly.
European Commission Directive 2004/108/EC regulates all types of electronic equipment, their interference signal
levels, and their immunity to interference signals from external sources. Any item of equipment that complies with this
directive will, in all probability, be unaffected by interference signals. However, all wireless communication devices are
capable of receiving interference signals that could affect their performance.
1.10 Pacemakers, implanted defibrillators & other medical implant devices
It may be that some types of pacemaker or implanted defibrillator suffer interference when the iCON
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XY is operated in
the immediate proximity of the implant. Before you operate the iCON
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XY, you should therefore seek the advice of a
doctor who has specialist knowledge of your type of implant. Health authorities in many countries offer advisory
services for the safe use of medical equipment and implants and they will be able to inform you, for example, about the
safe distance to be kept between your mobile device or radio and the implant. Companies that distribute or supply
Option
®
hardware take into account the advice of health authorities or national consulting services and recommend that
there should, at the absolute minimum, be a distance of 20 cm between the iCON
®
XY or other mobile wireless
terminal devices and the implant.
1.11 Hearing aids: People with hearing aids or cochlear implants may, in individual cases, perceive interference noise
when they
are using, or in the close presence of, a mobile terminal device. The intensity of the disturbance depends
ultimately on the type of mobile terminal device, the type of hearing aid/implant and the distance between them. With
increasing distance between the terminal device and the hearing aid/implant, the effect of the interference signal can
be reduced.
1.12 Children: Do not allow children to play with the iCON
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XY. They could injure themselves or others, or accidentally
damage the device. The smaller parts of the iCON
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XY have sharp edges, which could cause injury or become
detached and pose a risk of asphyxiation
1.13 Driving: Do NOT use the iCON
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XY while driving. Always park the vehicle first.
1.14 SIM cards: To minimize the risk of electrostatic discharge (ESD), you should avoid touching the SIM card slots of
the iCON
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XY. Do not remove or insert a SIM card unless the iCON
®
XY has been disconnected from the computer.
1.15 Accessories: Use only accessories that have been approved by Option
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. Do not use incompatible products
under any circumstances. If accessories of third-party manufacturers are used, Option
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cannot guarantee that these
accessories will work properly and correctly unless they have been tested and approved by Option
®
.
1.16 Safe distance: The intensity of the radio-frequency radiation emitted by the iCON
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XY has been rigorously tested
for compliance with requirements concerning the specific absorption rate (SAR). These tests simulate the absorption
by human body tissue of radiation emitted by a mobile communications device.
iCON
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XY meets FCC requirements governing the specific absorption rate (SAR).
The measurements were carried out in accordance with the guidelines set forth in Appendix C of OET Bulletin 65 of the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for evaluating the compliance of mobile and portable devices with the