Samsung PLS-M240 User Manual

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Important Safety Information4A. Important Safety Information 951982 standard for safety levels with respect to human exposure to RFsignals. More than 120 scientists, engineers and physicians fromuniversities, government health agencies and industries developed thisupdated standard after reviewing the available body of research. In 1993,the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted this updatedstandard in a regulation.In August 1996, the FCC adopted hybrid standard consisting of the existingANSI/IEEE standard and the guidelines published by the National Council ofRadiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP).Body-Worn OperationTo maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines, if you wear ahandset on your body, use an approved carrying case, holster or otherbody-worn accessory. If you do not use a body-worn accessory, ensure theantenna is at least 7/16 inch (1.5 centimeters) from your body whentransmitting. Use of non-approved accessories may violate FCC RFexposure guidelines.For more information about RF exposure, visit the FCC Web site atwww.fcc.gov.Specific Absorption Rates (SAR) for WirelessPhonesThe SAR value corresponds to the relative amount of RF energy absorbedinto the head of a user of a wireless handset.The SAR value of a phone is the result of an extensive testing, measuringand calculation process. It does not represent how much RF the phoneemits. All phone models are tested at their highest value in strict laboratorysettings. But when in operation, the SAR of a phone can be substantiallyless than the level reported to the FCC. This is because of a variety offactors including its proximity to a base station antenna, phone design andother factors.What is important to remember is that each phone meets strict federalguidelines. Variations in SARs do not represent a variation in safety.All phones must meet the federal standard, which incorporates asubstantial margin of safety. As stated above, variations in SAR valuesbetween different model phones do not mean variations in safety. SARvalues at or below the federal standard of 1.6 W/kg are considered safe foruse by the public.The highest reported SAR values of the PLS-m240 are:Cellular CDMA mode (Part 22):Head: 0.867 W/kg; Body-worn: 0.894 W/kgPCS mode (Part 24):Head: 0.683 W/kg; Body-worn: 0.539 W/kgFCC Radio Frequency EmissionThis phone meets the FCC Radio Frequency Emission Guidelines.FCC ID number: A3LSPHM240.More information on the phone’s SAR can be found from the following FCCwebsite: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/.PLS-M240.book Page 95 Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:55 PM