User's Manual
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Health and safety information
Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals
Certification Information (S AR )
Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed
a
nd
manufactured not to exceed the exposure limits for radio frequency (RF) energy
s
e
t
by the Federal
Communications
Commission (FCC) of the U.S. government.
These
FCC exposure limits are derived from the
recommendations
of two
e
x
pe
r
t
organizations,
the National Counsel on Radiation Protection and
M
e
a
s
u
r
e
m
e
n
t
(NCRP) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In
bo
t
h
cases, the
recommendations
were developed by
scientific
and engineering
e
x
pe
r
t
s
drawn from industry, government, and academia after extensive reviews of
the
scientific
literature related to the biological effects of RF
e
n
e
r
g
y
.
The exposure limit set by the FCC for wireless mobile phones employs a unit
o
f
measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). The SAR is a
m
ea
s
u
r
e
of the rate of absorption of RF energy by the human body expressed in units of
w
a
tt
s
per kilogram
(
W
/
k
g
)
.
The FCC requires wireless phones to comply with a safety
li
m
i
t
o
f
1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6
W
/
kg). The FCC exposure limit incorporates
a
substantial margin of safety to give additional protection to the public and to
a
cc
o
un
t
for any variations in
m
ea
s
u
r
e
m
e
n
t
s.
SAR tests are
conducted
using standard operating positions accepted by the FCC
with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested
f
r
e
qu
en
c
y
bands. Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level,
t
he
actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be well below the maximum v
a
l
ue
.
This is because the phone is designed to operate at multiple power levels so as
t
o
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
ou
t
pu
t
.
Before a new model phone is available for sale to the public, it must be tested
a
nd
certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the exposure limit established by
t
he
FCC. Tests foreach model phone are performed in positions and locations (e.g.
a
t
the ear and worn on the body) as required by the
F
CC
.
For body worn operation, this model phone has been tested and meets the FCC RF
exposure guidelines whenused with a Samsung accessory designated for
t
h
i
s
product
or when used with an accessory that contains no metal and that
po
s
i
t
io
n
s
the handset
a minimum of 1.5 cm from the
bod
y
.
N
o
n
-
c
o
m
p
li
a
n
c
e
with the above restrictions may result in violation of FCC RF exposure
g
u
i
de
li
ne
s
.
SAR information on this and other model phones can be viewed
o
n
-
li
ne
a
t
h
tt
p
:
//
w ww
.
f
cc
.
go
v
/
oe
t/
ea
/
f
cc
id
/
.
P
l
e
a
s
e
use the phone FCC ID number for search
,
A3LSMS260DL. Sometimes it may be necessary to remove the battery pack to find
the
number. Once you have the FCC ID number for a particular phone, follow
t
he
instructions on the website and it should provide values for typical or maximum SAR
for a particular phone. Additional product specific SAR information can also
b
e
obtained at http://www.fcc.gov /encyclopedia/specific-absorption-rate-sar-celluar-telephones.