Commercial Mobile Alerting System (CMAS)
This device is designed to receive Wireless Emergency Alerts from CMAS. If your wireless provider
has chosen to participate in CMAS, alerts are available while in the provider’s coverage area. If you
travel outside your provider’s coverage area, wireless emergency alerts may not be available. For more
information, please contact your wireless provider.
GPS & AGPS
Certain Samsung mobile devices can use a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal for location-based
applications. A GPS uses satellites controlled by the U.S. Government that are subject to changes
implemented in accordance with the Department of Defense policy and the 2008 Federal Radio
navigation Plan (FRP). Changes may affect the performance of location-based technology on your
mobile device.
Certain Samsung mobile devices can also use an Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS), which
obtains information from the cellular network to improve GPS performance. AGPS uses your wireless
service provider’s network and therefore airtime, data charges, and/or additional charges may apply in
accordance with your service plan. Contact your wireless service provider for details.
Your Location
Location-based information includes information that can be used to determine the approximate
location of a mobile device. Mobile devices which are connected to a wireless network transmit
location-based information. Additionally, if you use applications that require location-based information
(e.g. driving directions), such applications transmit location-based information. The location-based
information may be shared with third-parties, including your wireless service provider, applications
providers, Samsung, and other third-parties providing services.
Use of AGPS in Emergency Calls
When you make an emergency call, the cellular network may activate AGPS technology in your mobile
device to tell the emergency responders your approximate location.
AGPS has limitations and might not work in your area. Therefore:
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Always tell the emergency responder your location to the best of your ability; and
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Remain on the mobile device for as long as the emergency responder instructs you.
Navigation
Maps, directions, and other navigation-data, including data relating to your current location, may
contain inaccurate or incomplete data, and circumstances can and do change over time. In some areas,
complete information may not be available. Therefore, you should always visually confirm that the
navigational instructions are consistent with what you see before following them. All users should
pay attention to road conditions, closures, traffic, and all other factors that may impact safe driving or
walking. Always obey posted road signs.
Emergency Calls
This mobile device, like any wireless mobile device, operates using radio signals, wireless and landline
networks, as well as user-programmed functions, which cannot guarantee connection in all conditions,
areas, or circumstances.
Therefore, you should never rely solely on any wireless mobile device for essential communications
(medical emergencies, for example). Before traveling in remote or underdeveloped areas, plan an
alternate method of contacting emergency services personnel. Remember, to make or receive any calls,
the mobile device must be switched on and in a service area with adequate signal strength.
Emergency calls may not be possible on all wireless mobile device networks or when certain network
services and/or mobile device features are in use. Check with local service providers. If certain features
are in use (call blocking, for example), you may first need to deactivate those features before you can
make an emergency call. Consult your User Manual and your local cellular service provider. When
making an emergency call, remember to give all the necessary information as accurately as possible.
Remember that your mobile device may be the only means of communication at the scene of an
accident; do not cut off the call until given permission to do so.
To make an emergency call:
1. If the mobile device is not on, switch it on.
2. Open your phone dialer.
3. Enter the emergency number for your present location (for example, 911 or other official
emergency number), then tap Call/Send. Emergency numbers vary by location.
FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations for Wireless Devices
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has established requirements for digital wireless
mobile devices to be compatible with hearing aids and other assistive hearing devices.
When individuals employing some assistive hearing devices (hearing aids and cochlear implants) use
wireless mobile devices, they may detect a buzzing, humming, or whining noise. Some hearing devices
are more immune than others to this interference noise, and mobile devices also vary in the amount of
interference they generate.
The wireless telephone industry has developed a rating system for wireless mobile devices to assist
hearing device users find mobile devices that may be compatible with their hearing devices. Not all
mobile devices have been rated. Mobile devices that are rated have the rating on their box or a label
located on the box.
The ratings are not guarantees. Results will vary depending on the user’s hearing device and hearing
loss. If your hearing device happens to be vulnerable to interference, you may not be able to use a rated
mobile device successfully. Trying out the mobile device with your hearing device is the best way to
evaluate it for your personal needs.
M‑Ratings: Wireless mobile devices rated M3 or M4 meet FCC requirements and are likely to generate
less interference to hearing devices than mobile devices that are not labeled. M4 is the better/higher of
the two ratings. M-ratings refer to enabling acoustic coupling with hearing aids that do not operate in
telecoil mode.
T‑Ratings: Mobile devices rated T3 or T4 meet FCC requirements and are likely to generate less
interference to hearing devices than mobile devices that are not labeled. T4 is the better/higher of the
two ratings. T-ratings refer to enabling inductive coupling with hearing aids operating in telecoil mode.
Hearing devices may also be rated. Your hearing aid manufacturer or hearing health professional may
