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Contents For Your Safety ............11 General Safety ............. 11 Distraction ..............12 Driving ..............12 Operating Machinery ..........12 Product Handling ............12 General Statement on Handling and Use ....12 Small Children ............14 Demagnetization ............. 14 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) ......... 14 Antenna ..............
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Charging the Battery ..........25 Switching Your Phone On/Off ........26 Switching to Sleep Mode ........27 Waking up Your Phone .......... 27 Getting Around V821 ........... 28 Touch Control ............28 Home Screen ............28 Status and Notification Icons ........30 Applications and Settings Preview ......
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Calling from Your Contacts ........38 Calling from Your Call History ......... 39 Calling from a Text Message ........39 Making International Calls ........39 How to Receive Calls ........... 40 Answering a Call ............. 40 Rejecting a Call ............40 Muting a Call............
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Hardware Keyboard ............. 49 Choosing Touch Input Settings ........51 TouchPal Input ............51 Device Keyboard Settings ........52 User Dictionary Settings ......... 52 Messaging .............. 53 Sending an SMS............53 Sending an MMS ............53 Managing Messages and Their ‗Threads‘ ....55 Reply to a Message ..........
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Browsing the Internet ..........65 Browsing Options ............65 Opening Links in Web Pages ........66 Downloading Apps from the Web ......... 67 Using Bookmarks ............67 Edit a Bookmark ............. 67 Delete a Bookmark ..........68 Browser Settings ............68 ®...
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Making Memorable Memos.......... 77 Using Your Google™ Applications ...... 79 Gmail ................79 Using Google Calendar ..........80 Using Google Talk ............80 Opening Google Talk ..........80 Adding a New Friend ..........81 Changing Your Online Status ......... 81 Starting a Chat ............
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Setting Access Point Names ........88 Setting Data Transfer Priority ........88 Security Settings ............89 Protecting Your Phone with a Screen Unlock Pattern ................89 Protecting Your Phone with a PIN or Password ..91 Disabling Screen Unlock Security ......91 Protecting Your SIM with a PIN .......
For Your Safety General Safety Don‘t make or receive Don‘t use at petrol handheld calls while driving. And never text stations. while driving. Keep your phone at least 15mm away from Your phone may produce your ear or body while a bright or flashing light.
Switch off when near Only use approved explosive materials or accessories. liquids. Don‘t rely on your phone for emergency communications. Distraction Driving Full attention must be given to driving at all times in order to reduce the risk of an accident. Using a phone while driving (even with a hands free kit) can cause distraction and lead to an accident.
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You must always switch off your phone wherever the use of a phone is prohibited. Use of your phone is subject to safety measures designed to protect users and their environment. Always treat your phone and its accessories with care and keep it in a clean and dust-free place ...
Small Children Do not leave your phone and its accessories within the reach of small children or allow them to play with it. They could hurt themselves or others, or could accidentally damage the phone. Your phone contains small parts with sharp edges that may cause an injury or may become detached and create a choking hazard.
Antenna FM and GPS antennas Bluetooth and Wi-Fi antennas Main antenna Do not touch the antenna unnecessarily. Normal Use Position When placing or receiving a phone call, hold your phone to your ear, with the bottom towards your mouth.
Air Bags Do not place a phone in the area over an air bag or in the air bag deployment area. Store the phone safely before driving your vehicle. Seizures/ Blackouts The phone can produce a bright or flashing light. Repetitive Motion Injuries To minimize the risk of RSI when texting or playing games with your phone:...
Take lots of breaks to stretch and relax. Emergency Calls This phone, like any wireless phone, operates using radio signals, which cannot guarantee connection in all conditions. Therefore, you must never rely solely on any wireless phone for emergency communications. Loud Noise This phone is capable of producing loud noises, which may damage your hearing.
Connection to a Car Seek professional advice when connecting a phone interface to the vehicle electrical system. Faulty and Damaged Products Do not attempt to disassemble the phone or its accessory. Only qualified personnel can service or repair the phone or its accessory.
Hearing Aids People with hearing aids or other cochlear implants may experience interfering noises when using wireless devices or when one is nearby. The level of interference will depend on the type of hearing device and the distance from the interference source, increasing the separation between them may reduce the interference.
must be enabled prior to boarding an aircraft. Interference in Cars Please note that because of possible interference to electronic equipment, some vehicle manufacturers forbid the use of mobile phones in their vehicles unless a hands-free kit with an external antenna is included in the installation.
Starting up Installing the SIM/microSD Card and Battery Switch off your phone before installing or replacing the battery, SIM, or memory card. 1. Remove the back cover.
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2. Slip the SIM card into the card holder. See the diagram on the card holder for inserting direction.
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3. Insert the microSD card carefully with the metal contacts facing downwards, until it is pushed into the right position. Only part of the microSD card needs to be inserted into the slot. microSD logo is a trade mark of the SD Card Association.
5. Replace the back cover. Removing the Battery and SIM/microSD Card 1. Make sure that your mobile phone is off. 2. Remove the back cover. 3. Lift the battery up and out. 4. Slide the SIM out. 5. Slide the card out of the slot. Charging the Battery When you first get your new phone you‘ll need to charge the battery like this…...
3. Connect the charger to a standard AC wall outlet. 4. Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged. If the phone is on, you‗ll see this charging icon appear on the status bar. As soon as charging is completed, this icon appears on the status bar.
Switching to Sleep Mode To save battery power, Sleep Mode suspends your device to a low-power-consumption state while the display is off. Your device also goes into Sleep Mode by itself when the display is automatically turned off after a certain period of time, which you can set in Settings >...
Getting Around V821 Touch Control Besides using the hardware keys to control your phone, you can also use finger gestures on the touch screen. The controls on your touch screen change dynamically depending on the tasks you‘re performing. 1. Tap the buttons, icons, or applications to select items or to open applications.
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Extended Home Screen The Home Screen extends beyond the screen width, giving you loads more space to add more stuff. Simply slide your finger to the left or right to see the extended Home Screen. shows you which part of the Home Screen you are looking at.
2. Tap and hold the item you want to delete until the icon appears on the screen. 3. Drag the item to Status and Notification Icons Your V821 will tell you exactly what‘s going on by showing you simple icons. Here‘s what they mean. GPRS connected No signal...
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GPRS in use Signal strength EDGE connected Roaming EDGE in use Phone speaker off New voicemail Phone microphone off Syncing No SIM installed USB connected GPS connecting Battery very low GPS connected Battery low Connected to a Wi-Fi network Battery partially Alarm set drained Battery full...
TIPS: You can also open the Notification Panel by tapping Menu Key > Notifications from the Home Screen. Applications and Settings Preview Programs Preview Your V821 has lots of functions. Tap to see the following. Applications Benefit Alarm...
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Applications Benefit Browser Browse the Internet. Calculator Do basic calculation. Calendar Schedule appointments and events. Calibrate the touch screen if it does not correctly Calibrator respond to your screen taps. Camera Take pictures or shoot videos. Car Home Use the phone in car mode. Contacts Keep contact details of friends and colleagues.
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Applications Benefit Track your current location, view real-time traffic, Maps and receive detailed directions to your destination. Access useful applications and fun games to Market download. Open the Messaging screen, where you can send Messaging and receive SMS and MMS messages. Browse your audio files and listen to them.
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Applications Benefit Voice Dialer Speak the number or contact to make a call. Wireless Use Bluetooth keyboard. Keyboard YouTube Watch YouTube videos and upload your own. Check Your Settings To change or view your phone‘s settings, tap Home Key > >...
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Audio effect Select different audio effects. Audio profiles Select different audio profiles. Set display settings, such as screen Display brightness. Set up screen locks or SIM lock, or manage the phone‘s credential storage. Location & You can also select the sources to use security when determining locations from My Location.
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Choose accessibility options after you Accessibility have installed accessibility-related applications. Set the date, time, time zone, and Date & time date/time format. Schedule power Set the time and days when your phone on/off automatically powers on or off. View phone status, battery use, and legal About phone information.
Phone Calls How to Make Calls There are many ways to make a call with your V821. And they‘re all easy to do. Calling from the Dialer 1. Tap Home Key > > Phone or on the Home Screen. 2. Enter the phone number you want to call.
3. Tap or press Send Key. Calling from Your Call History 1. Open the call log in one of the following ways. Tap Home Key > > Phone > Call log. Tap Home Key > > Contacts > Call log. 2.
How to Receive Calls Answering a Call Drag to the right or just press Send Key to answer the call. Rejecting a Call Drag to the left or just press End Key to reject the call. Muting a Call During a call, you can mute your microphone so that the person you are speaking to cannot hear you, but you can still hear them: Tap Mute to turn your microphone off.
Key to switch between the two callers. Turning the Speakerphone On/Off Tap Speaker during a call to turn the speakerphone on. This icon will appear in the status bar. Tap Speaker again to turn off the speakerphone. Ending a Call or press End Key to finish a call.
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Choose whether people you call Caller ID can see your number. Additional settings See new incoming calls while Call waiting you‘re on another call. Choose whether to receive cell broadcast Cell broadcast messages or not. Cell broadcast Set cell broadcast channel and language. settings...
Contacts You can save contacts to your phone memory or your SIM. More information can be saved on the phone memory for a contact than on the SIM. For instance, postal addresses, pictures, nicknames, websites, etc. To go your contacts, tap Home Key > >...
contacts from the microSD card, you should have vCard files saved in the microSD card. If there‘s more than one vCard file, you need to select the vCard file and tap OK. Sharing Contacts Information 1. Tap Menu Key > Import/Export > Share visible contacts from the Contacts Screen.
to add to Favorites. 2. Tap Add to favorites from the shortcut menu. TIPS: You can also tap a contact and then tap next to the contact‘s name to add it to Favorites. Searching for a Contact 1. Tap Menu Key > Search from the Contacts Screen. 2.
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3. Tap OK. TIPS: You can also delete contacts by tapping Menu Key > Delete contact from the Contacts Screen. Tick the contacts you want and tap Delete.
Entering Text When you enter a field that needs text or numbers, enter the text with the hardware keyboard, or tap the field to use a virtual keyboard. Tap and hold the input field or press and hold OK Key, and select Input method from the pop-up menu to change input method.
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CooTek T+: Tap to enter the left letter on the key; tap and flick right to enter the right letter/symbol on the key. 12–Key PhonePad: Tap a key repeatedly until the desired letter appears. Tap to delete text before the cursor.
Tap to switch between uppercase and lowercase. Tap twice to lock uppercase. Tap to use word prediction. Tap to change language. Tap to enter digits, symbols, emoticons and other pre-defined texts. Tap to start a new line. ...
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When entering text, do the following: To enter lowercase letters, press the letter keys on the hardware keyboard. To enter a single uppercase letter, press and then press the corresponding key. To enter all uppercase letters, press twice and then press the letter keys.
Press to change input languages. To move the cursor, press Navigation Keys. To delete the character before the cursor, press Hold to delete all characters before the cursor. To start a new line, press To enter a space, press ...
prediction, mistyping correction, spelling check, adaptive learning, relevant word suggestion, and context prediction. Tap Language to choose input languages. You can also tell your friends about this input method, read the help document, check out other related apps in the Android Market, or check the software version.
Messaging Your SMS (text message) and MMS (multimedia messaging service) files are located in Messaging (Home Key > > Messaging). When you receive a new message, you can open it from the Notification Panel, or from the Messaging Screen. Simply tap on the new message to read it.
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2. Tap New message. 3. Enter the recipient‘s number and, if necessary, message text, just like you do with a text message. 4. Tap Menu Key > Add subject to enter the subject of your MMS. 5. Tap Menu Key > Attach if you want to add an attachment to your MMS.
Managing Messages and Their ‘Threads’ SMS and MMS messages sent to and received from the same number are grouped into one message thread in the Messaging Screen. Tap the message thread and you can see the conversation you have had with someone (similar to a chat program).
Message Settings To configure your message settings, tap Menu Key > Settings from the Messaging Screen. Tap Menu Key > Restore default settings in message settings to reset the following options. Storage settings: Delete old messages: Select to delete old messages when your storage limits are reached.
messages when you‘re roaming. Notification settings: Notifications: Show message notifications in the status bar. Select ringtone: Choose a ringtone for your incoming messages. Vibrate: Make your phone vibrate when a new message arrives. Email Tap Home Key > >...
After you press Next, your phone will check the outgoing server settings. 4. Set the Email checking frequency, select whether to use this account by default or be notified when Email arrives, and then tap Next. 5. Give your account a name and set a name displayed on outgoing messages, and then tap Done.
Replying to or Forwarding an Email 1. Open the Email you want to reply to or forward from Email Screen. 2. Tap Reply or Menu Key > Forward to reply to/forward the Email. You can also tap Reply all to reply to all recipients of the Email.
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Email notifications: Select to be notified in the status bar when Email arrives. Select ringtone: Select the notification ringtone for incoming Emails. Vibrate: Make the phone vibrate when Emails arrive. Server settings Incoming settings: Set the incoming server settings. ...
Getting Connected to the Internet Your phone‘s impressive networking capabilities allow you to access the Internet or your corporate network with ease. You can use default connection settings to connect to the web via your mobile network (GPRS/EDGE), or Wi-Fi. The GPRS/EDGE connection can be enabled/disabled manually.
you like). 4. Tap APN to enter the APN you want to add. 5. Tap Proxy and Port to enter the Server IP and port if the network uses a proxy server. 6. Tap and enter Username and Password. (If there‘s no user name or password, leave them blank.) 7.
2. Tap a network to connect to it. If the network is secured, you‘ll need to enter a password. Checking the Wi-Fi Network Status You can check the Wi-Fi network by looking at the icon in the status bar. Or tap Home Key > >...
1. When you connect your phone to your PC with a USB cable for the first time, a window will pop up and prompt you to install the driver. 2. Double click the executable file (.exe) in the window and follow the prompt to finish the driver installation.
Browsing the Internet You can use your phone to get on the Internet. Your phone automatically creates an GPRS or EDGE connection while you browse web pages. Tap Home Key > > Browser. There are different ways to open web pages: ...
clipboard. Share pages: Menu Key > More > Share page to send a page by Bluetooth, Email, Gmail or Messaging. Check web page info or downloaded items: Menu Key > More > Page info/Downloads. Landscape browser: Menu Key > More > Settings. Tick the Landscape-only display box to view the web page only in the landscape orientation.
Share link (by Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, or Messages) Copy link URL Downloading Apps from the Web If a web page has link to an application you‘d like to download, just hold on the link and select Save link. The application will be saved to your microSD card.
Delete a Bookmark 1. Open a Browser window. 2. Tap or Menu Key > Bookmarks. 3. Select an item you want to delete and hold on it until the shortcut menu pops up. 4. Select Delete bookmark and tap OK to confirm. Browser Settings You can set the browser text size, home page etc.
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Set home page Privacy settings Clear cache: Delete all cached page contents. Clear history: Clear the browser navigation history. Accept cookies: Allow websites to use cookies. Clear all cookie data: Clear the browser cookies – deleting all history data.
® Bluetooth ® Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology. Phones or other devices with Bluetooth capabilities can exchange information wirelessly within a distance of about 10 meters. The Bluetooth devices must be paired before the communication is performed. Turning Bluetooth on/off Tap Home Key >...
Change Your Phone’s Name When your phone is visible to other Bluetooth devices it will be seen by its name, and you can make that anything you want – like ‗Dave‘s V821‘. 1. Tap Home Key > > Settings > Wireless &...
Making the Most of Multimedia Taking Pictures Your phone has a 2 megapixel camera. Open it by tapping Home Key > > Camera. Aim the camera at the subject and then tap to take a shot. To view it, just tap the picture in the right corner of the screen. Or select Menu Key >...
Adjusting Your Video Settings From the Camcorder Screen, tap to adjust exposure value, scene mode, video quality, video duration, and color effect. to set up microphone, anti-flicker, brightness, and contrast. to change white balance setting. Listening to FM Radio With the FM Radio, you can search for radio channels, listen to them, and save them on your phone.
to turn off the FM radio, or tap Menu Key > Exit to turn off and exit. TIPS: The phone supports Radio Data System (RDS). Press Menu Key > RDS settings to receive channel information or allow automatic switch to alternative frequency when signal is poor.
Creating Playlists Playlists help you organize your music files: 1. Select a music file you want to add to a new playlist. 2. Tap and hold on the file until a shortcut menu pops up. 3. Tap Add to playlist. 4.
2. Hold on the song until a shortcut menu pops up. 3. Select Use as phone ringtone. TIPS: You can also set a song as ringtone when you are playing it by tapping Menu Key > Use as ringtone. Playing Your Videos To play a video file, tap Home Key >...
Directory of the current image or video Tap to zoom Tap to view Tap to share, pictures and delete, edit, or videos in the see detailed folder in a slideshow information. Making Memorable Memos Sound Recorder enables you to record your voice memos. You need a microSD card to use it.
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phone ringtone from the pop-up shortcut menu.
Using Your Google™ Applications Signing in to your Google Account lets you synchronize Gmail, Calendar, Picasa album, and Contacts between your phone and the web. And if you don‘t have an account, you can easily create one. 1. Tap a Google application that need a Google account, such as Market.
3. Enter the email address of the person you‘re contacting in the ‘To’ field. If you‘re sending the email to several people, separate the email addresses with a comma. You can add as many recipients as you want. 4. Enter the email subject, and then write your email. 5.
Adding a New Friend You can only add people who have a Google Account. 1. In the Friends list, press Menu Key > Add friend. 2. Enter the Google Talk instant messaging ID or Google email address of the friend you want to add. 3.
and tick the Use GPS satellites or Use wireless networks check box. 2. Tap Home Key > > Places. Wait while you are being located. Your location, when found, is shown at the bottom of the screen. 3. Select a business category and the information of that type of business near you will be displayed.
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on Maps, add new friends, or change privacy settings. You can also turn off Latitude service by tapping Sign out of Latitude in Privacy settings of Latitude.
Sorting out Your Phone Settings Setting Time and Date 1. Tap Home Key > Menu Key > Settings > Date & time. 2. Clear the Automatic tick box if you want to set the time and date by yourself. 3. Tap Set date. Adjust the date, and tap Set to save it. 4.
Adjusting Screen-timeout When not in use, your phone will turn the screen off after a set length of time. If that time is too long or short, you can adjust it. 1. Tap Screen timeout from the display settings. 2. Select your preferred time from the list. Showing Animation when Opening/Closing Windows 1.
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TIPS: You can also switch to Silent profile by holding the Volume Key (down) or – if the screen is locked – by tapping and holding the handle ( ) and dragging it towards , as shown in the following diagram. Tap a profile to edit its detailed settings: ...
Haptic feedback: Make the phone vibrate in response to your keypresses or certain UI interactions on the screen. NOTE: Under Silent profile, you can only edit Vibrate and Haptic feedback settings. Language Settings You can change the language of your phone‘s operating system in two simple steps.
networks > Mobile Networks > Network operators. The phone automatically searches for all available networks. 2. Tap a network to register manually, or tap Select automatically. Setting Access Point Names To connect to the Internet you can use the default Access Point Names (APN).
Security Settings Here‘s how to protect your phone and SIM from unauthorized use. Protecting Your Phone with a Screen Unlock Pattern Creating Your Screen Unlock Pattern 1. Tap Home Key > > Settings > Location & security > Set up screen lock > Pattern. 2.
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unlock pattern to display as you draw it on the screen. Unlocking the Screen with Your Pattern 1. Press the Power Key. 2. Draw the pattern you set to unlock the screen. If you make a mistake, your phone will ask you to try again. Forgot your screen unlock pattern? If you‘ve forgotten your screen unlock pattern, you have up to five attempts to unlock your phone.
Protecting Your Phone with a PIN or Password Creating a PIN or Password 1. Tap Home Key > > Settings > Location & security > Set up screen lock. 2. Tap PIN or Password. 3. Enter the numeric PIN or any password you like, and tap Continue.
Protecting Your SIM with a PIN Every SIM card comes with a PIN. The initial PIN is provided by your service provider. It‘s best to lock your SIM as soon as you can. 1. Tap Home Key > > Settings > Location & security >...
storage. You can view the space information from Total space/ Available space in SD card section. Unmounting Your Memory Card Unmounting makes your memory card unavailable to the phone‘s operating system, and ready for removal or replacement. 1. Tap Home Key > >...
Privacy: Reset to Factory Settings 1. Home Key > > Settings > Privacy. 2. Factory data reset. 3. Reset phone. 4. Erase everything. WARNING: All your personal information and downloaded applications on your phone will be erased after the resetting. Managing Applications and Their Settings Viewing Your Phone’s Applications...
How to Install an Application You can install an application from the Android Market (Home Key > > Market) by selecting the item you want to download and tapping Install. You can also install a non-Marketing application if you have allowed the installation of it.
TIPS: Market applications can also be removed by going to the Downloads page in Market, selecting the unwanted application, and tapping Uninstall. Moving an Application to or from the Memory Card You can move the applications downloaded or installed on your phone to the memory card when the phone memory is running out.
Web Search Suggestions Tick the Show web suggestions check box to allow search engines to show you search suggestions while you enter the keywords. Searchable Items When you search for an item on your phone, only the searchable categories will be looked for. Clear Shortcuts Clear shortcuts to the recently used search keywords.
Other Applications Alarms 1. Tap Home Key > > Alarm. 2. Tap the default alarm set to configure it. Or, to create a new alarm, tap Menu Key > Add alarm. 3. Tick the Turn on alarm box and set up Name, Time, Repeat, Snooze, Duration, Vibrate, Ringtone, Volume, Volume crescendo, and Delay.
Specifications Approx. 110mm x 61mm x Dimensions 12.4mm Weight Approx. 120g (with battery) Bearer GSM support Main display dimension, 2.4 inches 320*240 resolution Sensor type CMOS Back Still image Camera capture 2 Mega Pixels resolution Internal memory About 100 MB user available Support microSD card, max.
RF Exposure Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Your mobile device is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed not to exceed the limits for exposure to radio waves recommended by international guidelines. These guidelines were developed by the independent scientific organization ICNIRP and include safety margins designed to assure the protection of all persons, regardless of age and health.
from the body. Failure to observe these instructions could result in your RF exposure exceeding the relevant guideline limits. FCC Compliance 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.
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of the following measures: —Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. —Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. —Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. —Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help.
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