Important Safety Information
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Body-Worn Operation
To maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines, if you wear a handset on your body, use
a Boost Mobile-supplied or Boost Mobile-approved carrying case, holster or other body-worn
accessory. If you do not use a body-worn accessory, ensure the antennas are at least
0.39
inches
(1.0 centimeter)
from your body when transmitting. Use of non-Boost Mobile-approved
accessories may violate FCC RF exposure guidelines.
Other accessories used with this phone for body-worn operations must not contain any metallic
components and must provide at least
0.39
inches (1.0 centimeter
) separation distance between
the antennas and the user’s body.
For more information about RF exposure, visit the FCC website at
http://www.fcc.gov
.
Specific Absorption Rates (SAR) for Wireless Phones
The SAR is a value that corresponds to the relative amount of RF energy absorbed into the head of
a user of a wireless handset.
The SAR value of a phone is the result of an extensive testing, measuring and calculation process.
It does not represent how much RF the phone emits. All phone models are tested at their highest
value in strict laboratory settings. But when in operation, the SAR of a phone can be substantially
less than the level reported to the FCC. This is because of a variety of factors including its proximity
to a base station antenna, phone design and other factors. What is important to remember is that
each phone meets strict federal guidelines. Variations in SARs do not represent a variation in
safety.
All phones must meet the federal standard, which incorporates a substantial margin of safety. As
stated above, variations in SAR values between different model phones do not mean variations in
safety. SAR values at or below the federal standard of 1.6 W/kg are considered safe for use by the
public. The highest reported SAR values of the Hydro EDGE are:
Head: 1.48 W/kg
Body-worn: 1.35 W/kg
FCC Radio Frequency Emission
This phone meets the FCC Radio Frequency Emission Guidelines.
FCC ID number: V65C5215
More information on the phone’s SAR can be found from the following FCC website:
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/
.
FCC Notice
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any
interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
