Garmin navtalkgsm User Manual

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Introduction
Section 1
Warnings and Precautions
Exposure to Radio Frequency Signals - Your wireless hand-held 
portable telephone is a low power radio transmitter and receiver. When 
it is ON, it receives and also sends out radio frequency (RF) signals. The 
NavTalk GSM Wireless Telephone/GPS Receiver meets compliance require-
ments for maximum Specific Absorption Rate of radio wave emissions for 
the limit given.
Efficient Phone Operation Guidelines - Do not touch the antenna 
unnecessarily when the phone is in operation. Contact with the antenna 
affects reception and transmission quality causing the phone to operate at a 
higher power than necessary, causing possible injury.
Electronic Devices - Most modern electronic equipment is shielded from 
RF signals. However, certain electronic equipment may not be shielded 
against the RF signals from your wireless phone. The Health Industry Man-
ufacturer’s Association recommends that a minimum separation of six (6”) 
inches be maintained between a handheld wireless phone and a pacemaker 
to avoid possible interference with the pacemaker. These recommendations 
are consistent with independent research and recommendations of  Wire-
less Technology Research. Persons with pacemakers should ALWAYS keep 
the phone more than six inches from their pacemaker when the phone is 
turned ON, should not carry the phone in a breast pocket, and should use 
the ear opposite the pacemaker to minimize the potential for interference. 
     If you have any reason to suspect that interfer-
ence is taking place, turn your phone OFF imme-
diately. If you use any other personal medical 
device, consult the manufacturer to determine if 
it is adequately shielded from external RF energy. 
Turn your phone off in health care facilities when 
any regulations posted in these areas instruct you 
to do so. Hospitals and health care facilities may 
be using equipment that could be sensitive to 
external RF energy.
Posted Facilities - Turn your phone OFF in any 
facility where posted notices so require.
Blasting Areas - To avoid interfering with blast-
ing operations, turn your phone OFF when in a 
“blasting area” or in areas posted: “Turn Off Two-
way Radio”. Obey all signs and instructions.
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