Precautions For Users Of Implanted Cardiac Pacemakers; Operating Range - VTech CS6409 User Manual

Appendix

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 office.
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 . Move closer to the
FLASH
/
telephone base, then press to answer the call.
FLASH
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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