SAR Specific Absorption Rate | Siemens C56 guide

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THIS SIEMENS C56 PHONE MEETS THE GOVERNMENT’S REQUIRE- MENTS FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES.

Your wireless Siemens C56 phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for expo- sure to radiofrequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the U.S. Govern- ment. These limits are part of com- prehensive guidelines and establish permitted levels of RF energy for the general population. The guidelines are based on standards that were de- veloped by independent scientific organizations through periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies. The standards include a sub- stantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, re- gardless 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 speci- fied by the FCC with the phone trans- mitting 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 mul-

tiple power levels so as to use only the power required to reach the net- work. 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 certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the limit established by the government-adopted require- ment for safe exposure. The tests are performed in positions and locations (for example, at the ear and worn on the body) as required by the FCC for each model. The highest SAR value for this Siemens C56 phone when tested for use at the ear is 0.88 W/kg, and when worn on the body, as de- scribed in this user guide, is

0.58W/kg. (Body-worn measure- ments differ among phone models, depending upon available accesso- ries and FCC requirements.) While there may be differences 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 Siemens C56 phone with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF emission guidelines. SAR in- formation on this Siemens C56 phone is on file with the FCC and can be found under the Display Grant section of

http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid

after searching on FCC ID PWX-C56.