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Inadequately protected or
sensitive electronic equipment
may be affected by
radio energy. This interference can lead to accidents.
Always switch off your phone:
Before boarding an
aircraft
and or when packing the
phone in your luggage.
In
hospitals
, clinics, other health care centres and anywhere
else where you may be in the close vicinity of
medical
equipment
.
If you are a user of a
pacemaker
or
hearing aid
, or expect to
use your cellular phone in the immediate vicinity of
someone who does, then take the following precautionary
steps:
• Consult your physician and pacemaker or hearing aid manufacturer to
learn whether your particular device is susceptible to cellular phone
interference.
• Carry and hold your cellular phone at safe distance from the implanted
pacemaker device and electrode (20 centimetres is generally accepted as
a "safe distance", however it is advisable to check with your physician and
pacemaker manufacturer).
Always switch off your phone
and do not remove the battery in:
• Areas with a potentially
explosive atmosphere
(e.g. petrol
stations and also areas where the air contains dust
particles, such as metal powders).
• A vehicle transporting flammable products (even if the
vehicle is parked) or a vehicle powered by liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG), check first that the vehicle complies
with the applicable safety rules.
• Areas where you are requested to turn off radio
transmitting devices, such as quarries or other areas
where blasting operations are in progress.
