Note: Always turn off the phone in health-care facilities and request permission before using the
phone near medical equipment.
Turning Off Your Phone Before Flying
Turn off your phone before boarding any aircraft. To prevent possible interference with aircraft
systems, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations require you to have permission
from a crew member to use your phone while the plane is on the ground. To prevent any risk of
interference, FCC regulations prohibit using your phone while the plane is in the air.
Turning Off Your Phone in Dangerous Areas
To avoid interfering with blasting operations, turn your phone off when in a blasting area or in other
areas with signs indicating two-way radios should be turned off. Construction crews often use
remote-control RF devices to set off explosives. Turn your phone off when you’re in any area that has
a potentially explosive atmosphere.
Although it’s rare, your phone and accessories could generate sparks. Sparks can cause an explosion
or fire, resulting in bodily injury or even death. These areas are often, but not always, clearly marked.
They include:
Fueling areas such as gas stations.
Below deck on boats.
Fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities.
Areas where the air contains chemicals or particles such as grain, dust, or metal powders.
Any other area where you would normally be advised to turn off your vehicle’s engine.
Note: Never transport or store flammable gas, flammable liquids, or explosives in the compartment
of your vehicle that contains your phone or accessories.
Restricting Children’s Access to Your Phone
Your phone is not a toy. Do not allow children to play with It as they could hurt themselves and
others, damage the phone or make calls that increase your phone bill.
Using Your Phone With a Hearing Aid Device
Your phone has been tested for hearing aid device compatibility. When some wireless phones are
used near some hearing devices (hearing aids and cochlear implants), users may detect a buzzing,
humming, or whining noise. Some hearing devices are more immune than others to this interference
noise, and phones also vary in the amount of interference they generate.
The wireless telephone industry has developed ratings for some of their mobile phones, to assist
hearing device users in finding phones that may be compatible with their hearing devices. Not
all phones have been rated. Phones that are rated will have the rating on the box. Your SCP-3100 by
Sanyo has an
M3
rating.
Note: Phones rated M3 or M4 meet FCC requirements and may generate less interference to hearing
devices than phones that are not labeled. M4 is the better/higher of the two ratings.
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