Siemens SX56 manual Use near medical equipment

Safety Information

Use near medical equipment

Make sure that you turn off the unit in the vicinity of electronic medical equipment (in an operating theatre, intensive care unit, etc.) in hospitals or other medical facilities. Signals emitted from the unit can affect the operation of such equipment.

Medical device wearers

Wearers of electronic medical devices should check with and receive the approval of their doctor or main health care provider before operating or using the unit for data or telephone communications.

Wearers of pacemakers or similar devices should keep this unit away from the chest area when using it. Affected users should not carry the unit in their breast pocket. Signals emitted from the unit can affect pace- makers and other electronic devices. Should you suspect that use of this unit causes some abnormality with your device, immediately move the unit away from your body and seek medical advice.

Make sure that you turn off the unit on a crowded train or at any other time you might be in close physical contact with the wearer of a pacemaker or other medical device.

Precision machinery

Whenever you are in the vicinity of industrial robots or other precision machinery, make sure that you comply with local rules and regulations governing the use of radio wave-emitting devices such as this unit.

Other precautions

Switch off the unit near gasoline stations, fuel depots, chemical plants or blasting operations.