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Consumer Information on SAR
(Specific Absorption Rate)
This Model Device Meets the Government’s Requirements
for Exposure to Radio Waves.
Your wireless device 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 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the
U.S. Government. These limits are part of comprehensive
guidelines and establish permitted levels of RF energy
for the general population. The guidelines are based on
standards that were developed by independent scientific
organizations through periodic and thorough evaluation
of scientific studies. The standards include a substantial
safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons,
regardless of age and health.
The exposure standard for wireless mobile device employs
a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption
Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6 W/kg.
* Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating
positions specified by the FCC with the device transmitting
at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency
bands.
Although SAR is determined at the highest certified power
level, the actual SAR level of the device while operating
can be well below the maximum value. Because the device
is designed to operate at multiple power levels to use only
the power required to reach the network, in general, the
closer you are to a wireless base station antenna, the lower
the power output.
Before a device model is available for sale to the public, it
must be tested and certified by the FCC that it does not
