Samsung SGH-T479, User Manual

  Do not touch gold-coloured contacts or terminals with your fingers or metal 

objects. If dirty, wipe the card with a soft cloth. 

Ensure access to emergency services 

Emergency calls from your phone may not be possible in some areas or 
circumstances. Before travelling in remote or undeveloped areas, plan an alternate 
method of contacting emergency services personnel. 

Health and safety information

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Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals 
Certification Information (SAR) 
Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and 
manufactured not to exceed the exposure limits for radio frequency (RF) 
energy set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the U.S. 
government. These FCC exposure limits are derived from the 
recommendations of two expert organizations, the National Counsel on 
Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) and the Institute of 
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In both cases, the 
recommendations were developed by scientific and engineering experts 
drawn from industry, government, and academia after extensive reviews 

of the scientific literature related to the biological effects of RF energy. 
The exposure limit set by the FCC for wireless mobile phones employs a 
unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). The 
SAR is a measure of the rate of absorption of RF energy by the human 
body expressed in units of watts per kilogram (W/kg). The FCC requires 
wireless phones to comply with a safety limit of 1.6 watts per kilogram 
(1.6 W/ kg). The FCC exposure limit incorporates a substantial margin of 
safety to give additional protection to the public and to account for any 

variations in measurements. 
SAR tests are conducted using standard operating positions accepted by 
the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in 
all tested frequency bands. Although the SAR is determined at the highest 
certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating 
can be well below the maximum value. This is because the phone is 
designed to operate at multiple power levels so as to use only the power 
required to reach the network. In general, the closer you are to a wireless 

base station antenna, the lower the power output. 
Before a new model phone is available for sale to the public, it must be 
tested and certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the exposure limit 
established by the FCC. Tests for each model phone are performed in 
positions and locations (e.g. at the ear and worn on the body) as required 

by the FCC.