Panasonic Digital Cellular Phone Ebg51u Operating Instructions

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 Glossary of Terms
Glossary of TermsAPNAccess Point Name. Directs the user to the gateway or the required service.CHAPChallenge Handshake Authentication Protocol. A security feature for the GPRS network.CSDCircuit Switched Data. A communication method used to transmit data over telephone connections.DTMF TonesDual Tone Multi-Frequency tones allow you to communicate with computerized phone systems, voice 
mailboxes, etc.GPRSGeneral Packet Radio Service. A GSM transmission technique that transmits and receives data in packets 
rather than setting up a continuous channel. It makes very efficient use of available radio spectrum and users 
pay only for volume of data sent and received.GSMGlobal System for Mobile communications. The name given to the advanced digital technology that your 
phone uses.Network Operator
The organization responsible for operating a GSM network.
PA PPassword Authentication Protocol. A security feature in the GPRS network.PasswordUsed for the control of Call Bar. Supplied by your service provider.PINPersonal Identification Number used for SIM security. Supplied by your service provider. If the PIN is entered 
incorrectly 3 times, the PIN will be blocked.PIN2Personal Identification Number used for the control of Fixed Dial Store and Call Charge metering. If the PIN2 
is entered incorrectly 3 times, the PIN2 will be blocked.PUK/PUK2PIN/PIN2 Unblocking Key. Used to unblock the PIN/PIN2. Supplied by your service provider. If the PUK/
PUK2 is entered incorrectly 10 times, the PUK/PUK2 will be blocked. 
						

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Glossary of Terms
RegistrationThe act of locking on to a GSM/GPRS network. This is usually performed automatically by your phone.RoamingThe ability to use your phone on networks other than your Home network.Service ProviderThe organization responsible for providing access to the GSM/GPRS network.SIMSubscriber Identity Module. A small smart-card which stores unique subscriber and user-entered information 
such as Phonebook and Short Messages. Supplied by your service provider.SMSShort Message Service. A basic mail system used for cellular phones. This service allows sending/receiving 
short text messages.WA PWireless Application Protocol. The communication standard which enables you to download resources from 
the Internet to your phone. 
						

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 Consumer Update
Consumer UpdateConsumer Update on Mobile Phones(Published by U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices 
and Radiological Health, October 20, 1999.) FDA has been receiving inquiries about the safety of mobile phones, 
including cellular phones and PCS phones. The following summarizes 
what is known
–and what remains unknown
–about whether these 
products can pose a hazard to health, and what can be done to minimize 
any potential risk. This information may be used to respond to questions.
Why the concern?Mobile phones emit low levels of radiofrequency energy (i.e., radiofrequency 
radiation) in the microwave range while being used. They also emit very low 
levels of radiofrequency energy (RF), considered non-significant, when in 
the stand-by mode. It is well known that high levels of RF can produce 
biological damage through heating effects (this is how your microwave oven 
is able to cook food). However, it is not known whether, to what extent, or 
through what mechanism, lower levels of RF might cause adverse health 
effects as well. Although some research has been done to address these 
questions, no clear picture of the biological effects of this type of radiation 
has emerged to date. Thus, the available science does not allow us to 
conclude that mobile phones are absolutely safe, or that they are unsafe. 
However, the available scientific evidence does not demonstrate any 
adverse health effects associated with the use of mobile phones.What kind of phones are in question?Questions have been raised about hand-held mobile phones, the kind 
that have a built-in antenna that is positioned close to the user’s head 
during normal telephone conversation. These types of mobile phones are of concern because of the short 
distance between the phone’s antenna 
– the primary source of the RF 
– 
and the person’s head. The exposure to RF from mobile phones in which 
the antenna is located at greater distances from the user (on the outside 
of a car, for example) is drastically lower than that from hand-held 
phones, because a person’s RF exposure decreases rapidly with 
distance from the source. The safety of so-called “cordless phones”, which have a base unit connected to the telephone wiring in a house and 
which operate at far lower power levels and frequencies, has not been 
questioned.
How much evidence is there that handheld mobile phones 
might be harmful?Briefly, there is not enough evidence to know for sure, either way; 
however, research efforts are on-going. The existing scientific evidence 
is conflicting and many of the studies that have been done to date have 
suffered from flaws in their research methods. Animal experiments 
investigating the effects of RF exposures characteristic of mobile 
phones have yielded conflicting results. A few animal studies, however, 
have suggested that low levels of RF could accelerate the development 
of cancer in laboratory animals. In one study, mice genetically altered 
to be predisposed to developing one type of cancer developed more 
than twice as many such cancers when they were exposed to RF 
energy compared to controls. There is much uncertainty among 
scientists about whether results obtained from animal studies apply to 
the use of mobile phones. First, it is uncertain how to apply the results 
obtained in rats and mice to humans. Second, many of the studies that 
showed increased tumor development used animals that had already 
been treated with cancer-causing chemicals, and other studies 
exposed the animals to the RF virtually continuously – up to 22 hours 
per day.
For the past five years in the United States, the mobile phone industry 
has supported research into the safety of mobile phones. This research 
has resulted in two findings in particular that merit additional study:1. In a hospital-based, case-control study, researchers looked for an 
association between mobile phone use and either glioma (a type of brain 
cancer) or acoustic neuroma (a benign tumor of the nerve sheath). No 
statistically significant association was found between mobile phone use 
and acoustic neuroma. There was also no association between mobile 
phone use and gliomas when all types of gliomas were considered 
together. It should be noted that the average length of mobile phone 
exposure in this study was less than three years.
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association was found between mobile phone use and one rare type of 
glioma, neuroepithelliomatous tumors. It is possible with multiple 
comparisons of the same sample that this association occurred by 
chance.
Moreover, the risk did not increase with how often the mobile phone was 
used, or the length of the calls. In fact, the risk actually decreased with 
cumulative hours of mobile phone use. Most cancer causing agents 
increase risk with increased exposure. An ongoing study of brain cancers 
by the National Cancer Institute is expected to bear on the accuracy and 
repeatability of these results.
1
2. Researchers conducted a large battery of laboratory tests to assess the 
effect of exposure to mobile phone RF on genetic material. These included 
tests for several kinds of abnormalities, including mutations, chromosomal 
aberrations, DNA strand breaks, and structural changes in the genetic 
material of blood cells called lymphocytes. None of the tests showed any 
effect from the RF except for the micronucleus assay, which detects 
structural effects on the genetic material. The cells in this assay showed 
changes after exposure to simulated cell phone radiation, but only after 24 
hours of exposure. It is possible that exposing the test cells to radiation for 
this long resulted in heating. Since this assay is known to be sensitive to 
heating, heat alone could have caused the abnormalities to occur. The 
data already in the literature on the response of the micronucleus assay to 
RF are conflicting. Thus, followup research is necessary.
2 
FDA is currently working with government, industry, and academic 
groups to ensure the proper follow-up to these industry-funded 
research findings. Collaboration with the Cellular Telecommunications 
Industry Association (CTIA) in particular is expected to lead to FDA 
providing research recommendations and scientific oversight of new 
CTIA-funded research based on such recommendations. Two other 
studies of interest have been reported recently in the literature:1. Two groups of 18 people were exposed to simulated mobile phone signals 
under laboratory conditions while they performed cognitive function test. 
There were no changes in the subjects’ ability to recall words, numbers, 
or pictures, or in their spatial memory, but they were able to make choices 
more quickly in one visual test when they were exposed to simulated 
mobile phone signals. This was the only change noted among more than 
20 variables compared.
3 
2. In study of 209 brain tumor cases and 425 matched controls, there was no 
increased risk of brain tumors associated with mobile phone use. When 
tumors did exist in certain locations, however, they were more likely to be on the side of the head where the mobile phone was used. Because this 
occurred in only a small number of cases, the increased likelihood was too 
small to be statistically significant.
4
In summary, we do not have enough information at this point to assure 
the public that there are, or are not, any low incident health problems 
associated with use of mobile phones. FDA continues to work with all 
parties, including other federal agencies and industry, to assure that 
research is undertaken to provide the necessary answers to the 
outstanding questions about the safety of mobile phones. What is known about cases of human cancer that have been 
reported in users of handheld mobile phones?Some people who have used mobile phones have been diagnosed with 
brain cancer. But it is important to understand that this type of cancer also 
occurs among people who have not used mobile phones. In fact, brain 
cancer occurs in the U.S. population at a rate of about 6 new cases per 
100,000 people each year. At that rate, assuming 80 million users of 
mobile phones (a number increasing at a rate of about 1 million per 
month), about 4800 cases of brain cancer would be expected each year 
among those 80 million people, whether or not they used their phones. 
Thus it is not possible to tell whether any individual’s cancer arose 
because of the phone, or whether it would have happened anyway. A key 
question is whether the risk of getting a particular form of cancer is greater 
among people who use mobile phones than among the rest of the 
population. One way to answer that question is to compare the usage of 
mobile phones among people with brain cancer with the use of mobile 
phones among appropriately matched people without brain cancer. This 
is called a case-control study. The current case-control study of brain 
cancers by the National Cancer Institute, as well as the follow-up research 
to be sponsored by industry, will begin to generate this type of information. What is FDA’s role concerning the safety of mobile phones? Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of radiation-emitting 
consumer products such as mobile phones before marketing, as it does 
with new drugs or medical devices. However, the agency has authority to 
take action if mobile phones are shown to emit radiation at a level that is 
hazardous to the user. In such a case, FDA could require the manufacturers 
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or recall the phones so that the hazard no longer exists. Although the 
existing scientific data do not justify FDA regulatory actions at this time, FDA 
has urged the mobile phone industry to take a number of steps to assure 
public safety. The agency has recommended that the industry:
 
 support needed research into possible biological effects of RF of the 
type emitted by mobile phones; 
 design mobile phones in a way that minimizes any RF exposure to the 
user that is not necessary for device function; and Personal Settings
 cooperate in providing mobile phone users with the best possible 
information on what is known about possible effects of mobile phone use 
on human health. At the same time, FDA belongs to an interagency working group of the 
federal agencies that have responsibility for different aspects of mobile 
phone safety to ensure a coordinated effort at the federal level. These 
agencies are:  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
 Environmental Protection Agency 
 Federal Communications Commission 
 Occupational Health and Safety Administration 
 National Telecommunications and Information Administration The National Institutes of Health also participates in this group. In the absence of conclusive information about any possible 
risk, what can concerned individuals do? If there is a risk from these products and at this point we do not know that 
there is 
– it is probably very small. But if people are concerned about 
avoiding even potential risks, there are simple steps they can take to do so. 
For example, time is a key factor in how much exposure a person receives. 
Those persons who spend long periods of time on their hand-held mobile 
phones could consider holding lengthy conversations on conventional 
phones and reserving the hand-held models for shorter conversations or 
for situations when other types of phones are not available. People who 
must conduct extended conversations in their cars every day could switch 
to a type of mobile phone that places more distance between their bodies 
and the source of the RF, since the exposure level drops off dramatically 
with distance. For example, they could switch to
 
 a mobile phone in which the antenna is located outside the vehicle,  a hand-held phone with a built-in antenna connected to a different 
antenna mounted on the outside of the car or built into a separate 
package, or 
 a headset with a remote antenna to a mobile phone carried at the waist. 
Again, the scientific data do not demonstrate that mobile phones are 
harmful. But if people are concerned about the radiofrequency energy 
from these products, taking the simple precautions outlined above can 
reduce any possible risk. Where can I find additional information? For additional information, see the following websites:  Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
RF Safety Program (select “Information on Human Exposure to RF 
Fields from Cellular and PCD Radio Transmitters”):http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety World Health Organization (WHO)
International Commission on Non-lonizing
Radiation Protection (select Qs & As): 
http://www.who.int/peh-em
f
 United Kingdom, National Radiological Protection Board: 
http://www.nrpb.org.uk Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA): http://www.wowcom. com U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health:
 http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/
1.  Muscat et al. “Epidemiological Study of Cellular Telephone Use and 
Malignant Brain Tumors”. In: State of the Science Symposium; 1999 June 
20; Long Beach, California.
2. Tice et al. “Tests of mobile phone signals for activity in genotoxicity and 
other laboratory assays”. In: Annual Meeting of the Environmental 
Mutagen Society. March 29,1999, Washington, D.C. and personal 
communication, unpublished results. 
3. Preece, AW, Iwi, G, Davies-Smith, A, Wesnes, K, Butler, S, Lim, E, and 
Varey, A. “Effect of a 915-MHz simulated mobile phone signal on cognitive 
function in man”. Int. J. Radiat. Biol., April 8, 1999.
Hardell, L, Nasman, A, Pahlson, A, Hallquist, Aand Mild, KH.
“Use of cellular telephones and the risk for brain tumors: a case-control 
study”. Int. J. Oncol., 15: 113-116, 1999. 
						

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Specifications
SpecificationsBands Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . .  GSM  850 Class 4
GSM1800 Class 1
GSM1900 Class 1
Standby Time (hrs)* . . . . . . . . . . .  80 – 200
Talk Time (hrs)*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2.5 – 6
Temperature Range
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  +5ºC – +35ºC
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  -20ºC – +60ºC
Weight: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74 g (including battery)
Dimensions
Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80 mm
Width  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43 mm
Depth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19 mm
Supply Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3.7 V (780 mAh Li-ion)
Antenna  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Fixed
Charge Time**  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Up to 165 Min 
SIM Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3 V only
Phonebook Memory . . . . . . . . . . .  250 entries + SIM
Animation Themes . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
User Composed Melody . . . . . . . .  5
Games  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2Backlight Colours . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1 (White)
Ring Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Preset: 20
(Varies depending on 
Data Folder)
Scheduler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Up to 50 entries
Alarms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
Graphics Formats Supported . . . .  GIF89a, BMP, WBMP,
PNG, WPNG, JPEG
Maximum Graphics Size  . . . . . . .  W128 x H80 pixels
(4096 CSTN colours)
NOTE: Specifications are subject to change without 
notice.
*NOTE: Talk and Standby time depend on network 
conditions, SIM usage and battery condition.
**NOTE: Charging time depends on usage and 
battery condition.
NOTE: PIN2 code and PUK2 code are supplied by 
your service provider. 
						

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 Accessories
AccessoriesLi-Ion Battery (EB-BSG50USD)
Double your talk time by having a spare 
battery.
Rapid Charger (EB-CAD55US)
Carry a lightweight portable charger 
wherever you go to ensure you 
always have power to talk.
How to Identify a Genuine Panasonic AccessoryPanasonic produces some of the most advanced mobile phones available. So, as you’d expect from this class leader, the range of 
accessories are second to none.
Most genuine Panasonic accessories will have a label showing an “EB-XXX00” model number.
 NOTE: Accessories are subject  to change without notice. 
						

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Warranty
WarrantyPANASONIC DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS AND SECURITY 
COMPANY 
DIVISION OF MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CORPORATION OF 
AMERICA 
2 Panasonic Way, 2H-2, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094
CELLULAR TELEPHONE PRODUCTS
Limited Warranty
Panasonic Digital Communications and Security Company 
(referred to as the Warrantor) will repair or replace this product 
with new or refurbished parts or product, at Panasonics sole 
option, free of charge, in the U.S.A. in the event of a defect in 
materials or workmanship from the date of original purchase as 
follows:
HANDHELD CELLULAR TELEPHONE (except description as 
follows)
 - For one (1) year.
ACCESSORIES (packaged with the Handheld Kit) 
- For one (1) year.
ACCESSORIES (packaged separately) 
- Refer to the warranty statement printed on or included in the 
accessory package.
To exercise your warranty return the product and a copy of the 
original dated purchase receipt, pre-paid, to Panasonic at the 
address as follows.  Please be sure to include your return address 
and a description of the alleged defect. Panasonic Cellular Service Repair
14800 FAA Blvd., Suite 100
Fort Worth, TX 76155
Panasonic strongly recommends that the product be adequately 
packaged to avoid shipping damage. You may also want to insure 
the product. Panasonic will return the repaired product pre-paid to 
you at your U.S.A. address.
This warranty is extended only to the original purchaser. A valid 
purchase receipt or other proof of date of original purchase will be 
required before warranty service is rendered.
 
This warranty covers only failures due to defects in materials or 
workmanship that occur during normal use. It does not cover 
damage that occurs in shipment, failures that are caused by 
products not supplied by Panasonic, failures that result from 
accident, misuse, abuse, neglect, water damage, mishandling, 
misapplication, faulty installation, setup adjustments, improper 
maintenance, alteration, improper antenna, inadequate signal 
pickup, maladjustment of consumer controls, line power surge, 
lightning damage, modification or service by anyone other than a 
Panasonic Authorized Servicenter or damage that is attributable 
to acts of God. Removal and re-installation costs are not covered 
by this warranty nor are products on which the serial number is 
missing, altered or made illegible. 
						

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LIMITS AND EXCLUSIONS
There are no express warranties except as set forth hereinbefore.  
WARRANTOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR 
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE 
OF THIS PRODUCT, OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF 
THIS WARRANTY. ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED 
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED TO THE APPLICABLE WARRANTY 
PERIODS SET FORTH HEREINBEFORE. Some states do not 
allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential 
damages, or limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so 
the above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you.
This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also 
have other rights which vary from state to state.
If a problem is not handled to your satisfaction, then write the 
Consumer Affairs Division at the company address indicated 
hereinbefore or contact Panasonic at 1-800-414-4408 or TTY: 1-
770-338-6204. 
						

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Personal Settings
Personal Settings
Item
Provisioning 
Information 
Setting No. 1Provisioning 
Information 
Setting No. 2
Provisioning 
Information 
Setting No. 3
Provisioning 
Information 
Setting No. 4Provisioning 
Information 
Setting No. 5
Profile Name
Server NameIP AddressIP PortHomepageLinger Time
Circuit Switched (CSD)
Server Name
Call TypeDial NumberLogin NamePassword
Packet Switched (GPRS)
Server Name
GPRS APNLogin NamePasswordAuthentication