LG G3 User Guide

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For Your  Safety
Health Care FacilitiesTurn your phone OFF in health care facilities when any regulations posted in 
these areas instruct you to do so. Hospitals or health care facilities may use 
equipment that could be sensitive to external RF energy.
VehiclesRF signals may affect improperly installed or inadequately shielded electronic 
systems in motor vehicles. Check with the manufacturer or its representative 
regarding your vehicle.  You should also consult the manufacturer of any 
equipment...

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For Vehicles Equipped with an Air BagAn air bag inflates with great force. DO NOT place objects, including either 
installed or portable wireless equipment, in the area over the air bag or in the 
air bag deployment area. If in-vehicle wireless equipment is improperly installed 
and the air bag inflates, serious injury could result.
FDA Consumer Update
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health Consumer Update on Mobile Phones:
1.  Do wireless phones pose a...

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For Your  Safety
Although the existing scientific data does not justify FDA regulatory actions, 
the FDA has urged the wireless phone industry to take a number of steps, 
including the following:
• Support needed research into possible biological effects of RF of the type 
emitted by wireless phones;
• Design wireless phones in a way that minimizes any RF exposure to the user 
that is not necessary for device function; and
• Cooperate in providing users of wireless phones with the best possible...

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phones can expose the user to measurable Radio Frequency (RF) energy 
because of the short distance between the phone and the user’s head. 
These RF exposures are limited by FCC safety guidelines that were developed 
with the advice of the FDA and other federal health and safety agencies. 
When the phone is located at greater distances from the user, the exposure 
to RF is drastically lower because a person’s RF exposure decreases rapidly 
with increasing distance from the source. The so-called...

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For Your  Safety
5.  What research is needed to decide whether RF exposure from 
wireless phones poses a health risk?
A combination of laboratory studies and epidemiological studies of people 
actually using wireless phones would provide some of the data that are needed. 
Lifetime animal exposure studies could be completed in a few years. However, 
very large numbers of animals would be needed to provide reliable proof of a 
cancer promoting effect if one exists. Epidemiological studies can provide...

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independent investigators. The initial research will include both laboratory 
studies and studies of wireless phone users. The CRADA will also include a 
broad assessment of additional research needs in the context of the latest 
research developments around the world.
7.   How can I find out how much Radio Frequency energy 
exposure I can get by using my wireless phone?
All phones sold in the United States must comply with Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC) guidelines that limit Radio...

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SAR test methodology is expected to greatly improve the consistency of 
measurements made at different laboratories on the same phone. SAR is the 
measurement of the amount of energy absorbed in tissue, either by the whole 
body or a small part of the body. It is measured in watts/kg (or milliwatts/g) 
of matter. This measurement is used to determine whether a wireless phone 
complies with safety guidelines. 
9.  What steps can I take to reduce my exposure to Radio 
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children be discouraged from using wireless phones at all. For example, 
the government in the United Kingdom distributed leaflets containing 
such a recommendation in December 2000. They noted that no evidence 
exists that using a wireless phone causes brain tumors or other ill effects. 
Their recommendation to limit wireless phone use by children was strictly 
precautionary; it was not based on scientific evidence that any health hazard 
exists.
11.  What about wireless phone interference with...

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For Your  Safety
(http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety)
International Commission on Non-lonizing Radiation Protection
(http://www.icnirp.de)
World Health Organization (WHO) International EMF Project
(http://www.who.int/emf)
National Radiological Protection Board (UK)
(http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/)
Driving
Check the laws and regulations on the use of wireless phones in the areas 
where you drive and always obey them. Also, if using your phone while driving, 
please observe the following:
• Give full...

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FCC Hearing-Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations for Wireless 
Devices
While some wireless phones are used near some hearing devices (hearing 
aids and cochlear implants), users may detect a buzzing, humming, or whining 
noise. Some hearing devices are more immune than others to this interference 
noise, and phones also vary in the amount of interference they generate.
The wireless telephone industry has developed a rating system for wireless 
phones, to assist hearing device users to find phones that...