SDP650 – USER MANUAL
TNM-U-E-0115
Jun 15 (Iss. 1.4)
Page 7
PERSONAL SAFETY
PERSONAL SAFETY
S
AFETY
P
RECAUTIONS
These Safety Precautions, Warnings and Cautions advise personnel of specific hazards which may
be encountered when using the equipment covered in this manual and that control measures are
required to prevent injury to personnel, and damage to equipment and/or the environment.
Before using this equipment, personnel are to acquaint themselves with all risk assessments
relevant to the work site and the task. They must then comply with the control measures detailed
in those risk assessments.
References covering safety regulations, health hazards and hazardous substances are detailed
under the
WARNINGS
section below. These are referred to in this user manual when they are
encountered.
G
ENERAL
P
RECAUTIONS
Do NOT
operate your portable radio, without a hands-free kit, whilst driving a vehicle.
Do NOT
operate your radio in an explosive atmosphere
– unless the radio’s level of IECEx
approval is approved for use in that atmosphere.
Obey
the ‘Turn Off Two-way Radios’ signs where these are posted, e.g. on a petrol station
forecourt.
Do NOT
touch the antenna while the radio is transmitting.
Do NOT
use or store the batteries above +60 °C.
Do NOT
dispose of batteries in a fire.
Do NOT
operate the radio if the antenna has become disconnected or damaged.
Only recharge batteries in an approved battery charger.
H
AZARDOUS
S
UBSTANCES
Before using any hazardous substance or material, the user must be conversant with the safety
precautions and first aid instructions:
On the label of the container in which it was supplied.
On the material Safety Data Sheet.
In any local Safety Orders and Regulations.
W
ARNINGS
Lithium Batteries
WARNING
LITHIUM BATTERIES. THIS EQUIPMENT USES LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES. REFER TO THE CONTROL OF SUBSTANCES
HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH REGULATIONS (COSHH) 2002 AND/OR THE
APPROPRIATE SAFETY DATA SHEET.
