Nokia 8290 manual Radio Frequency RF Signals

Radio Frequency (RF) Signals

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

In August 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted RF exposure guidelines that included safety levels for handheld wireless phones. Those guidelines are consistent with safety standards previously set by both U.S and international standards bodies:

•ANSI C95.1 (1992)*, NCRP Report 86 (1986)*, ICNIRP (1996)*, and RSS-102 issue 1.

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 the FCC guidelines (and those standards).

For body worn operation, to maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines, use only Nokia approved accessories. When carrying the phone while it is on, attach the phone to the specific Nokia belt-clip or place the phone in the specific Nokia carrying cases that have been tested for compliance.

Use of non-Nokia-approved accessories may violate FCC RF exposure guidelines and should be avoided.

*American National Standards Institute, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; International Commission on Non- Ionizing Radiation Protection.

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