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About Bluetooth and Health
Bluetooth wireless technology allows you to use short-range radio signals to connect a variety of devices, such as barcode
scanners, mobile phones, Pocket PCs, notebook computers, printers, LAN access points, and many other devices at home or work.
These radio signals replace the cables that have traditionally connected these devices.
Bluetooth products have small radio transmitters and receivers. Output power is normally very low, only 15.75 mW. This gives a
working range of approximately 10 meters.
The maximum exposure levels from Bluetooth products are far below recommended safety guidelines. At most, typical Bluetooth
devices (15.75 mW) reach only one percent of the prescribed safety levels.
Product Care
• Do not expose your product to liquid, moisture or extreme humidity.
• Do not expose your product to extreme high or low temperatures.
• Do not expose your product to lit candles, cigarettes, or cigars, or to open flames, etc.
• Do not drop, throw or try to bend the product, as rough treatment could damage it.
• Do not paint your product, as the paint could obstruct parts and prevent normal use.
• Do not attempt to disassemble your product: a broken warranty seal will void the warranty. The product does not contain
consumer serviceable components. Should your Bluetooth CHS need service, please contact Socket technical support at:
http://support.socketmobile.com
• Treat your product with care. Keep in a clean and dust-free place.
• Changes or modifications of this product, not expressly approved by Socket, may void the user's authority to operate the
equipment.
Cleaning the Bluetooth CHS 7 Rx Series
• Socket recommends using Sani-Cloth® Plus brand disposable cloth wipes as the standard disinfectant wipe for the Bluetooth
CHS 7 Rx Series. When cleaned with Sani-Cloth® Plus brand disposable cloth wipes, the JIS Z2801:2000 antimicrobial rating of
the Bluetooth CHS 7 Rx improves from 2.47 to 6.07.
• Do not use a bleach-based or Dispatch® brand cloth wipes, as they negate all antimicrobial properties that have been added to
the device.
Antenna Care
Do not place a metallic shield around the Bluetooth Cordless Hand Scanner since it will reduce the radio transmission efficiency.
Efficient Use
For optimum performance, please make sure that there is no metal surrounding your Bluetooth Cordless Hand Scanner.
Driving
RF energy may affect some electronic systems in motor vehicles, such as car stereo, safety equipment, etc. Check with your
vehicle manufacturer to be sure that the Bluetooth Cordless Hand Scanner will not affect the vehicle's electronics.
Aircraft
• Turn off your Bluetooth Cordless Hand Scanner before boarding any aircraft.
• To prevent interference with communications systems, you must not use your Bluetooth Cordless Hand Scanner while the plane
is in the air.
• Do not use it on the ground without permission from the crew.
Radio Frequency Exposure
Your Bluetooth Cordless Hand Scanner contains a radio transmitter and receiver. When in operation, it communicates with a
Bluetooth enabled mobile computer by receiving and transmitting radio frequency (RF) magnetic fields in the frequency range 2400
to 2483.5 MHz. The output power of the radio transmitter is 15.75 mW. The Bluetooth Cordless Hand Scanner is designed to be in
compliance with the RF exposure limits set by national authorities and international health agencies
separately from other antennas or radio transmitters.
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Examples of RF exposure standards and guidelines:
ICNIRP, "Guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)", International Commission on Non-Ionizing
Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), Health Physics, vol. 74, pp 494-533, April 1998.
99/519/EC, EU Council Recommendation on the limitation of exposure to the general public to electromagnetic fields 0 Hz – 300 GHz, Official Journal of the
European Communities, July 12, 1999.
ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1992, "Safety levels with respect to human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz", The Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Inc., New York, 1991.
FCC Report and Order, ET Docket 93-62, FCC 96-326, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), August 1996.
Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation Human Exposure) Standard 1999, Australian Communications Authority (ACA), May 1999.
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