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Safety
harmful interference in a residential installation. T his equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur
in a particular installation. if this equipment do es cause harmful
interference to television reception, which can be determi ned by
turning the equipment off and on the user is enco uraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following m easures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment a nd receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dif ferent from that
to which the receiver is connected
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help.
FDA Information
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Cell Phone Facts
Consumer Information on Wireless Pho nes

What kinds of phones are the su bject of this

update?

The term “wireless phone” refers here to hand-held w ireless phones
with built-in antennas, often called “cell,”“mobile,” or “PCS ” phones.
These types of wireless phones can expose t he user to measurable
radiofrequency energy (RF) because of the shor t distance between
the phone and the user’s head. These RF exposures a re limited by
Federal Communications Commissi on safety guidelines that were
developed with the advice of FDA and other federal healt h and safety
agencies. When the phone is located at greater distance s from the
user, the exposure to RF is drastically lower because a person’s RF
exposure decreases rapidly with increasing distance from the source.
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