Precautions For Users Of Implanted Cardiac Pacemakers; Pacemaker Patients; About Cordless Telephones - VTech VC7151 User Manual

Battery
• CAUTION: Use only the batteries indicated in this manual. There may be a risk of
explosion if a wrong type of battery is used for the handset. Use only the supplied
rechargeable battery or replacement battery pack (BT183342/BT283342) for the
handset.
• Do not dispose of batteries in a fire. They may explode. Dispose of used battery
according to the information in The RBRC
• Do not open or mutilate the battery. Released electrolyte is corrosive and
may cause burns or injury to the eyes or skin. The electrolyte may be toxic if
swallowed.
• Exercise care in handling batteries in order not to create a short circuit with
conductive materials.
• Charge the battery provided with this product only in accordance with the
instructions and limitations specified in this manual.

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.

About cordless telephones

• Privacy: The same features that make a cordless telephone convenient create
some limitations. Telephone calls are transmitted between the telephone
base and the cordless handset by radio waves, so there is a possibility that
the cordless telephone conversations could be intercepted by radio receiving
equipment within range of the cordless handset. For this reason, you should not
think of cordless telephone conversations as being as private as those on corded
telephones.
• Electrical power: The telephone base of this cordless telephone must be
connected to a working electrical outlet. The electrical outlet should not be
controlled by a wall switch. Calls cannot be made from the cordless handset if the
telephone base is unplugged, switched off or if the electrical power is interrupted.
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