LG Electronics TM510 Safety Guidelines, Safety Information, Exposure to Radio Frequency Signal

Chapter 10. Safety Guidelines

Safety Information

Exposure to Radio Frequency Signal

Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power radio transmitter and receiver. When it is ON, it receives and also sends out radio frequency(RF) signals.

European and international agencies have set standards and recommendations for the protection of public exposure to RF electromagnetic energy.

Internation Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) 1996

Verband Deutscher Elektrotechnik(VDE) DIN-0848

Directives of the European Community, Directorate General V in Matters of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Energy

National Radiological Protection Board of the United Kingdom, GS 11, 1988

American National Standards Institute(ANSI) IEEE C95.1-1992

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP), Report 86

Department of Heath and Welfare Canada, Safety Code 6

Those standards were based on comprehensive and periodic evaluations of the relevant scientific literature. For example, over 120 scientists, engineers, and physicians 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 these standards when used normally. Use only the supplied or an approved replacement antenna. Unauthorized antennas, modifications, or attachments could damage the phone and may violate FCC regulations.

Efficient Phone Operation

Normal Position

Hold the phone as you would any other telephone with the antenna pointed up and over your shoulder.

Tips on Efficient Operation:

For your phone to operate most efficiently;

Extend your antenna fully

Do not touch the antenna unnecessarily when the phone is in use. Contact with the antenna affects call quality and may cause the phone to operate at a higher power level than otherwise needed.

For Vehicles Equipped with an Air Bag

An air bag inflates with great force. DO NOT place objects, including both installed or portable wireless equipment, in the area over the air bag or in the air bag deployment area. If in-vehicle wireless equipment is improperly installed and the air bag inflates, serious injury could result.

Batteries

Caution : All batteries can cause property damage, injury or burns if a conductive material, such as jewelry, keys or beaded chains, touches exposed terminals. The material may complete an electrical circuit and become quite hot. To protect against such unwanted current drain, exercise care in handling any charged battery, particularly when placing it inside your pocket, purse or other container with metal objects. When the battery is detached from the phone, your batteries are packed with a protective battery cover, please use this cover for storing your batteries when not in use.

Check the laws and regulations on the use of wireless telephones in the areas where you drive. Always obey them.

Also, if using your phone while driving, please:

Give full attention to driving-driving safely is your first responsibility;

Use hands-free operation, if available;

Pull off the road and park before making or answer a call if driving conditions so require.

Most modem electronic equipment is shielded from RF signals. However, certain electronic equipment may not be shielded against the RF signals from your wireless phone.

Pacemakers

The Health Industry Manufacturers Association recommends that a minimum separation of six(6”) inches be maintained between a handheld wireless phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker. These recommendations are

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