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Precautions for users of implanted
cardiac pacemakers
Cardiac pacemakers (applies only to digital cordless telephones):
Wireless Technology Research, LLC (WTR), an independent research entity,
led a multidisciplinary evaluation of the interference between portable wireless
telephones and implanted cardiac pacemakers. Supported by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration, WTR recommends to physicians that:
Pacemaker patients
Should keep wireless telephones at least six inches from the pacemaker.
Should NOT place wireless telephones directly over the pacemaker, such
as in a breast pocket, when it is turned ON.
Should use the wireless telephone at the ear opposite the pacemaker.
WTR’s evaluation did not identify any risk to bystanders with pacemakers from
other persons using wireless telephones.
Operating range
This cordless telephone operates with the maximum power allowed by the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Even so, this handset and
telephone base can communicate over only a certain distance - which can vary
with the locations of the telephone base and handset, the weather, and the layout
of your home or ofce.
When the handset is out of range, the handset displays OUT OF RANGE OR NO
PWR AT BASE.
If there is a call while the handset is out of range, it might not ring, or if it does
ring, the call might not connect well when you press /FLASH. Move closer to the
telephone base, then press /FLASH to answer the call.
If the handset moves out of range during a telephone conversation, there might
be interference.
To improve reception, move closer to the telephone base.
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