User's Manual

search, A3LGTS6500'. Som etim es it m ay be necessary t o rem ove t he
batt ery pack t o find t he num ber. Once you have t he FCC I D num ber for a
particular phone, follow the inst ruct ions on t he website and it should
provide values for typical or m axim um SAR for a part icular phone.
Additional product specific SAR inform ation can also be obt ained at
www.fcc.gov/ cgb/ sar.
Consum e r I nfor m a tion on W ir ele ss Phones
The U.S. Food and Drug Adm inist ration ( FDA) has published a series of
Quest ions and Answers for consum ers relating t o radio frequency ( RF)
exposure from wireless phones. The FDA publication includes the
following inform ation:
W hat k inds of phon es a re th e subj e ct of t his updat e?
The t erm wireless phone refers here to hand- held wireless phones with
built -in ant ennas, often called “ cell,” “ m obile,” or “ PCS” phones. These
types of wireless phones can expose t he user to m easurable radio
frequency energy ( RF) because of t he short dist ance between t he phone
and the user's head. These RF exposures are lim ited by Federal
Com m unications Com m ission safety guidelines that were developed with
the advice of FDA and ot her federal health and safet y agencies. When the
phone is located at great er dist ances from the user, the exposure to RF is
drast ically lower because a person's RF exposure decreases rapidly wit h
increasing distance from the source. The so- called “cordless phones,”
which have a base unit connect ed to t he t elephone wiring in a house,
typically operate at far lower power levels, and t hus produce RF
exposures well wit hin the FCC's com pliance lim it s.
Do w irele ss phones pose a hea lth hazard?
The available scientific evidence does not show t hat any health problem s
are associated wit h using wireless phones. There is no proof, however,
that wireless phones are absolut ely safe. Wireless phones em it low levels
of radio frequency energy (RF) in t he m icrowave range while being used.
They also em it very low levels of RF when in t he st and- by m ode. Whereas
high levels of RF can produce health effect s ( by heat ing t issue) , exposure
to low level RF that does not produce heating effects causes no known
adverse health effect s. Many st udies of low level RF exposures have not
found any biological effect s. Som e studies have suggest ed that som e
biological effect s m ay occur, but such findings have not been confirm ed
by addit ional research. I n som e cases, other researchers have had
difficult y in reproducing those studies, or in det erm ining the reasons for
inconsistent results.
W hat is FDA's r ole concer ning the sa fet y of w ireless phones?
Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of radiat ion- em it ting
consum er product s such as wireless phones before they can be sold, as it
does with new drugs or m edical devices. However, the agency has
authority t o t ake act ion if wireless phones are shown t o em it radio
frequency energy ( RF) at a level that is hazardous to t he user. I n such a