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18. Safety Precaution
18.1 Usage environment
Please remember to obey relevant rules and regulations whenever use your
phone. This will prevent bad effect from you and the environment.
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Switch off your phone near explosive places, such as gas station, bunkers,
chemical factories or blasting scene, and adhere to any safety signs and
instructions there. Breaking any rules may cause explosion or injury.
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Phone using in plane will interfere with the flight operation and bring
dangers. Therefore, please do switch off your phone before boarding, and
make sure it is power off during the whole flight.
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Please keep the phone in its special bracket while you’re driving. Please
don’t put it on a seat or in places where it could fall off when the car
encounters collision or break. In order to ensure safe driving and avoid road
accidents, please don’t use the phone when driving. If you must use it,
please use the phone’s hands-free asset or park at roadside before making
or answering a call.
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Please put the phone away from the high temperature environment, for
explosion might be caused when the battery is of excess high temperature.
18.2 Medical devices
Please switch off your phone in areas near the electronic medical equipments
that obviously requires switching the phone off (Such as heart pacemakers,
hearing aids, etc). Most medical devices can shield the phone’s RF signal, but
some can’t. If you have any doubts or need to find out more, please consult
your doctor or medical device manufacturer.
18.2.1 Pacemaker
Pacemaker manufacturers advise the distance between your phone and heart
pacemaker should be 6 inches (15.3 cm) at least, otherwise the phone could
interfere with the pacemaker.
The personnel who wears pacemaker should do the followings:
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Should always keep a distance (at least 6 inches) between the phone and
pacemaker, when the phone is switched on.
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Should not have the phone in a breast pocket
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Should listen to the phone closer to the ear which is farther from the
pacemaker.
Caution:
Please switch off your phone while you feel there is interference, and
consult the doctor timely.
18.2.2 Hearing aids
Mobile phone might bring some interference to some hearing aids. If so,
please consult the hearing aids manufacturer.
18.2.3 Emergency calls
As the phone uses a radio signal, wireless and ground communication network
and personal settings functions like other phones, it is impossible to ensure
your phone can be connected successfully in any situation, so please don’t
rely purely on your phone as the only means of notification in cases of
emergency (such as medical first aid).
