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This symbol is intended to alert you
to the presence of uninsulated dan-
gerous voltage within the product’s
enclosure that might be of sufficient
magnitude to constitute a risk of
electric shock. Do not open the
product’s case.
This symbol is intended to inform
you that important operating and
maintenance instructions are in-
cluded in the literature accompany-
ing this product.
READ THIS BEFORE
INSTALLATION
We have designed your ET-196 Hands-
Free Telephone Headset to conform to
federal regulations, and you can con-
nect it to most telephone lines. This de-
vice places no additional load on the
phone line. It has a
ringer equivalence
number
, or REN, of 0. Therefore, you
can use it without affecting the operation
of other telephone devices connected to
the same phone line.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
DO NOT OPEN.
CAUTION
: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICEABLE
PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO
QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire
or shock hazard, do not expose this
product to rain or moisture.
!
!
FCC STATEMENT
The Hands-Free Telephone Headset is
not compatible with hearing aids. There-
fore, the FCC prohibits its use in the fol-
lowing locations:
• Any public or semipublic location
where coin-operated or credit card
telephones are found.
• Elevators, highways, and tunnels
(automobile, subway, railroad, or
pedestrian), where a person with
impaired hearing might be isolated
in an emergency.
• Places where telephones are
installed specifically to alert emer-
gency authorities such as fire,
police, or medical assistance per-
sonnel.
• Hospital rooms, residential health-
care facilities, convalescent homes,
and prisons, where telephones are
used specifically for signaling life-
threatening or emergency situa-
tions, if alternative signaling meth-
ods are not available.
• Work stations for hearing-impaired
personnel.
• Hotel, motel, or apartment building
lobbies.
• Stores where telephones are used
to order merchandise.
• Public transportation terminals
where telephones are used to call
taxis, reserve lodging, or rent auto-
mobiles.
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