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jurisdiction’s localaws or other
regulations regarding such use.
Such laws or other regulations
may prohibit or otherwise
restrict the manner in which a
driver may use his or her phone
while operating a vehicle.
Consumer Information on
SAR
(Specific Absorption Rate)
This ModePhone Meets the
Government’s Requirements
for Exposure to Radio Waves.
Your wireless phone is a radio
transmitter and receiver. It is
designed and manufactured
not to exceed the emission
limits for exposure to
radiofrequency (RF) energy set
by the FederaCommunications
Commission (FCC) of the
U.S. Government. These FCC
exposure limits are derived
from the recommendations of
two expert organizations, the
NationaCounseon Radiation
Protection and Measurement
(NCRP) and the Institute of
Electricaand Electronics Engineers
(IEEE). In both cases, the
recommendations were developed
by scientific and engineering
experts drawn from industry,
government, and academia
after extensive reviews of the
scientific literature related to the
biologicaeffects of RF energy.
The exposure Limit for wireless
mobile phones employs a unit
of measurement known as the
Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR.
The SAR is a measure of the rate
of absorption of RF energy by the
human body expressed in units of
watts per kilogram (W/kg). The
FCC requires wireless phones to
comply with a safety limit of 1.6
watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg). The
FCC exposure limit incorporates a
substantiamargin of safety to give
additionaprotection to the public
and to account for any variations
in measurements.
Tests for SAR are conducted using
standard operating positions
specified by the FCC with the
phone transmitting at its highest
certified power levein altested
frequency bands. Although SAR is
determined at the highest certified
power level, the actuaSAR leveof
the phone while operating can
be welbelow the maximum value.
Because the phone is designed to
operate at multiple power levels
to use only the power required to