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For Your Safety

What does “SAR” mean?

In1996,theFCC,workingwiththeFDA,theU.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,and

otheragencies,establishedRFexposuresafetyguidelinesforwirelessdevicesinthe

UnitedStates.Beforeawirelessdevicemodelisavailableforsaletothepublic,itmust

betestedbythemanufacturerandcertifiedtotheFCCthatitdoesnotexceedlimits

establishedbytheFCC.OneoftheselimitsisexpressedasaSpecificAbsorptionRate,

or“SAR”.SARisameasureoftherateofabsorptionofRFenergyinthebody.Testsfor

SARareconductedwiththedevicetransmittingatitshighestpowerlevelinalltested

frequencybands.Since1996,theFCChasrequiredthattheSARofhandheldwireless

devicenotexceed1.6wattsperkilogram,averagedoveronegramoftissue.

AlthoughtheSARisdeterminedatthehighestpowerlevel,theactualSARvalue

ofawirelessdevicewhileoperatingcanbelessthanthereportedSARvalue.This

isbecausetheSARvaluemayvaryfromcalltocall,dependingonfactorssuchas

proximitytoacellsite,theproximityofthedevicetothebodywhileinuse,andthe

useofhands-freedevices.Beforeadevicemodelisavailableforsaletothepublic,it

mustbetestedandcertifiedtotheFCCthatitdoesnotexceedthelimitestablished

bythegovernment-adoptedrequirementforsafeexposure.Thetestsareperformedin

positionsandlocations(e.g.,attheearandwornonthebody)asrequiredbytheFCC

foreachmodel.

TheFCChasgrantedanEquipmentAuthorizationforthismodeldevicewithallreported

SARlevelsevaluatedasincompliancewiththeFCCRFemissionguidelines.SAR

informationonthismodeldeviceisonfilewiththeFCCandcanbefoundunderthe

DisplayGrantsectionofhttp://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid/aftersearchingonFCCID

ZNFV496.

FormoreinformationaboutSARs,seetheFCC’sOETBulletins56and65athttp://

www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Documents/bulletinsorvisittheCellular

TelecommunicationsIndustryAssociationwebsiteathttp://www.ctia.org/consumer_info/

index.cfm/AID/10371.Youmayalsowishtocontactthemanufacturerofyourdevice.

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