Important Safety Precautions Read these instructions. Breaking the rules may be dangerous or illegal. Further detailed information is given in this user guide. WARNING! Violation of the instructions may cause serious injury or death. 1. Never use an unapproved battery since this could damage the phone and/or battery and could cause the battery to explode.
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Important Safety Precautions 1. Do not expose the battery charger or adapter to direct sunlight or use it in places with high humidity, such as a bathroom. 2. Do not use harsh chemicals (such as alcohol, benzene, thinners, etc.) or detergents to clean your phone. This could cause a fire.
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6. Unplug the power cord and charger during lightning storms to avoid electric shock or fire. 7 . Only use the batteries and chargers provided by LG. The warranty will not be applied to products provided by other suppliers.
Table of Contents Important Safety Precautions Phone Overview Menu Overview Table of Contents Getting Started with Your Welcome Phone The Battery Technical Details Installing the Battery Important Information Removing the Battery FCC Part 15 Class B Charging the Battery Compliance Battery Charge Level Industry Canada Turning the Phone On and...
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Quick Access to Convenient 3. IM Features 4. Picture Mail 5. Voicemail Lock Mode 6. WebAlert Mute Function 7. Settings Volume Quick Adjustment 24 7.1 Notification Call Waiting 7.2 Message Reminder Caller ID 7.3 Callback Number Speed Dialing 7.4 Auto-Delete Voice Dialing 7.5 Signature 7.6 Preset Messages...
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Table of Contents Tools My Stuff 1. Alarm Clock Games 2. Calculator Ringers 3. Ez Tip Calculator Screen Savers 4. Bluetooth Applications 5. Scheduler <Memory Status> Settings 6. Voice Memo 7. Memo Pad 1. Display 8. World Clock Call History 1.1 Main Screen 1.2 Outer Screen 1.3 Font Size...
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Table of Contents Consumer Information on Vehicles Posted Facilities Aircraft Accessories Blasting Areas Potentially Explosive Atmosphere74 Warranty Information For Vehicles Equipped with an Air Charger and Adapter Safety Battery Information and Care Safety Information Explosion, Shock, and Fire Hazards General Warnings and Cautions 78 Warning! Important safety information Avoiding hearing damage...
Welcome Thank you for choosing the advanced and compact LG 160 cellular phone. Along with the many advanced features of the CDMA system, such as greatly enhanced voice clarity, this phone offers: Large, easy-to-read, 7-line backlit LCD with status icons.
Industry Canada. Technical Details your warranty. FCC Part 15 Class B Compliance The LG 160 is a trimode phone that operates on both Code This device and its accessories Division Multiple Access (CDMA) comply with part 15 of FCC frequencies: cellular services at rules.
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mode or single-mode phone. * TSB -74: Protocol between an IS-95A system and ANSI J- CDMA technology uses a feature STD-008 called DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) that enables 1xRTT system receives twice as the phone to keep many subscribers in the wireless communication from being section as IS-95.
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Technical Details CDMA Standard Designator Description TIA/EIA/IS-95A CDMA Tri-Mode Air Interface Basic Air 14.4kbps radio link protocol and TSB-74 inter-band operations Interface ANSI J-STD-008 IS-95 adapted for PCS frequency band CDMA2000 1xRTT TIA/EIA-IS2000 Air Interface ANSI TIA/EIA 553A Advanced Mobile Phone Service TIA/EIA/IS-634 MAS-BS TIA/EIA/IS/651...
FCC RF Exposure Bodily Contact During Information Operation WARNING! Read this This device was tested for typical information before operating the use with the back of the phone phone. kept 0.6 inches (1.5 cm) from the body. To comply with FCC In August 1996, the Federal RF exposure requirements, a Communications Commission...
Technical Details Vehicle-Mounted External Antenna antenna comes into contact with the skin a minor burn may result. Contact your local dealer for a (Optional, if available.) replacement antenna. A minimum separation distance of 8 inches (20 cm) must be maintained between the user/ bystander and the vehicle-mounted external antenna to satisfy FCC RF exposure requirements.
Phone Overview 1. Earpiece Lets you hear the caller and automated prompts. 2. Flip Open the case to answer an incoming call and close to end the call. 3. LCD Screen Displays messages and indicator icons. 4. Left Soft Key Use to set the Contacts.
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Phone Overview can also be used to scroll up or down your phone on or off. While in the to navigate through the different main menu, it returns the phone to menu options. To mute the ringer standby mode and cancels your during an incoming call, press the input.
Menu Overview 7. Settings 1. My Account 3. Bluetooth 1. Notification <Add New> 2. Message <Settings> 2. Messages Reminder 1. Send Message 3. Callback 2. Text Messages 4. Web Number 1. Inbox 4. Auto-Delete 2. Sent 5. Tools 5. Signature 3.
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Menu Overview 6. Voice Memo 2. Sounds 7. Contacts 7. Memo Pad 1. Volume 1. Find/Add Entry 8. World Clock 2. Ringer Type 2. Speed Dial #’s 3. Alerts 3. Groups 4. Key Tones 4. My Name Card 6. Call History 3.
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5. Text Entry 7. More... 1. Auto-Capital 1. Accessibility 2. Auto-Space 2. Airplane Mode 3. Word Choice 3. Call Setup List 4. Location 4. Word 5. Navigation Prediction Keys 5. Word 6. Restrict and Completion Lock 6. Use My Words 7.
Getting Started with Your Phone The Battery Removing the Battery Note 1. Make sure the power is off so that you don’t lose any stored It is important to fully charge the numbers or messages. battery before initial use of the phone. 2.
Using any function in progress is not any charger other than the one saved. included with the LG 160 may Turning the Phone On and Off damage your phone or battery. Turning the Phone On 1. Attach the charger to the phone.
Getting Started with Your Phone Signal Strength Making Calls Call quality depends on the 1. Make sure the phone is signal strength in your area. The turned on. If not, press signal strength is indicated on for about 3 seconds. the screen as the number of bars 2.
Correcting Dialing Mistakes Note If you press the side If you make a mistake while dialing keys while the phone is ringing, the a number, press once to ringing or vibration is muted for erase the last digit entered or that call.
Quick Access to Convenient Features Lock Mode Call Waiting Sets your phone to require your During a call, one beep indicates 4-digit password in order to use another incoming call. Check the phone. with your service provider for information about this function. Note Press to receive the waiting...
Speed Dialing Enter the first and second digits and press Speed dialing is a convenient Voice Dialing feature that allows you to make phone calls quickly and easily Voice Dialing is a convenient with a few keystrokes. Your feature that allows you to make phone recalls the number from phone calls quickly and easily by your Contacts, displays it briefly...
Using Phone Menus My Account Messages The My Account menu allows Access and Options Menu . you to manage your Virgin 1. Press Mobile services. Check your Messages . balance and top up here. 2. Press Access and Options 3. Select a sub-menu. Menu .
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The phone can store up to 160 1. The phone displays a message messages. The LG 160 supports on the screen. up to 140 characters per 2. A ring tone is heard, if message including header selected.
Messages 1. Send Message 3. Press Left Soft Key Next, type your message (text or Allows you to send text messages e-mail), then press and E-Mail transmissions. Each Using Text Input Modes message has a destination (up to 10 recipients per message) and Right Soft Key ( information (Message).
Indicates a voicemail is Message Icon Reference arrived. Indicates a text message is Indicates a voicemail and a saved as draft. text message are arrived. 2. Text Messages Indicates the text message is duplicated. Indicates the text message is Allows you to view received and duplicated and locked.
Messages viewed. Received messages are 3. Use to highlight an Inbox displayed from newest to oldest. message, then press Out of Memory Warning 4. While viewing the selected message, press Left Soft Key Reply or Right Soft Key If the memory is full, no more Options .
2.3 Outbox 2.4 Draft Up to 50 sent messages can be Displays draft messages. stored in the Outbox. View lists 1. Press and contents of sent messages and verify whether the 2. Use to highlight a transmission was successful or message.
Messages 4. Picture Mail Delete a Folder Delete Folder and Select Allows you to store the received choose a folder to delete. There picture messages in a separate should be saved folders if you folder. want to delete one. 1. Press 2.6 Send Message 5.
Record Voice Memo/ Memo Pad/ Menu 1. Press Clear Icon to 2. Use to select a setting, Press then press Msg & Icon/ Icon Only delete information. 6. WebAlert 7.2 Message Reminder Allows you to store the received When new messages arrive, you web messages in a separate can choose to have your phone folder.
Messages 1. Press 1. Press 2. Select None , My Phone 2. Select Custom and press Number , or Other and press (If you do not wish to attach a messages, select None .) signature to your outgoing (If you select Other , enter a number and press 3.
Or scroll to Delete and press , and then select Yes to 3. Use your keypad to enter a new number and press delete the selected message. Select No to cancel the save and exit. 7.8 WebAlerts deletion. To add a new preset message: 1.
Bluetooth Bluetooth Notes The LG 160 is compatible with Read the user guide of each Bluetooth accessory that you are devices that support the trying to pair with your phone Bluetooth ® headset and hands- because the instructions may be free profile(s).
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<Add New> 6. The device will appear in the Found Devices menu once it Pairing is the process that allows has been located. Highlight the handset to locate, establish the device and press and register 1-to-1 connection with the target device. 7.
Bluetooth <Settings> 2. Visibility You can control the settings to Allows you to manage your phone's availability to other use the Bluetooth wireless technology via your phone. Bluetooth devices. 1. On/Off 1. Press 2. Scroll to <Settings> and press Allows you to set the Bluetooth power On/Off.
3. Device Name 4. Device Info Allows you to select a Bluetooth Allows you to view the device name for your phone. Your information of your Bluetooth phone’s Bluetooth name will operation including the name, appear to other in-range class, supporting profiles and Bluetooth devices, depending on address.
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Downloading an Item Access and Options Once you’ve selected an item Menu . you wish to download, highlight 1. Press it and press . You will see a Web . summary page for the item 2. Press including its title, the artist or Accessing the Web vendor (if any), and the cost.
Tools Tools 2. Select an option to continue: Listen/ View/ Run : Go Allows you to make use of various tools and applications in directly to the new file. Set As : Assign the new file as your phone. Access and Options a ringtone or screen saver.
Tools 1. Alarm Clock 6. Press to select one of the following and press Allows you to set one of four Once/ Daily/ Mon - Fri/ alarms. The current time is Weekends displayed at the top of the For Quick Alarm option, screen when you select an alarm set Off / 1 min later / 10 min to set.
2. Calculator 3. Ez Tip Calculator Allows you to perform simple Allows you to quickly and easily mathematical calculations. You calculate bill payments, the can enter numbers up to the amount of the tip, and the sixth decimal place. number of people as variables. 1.
Tools 10 minutes/ 1 hour/ 1 day/ 2 days/ None 1. Press 2. Use to highlight the Which ring alarm to sound Alert 1~ Alert 5 scheduled day. Virgin Mobile Moves cursor to the left. Save . Moves cursor to the right. 5.
Save/ Mode : [Abc]/ Cancel Yes/ No 1. Press 2. Scroll to <Record New> and Delete 7 . Memo Pad press Allows you to add, read, edit, 3. Talk into the microphone after and erase notes to yourself. the tone, then press Stop .
Call History Call History 8. World Clock Allows you to determine the The Call History Menu is a list of current time in another time the last phone numbers or zone or country. Contact entries for calls you placed, accepted, or missed. It is 1.
1. Missed Calls 3. Outgoing Calls Allows you to view the list of Allows you to view the list of missed calls; up to 50 entries. outgoing calls; up to 50 entries. 1. Press 1. Press 2. Use to highlight an entry, 2.
Contacts Contacts 5. Delete Call History Allows you to erase selected call The Contacts Menu allows you list(s). to store names, phone numbers and other information in your 1. Press phone’s memory. When you 2. Use to highlight the list access your Phonebook, the of calls to erase, then press number in parentheses...
1. Find/Add Entry To Find Contacts Entries by Name: Your phone can store up to 500 Contacts entries. Contacts 1. Press entries can store up to a total of 2. Scroll through all the entries five phone numbers, and each using your navigation key.
Contacts 3. Groups 2. Use to highlight the Speed Dial position (or enter Allows you to view your grouped the Speed Dial digit), then Contacts, add a new group, press change the name of a group, or delete a whole group. 3.
My Stuff My Stuff 4. My Name Card Access and Options You can view your phone Menu . number, <Edit Entry>/ <Send 1. Press Name Card via Bluetooth>/ My Stuff . <Exchange Name Card via 2. Press Bluetooth>. 3. Select a sub-menu. 1.
My Stuff Ringers Applications To download an available ringer To download an available to your phone: Application to your phone: 1. Press 1. Press 2. Scroll to Ringers and press 2. Scroll to Applications and press 3. Highlight Get New and press 3.
Settings Settings 1. Display Provides you with options to The Settings Menu has options customize the phone’s display to customize your phone. Access and Options screen. 1.1 Main Screen Menu . 1. Press 1.1.1 Screen Saver Settings . 2. Press Allows you to choose the 3.
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Settings 1.1.2 Backlight 1.1.4 Foregrounds 1.1.4.1 Clock & Calendar Allows you to set the duration for illuminating the backlight. Allows you to choose the kind of 1. Press clock to be displayed on the LCD screen. 2. Choose a sub-menu, then 1.
1.2 Outer Screen 2. Select a setting. Custom/ Off 1.2.1 Screen Saver 3. If set to Custom , enter your Allows you to choose the greeting words. background image displayed on 1.1.5 Incoming Calls your screen. 1. Press Allows you to set a specific 2.
Settings 1.4 Keypad Light 1.2.2 Clock Allows you to choose the kind of The keypad light setting lets you clock to be displayed on the LCD select how long the keypad is screen. backlit after any keypress is made. 1. Press 1.
1.6 Status Light 3. Use to adjust the volume of the ringer, then Allows you to turn the status press light On or Off. When set to On, 2.2 Ringer Type the light will blink to indicate the presence of messages. 2.2.1 Voice Calls 1.
Settings 2.4 Key Tones 2.2.2 Messages 2.4.1 Tone Length Allows you to select a ringer type for messages. Allows you to select the Key 1. Press Tone type. 2. Select Voicemail / Text 1. Press Message / Picture Mail . 2.
3. Bluetooth 4.2 Message Reminder Refer to the main menu Bluetooth. When new messages arrive, you can choose to have your phone 1. Press notify you by playing an audible 2. Select On/Off / Visibility / alert. Device Name / Device Info . 1.
Settings 4.4 Auto-Delete 4.6 Preset Messages You can delete messages that Your phone is loaded with 10 you’ve already read whenever preset messages to help make you like, or you can have your sending text messages faster and phone delete them automatically easier.
4.8 WebAlerts To add a new preset message: Automatically connects you to 1. Press WebAlerts when available. 2. To add a new preset message, select <Add New> . 1. Press 2. Use to select a setting, 3. Enter your message and press then press .
Settings 5.2 Auto-Space (On/ Off) 5.6 Use My Words (On/ Off) Enables the automatic insertion Allows you to store commonly of a space between letters or used words for future use by the words when necessary. Word Prediction feature in the 5.3 Word Choice List (On/ phone's internal word database.
7 . More... 6.1 My Phone Number 7.1 Accessibility Allows you to view your phone number. 7.1.1 TTY Mode 1. Press 6.2 Icon Glossary Allows you to attach a TTY (Teletype Writer) device enabling you to communicate with parties Allows you to view all the icons also using a TTY device.
Settings 7.1.2 Font Size or access online information. Allows you to set the size of the 1. Press font for Message, Browser and 2. Press Notepad. 3. Use to select a setting, 1. Press then press On/ Off 2. Select the menu to set the 7.3 Call Setup font size.
2. Use to select a setting, Headset When your phone then press Flip Open / Any Key/ is connected to a handset, TALK Only the phone automatically 7.3.4 Contacts Match responds a call. 7.3.2 Abbreviated Dialing This allows you to turn the contacts matching feature on or This allows you to dial a number off.
Settings The Location disclaimer is 2. Read the information and displayed. press 3. Select Left Navigation , Right 2. Read the disclaimer and press Navigation , Up Navigation , or Down Navigation and 3. Use to select a setting, press then press On/ Off 4.
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The default lock code is 1. Press commonly the last 4 digits of your phone number. 2. Enter the four-digit lock code. Limit Calls . 3. Press The default lock code is 2. Select Incoming Calls , or commonly the last 4 digits of Outgoing Calls and press your phone number.
Settings 7.7 Roaming 7.8.2 Change Lock Code 7.7.1 Set Mode Allows you to change your lock code. To enter this menu, you're Allows you to select whether asked to enter your new lock your phone will make the code twice in order to confirm decision to use available service the change.
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7.8.5.2 Erase Voicetags 4. Select a location for your entry. This will erase voicetags saved in your phone. 5. Enter a phone number then press 1. Press 7.8.4 Edit Contacts List 2. Enter the four-digit lock code. Erase/Reset . 1. Press 3.
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Settings 5. Read the disclaimer and press 6. If you are certain that you would like to restore all the factory settings, select Yes . 7.8.5.4 Reset Phone Resetting the phone resets all settings and erases all data on your phone. 1.
Safety TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) ANSI C95.1 (1992) * Safety Information NCRP Report 86 (1986) ICNIRP (1996) Health Canada, Safety Code The following is the complete 6, 1999. TIA Safety Information for wireless handheld phones. Those standards were based on Exposure to Radio Frequency comprehensive and periodic Signal...
Safety Driving Unauthorized antennas, modifications, or attachments Check the laws and regulations could damage the phone and on the use of wireless phones in may violate FCC regulations. the areas where you drive and Phone Operation always obey them. Also, if using your phone while driving, please NORMAL POSITION: Hold the observe the following:...
Pacemakers Should turn the phone OFF immediately if there is any The Health Industry reason to suspect that Manufacturers Association interference is taking place. recommends that a minimum Hearing Aids separation of six inches be maintained between a handheld Some digital wireless phones may wireless phone and a pacemaker interfere with some hearing aids.
Safety Health Care Facilities Aircraft Turn your phone OFF in health FCC and Transport Canada care facilities when any regulations prohibit using your regulations posted in these areas phone while in the air. Switch instruct you to do so. Hospitals OFF your phone before boarding or health care facilities may use an aircraft.
Areas with a potentially explosive improperly installed and the air atmosphere are often, but not bag inflates, serious injury could always marked clearly. Potential result. Charger and Adapter areas may include: fueling areas Safety (such as gasoline stations); below deck on boats; fuel or chemical transfer or storage The charger and adapter are facilities;...
Safety Information Use only LG-approved chargers specific to your phone model since they are Please read and observe the designed to maximize battery following information for safe life.
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Make sure that no sharp- Unplug the power cord prior edged items such as animal’s to cleaning your phone, and teeth, nails, come into contact clean the power plug pin when with the battery. There is a it is dirty. risk of this causing a fire.
Only use the batteries, phone (power plug pin), antennas, and chargers metallic articles (such as a provided by LG. The warranty coin, paperclip or pen) may will not be applied to short-circuit the phone. products provided by other Always cover the receptacle suppliers.
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If the phone does Using the phone in proximity not work, take it to an LG to receiving equipment (i.e., Authorized Service Center. TV or radio) may cause interference to the phone.
Safety Warning! Important safety information Avoid turning up the volume to block out noisy surroundings. Avoiding hearing damage Turn the volume down if you can’t hear people speaking Permanent hearing loss may near you. occur if you use your phone and/or headset at a high volume.
FDA Consumer Update adverse health effects. Many studies of low level RF exposures The U.S. Food and have not found any biological Drug Administration’s effects. Some studies have Center for Devices and suggested that some biological Radiological Health Consumer effects may occur, but such Update on Mobile Phones: 1.
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Safety at a level that is hazardous to the best possible information on user. In such a case, the FDA possible effects of wireless could require the manufacturers phone use on human health. of wireless phones to notify The FDA belongs to an users of the health hazard and to interagency working group of the repair, replace, or recall the...
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3. What kinds of phones are The FDA shares regulatory the subject of this update? responsibilities for wireless phones with the Federal The term “wireless phone” refers Communications Commission here to handheld wireless phones (FCC). All phones that are sold with built-in antennas, often in the United States must comply called “cell”, “mobile”, or “PCS”...
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Safety telephone wiring in a house, had been genetically engineered typically operate at far lower or treated with power levels, and thus produce cancer-causing chemicals so as to RF exposures far below the FCC be pre-disposed to develop cancer safety limits. in the absence of RF exposure.
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However, none of the studies can may be needed to provide answers answer questions about long-term about some health effects, such as exposures, since the average cancer. This is because the interval period of phone use in these between the time of exposure to a studies was around three years.
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Safety conducted to address important obtaining input from experts in questions about the effects of government, industry, and exposure to radio frequency academic organizations. CTIA- energy (RF). The FDA has been a funded research is conducted leading participant in the World through contracts with Health Organization International independent investigators.
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guidelines in consultation with the FCC identification number on FDA and the other federal health your phone so you can find your and safety agencies. The FCC phone’s RF exposure level in the limit for RF exposure from wireless online listing. 8.
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Safety 9. What steps can I take to consistent test methodology for reduce my exposure to measuring the rate at which RF is radio frequency energy from deposited in the heads of my wireless phone? wireless phone users. The test method uses a tissue-simulating If there is a risk from these model of the human head.
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dramatically with distance. For the time of wireless phone use and example, you could use a headset increasing the distance between and carry the wireless phone away the user and the RF source will from your body or use a wireless reduce RF exposure.
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Safety 1 1. What about wireless phone defibrillators are safe from interference with medical wireless phone EMI. The FDA has equipment? tested hearing aids for interference from handheld Radio frequency energy (RF) wireless phones and helped from wireless phones can interact develop a voluntary standard with some electronic devices.
Consumer Information on SAR to resolve the problem. 12. Where can I find additional information? (Specific Absorption Rate) This Model Phone Meets the For additional information, please Government’s Requirements for refer to the following resources: Exposure to Radio Waves. Your FDA web page on wireless phones wireless phone is a radio (http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/phones...
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Safety developed by scientific and Tests for SAR are conducted engineering experts drawn from using standard operating industry, government, and positions specified by the FCC academia after extensive reviews with the phone transmitting at its of the scientific literature related highest certified power level in all to the biological effects of RF tested frequency bands.
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performed in positions and may not comply with FCC RF locations (e.g., at the ear and exposure limits and should be worn on the body) as required avoided. by the FCC for each model. The FCC has granted an This device was tested for typical Equipment Authorization for this body-worn operations with the model phone with all reported...
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Safety watts/kg (W/kg) averaged over http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid after searching on FCC ID. one gram of tissue. The standard incorporates a substantial margin To find information that pertains of safety to give additional to a particular model phone, this protection for the public and to site uses the phone FCC ID account for any variations in number which is usually printed...
Accessories There are a variety of accessories available for your mobile phone. Consult your local dealer for availability. Optional items are sold separately. Battery Charger The battery charger allows you to charge the battery of your phone. Battery Standard battery is available. Extended battery is optional. Vehicle Power Charger The vehicle power charger allows you to operate the phone and trickle charge the phone’s battery from your vehicle.
Warranty Information 1. WHAT THIS WARRANTY (4) Upon request from LG, the COVERS: consumer must provide information to reasonably LG offers you a limited warranty prove the date of purchase. that the enclosed subscriber unit (5) During the applicable and its enclosed accessories will...
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LG, (8) Products serviced by non- including damage caused by authorized persons or spills of food or liquids.
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MARKETABILITY, IS LIMITED anywhere in Canada: TO THE DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY LG Electronics Canada, Inc. HEREIN. LG ELECTRONICS Tel. 1-888-542-2623 CANADA, INC. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE LOSS OF THE USE OF THE PRODUCT,...