9
Safety Information
Important
Read this information before using your StarTAC
™
cellular telephone.
First introduced in 1984, the hand-held portable cellular telephone
is one of the most exciting and innovative electronic products ever
developed. With it you can stay in contact with your office, your
home, emergency services, and others.
For the safe and efficient operation of your phone,
please observe these guidelines:
Exposure
to Radio
Frequency
Energy
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 elec-
tromagnetic energy.
•
International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation
Protection (ICNIRP) 1996
•
Verband Deutscher Electringenieure (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 Health and Welfare Canada. Safety Code 6