86 Safety and Product Information
Holster: The BlackBerry device might not come with a holster (body-worn accessory). If you wear the
BlackBerry device on your body, always put the BlackBerry device in a BlackBerry device holster
equipped with an integrated belt clip supplied or approved by Research In Motion. If you do not use a
holster equipped with an integrated belt clip supplied or approved by RIM when you carry the BlackBerry
device, keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 in. (25 mm) from your body when the BlackBerry device
is transmitting. When using any data feature of the BlackBerry device, with or without a USB cable, hold
the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 in. (25 mm) from your body. Using accessories that are not supplied or
approved by RIM might cause your BlackBerry device to exceed radio frequency (RF) exposure
guidelines. For more information about radio frequency exposure, see the “Compliance information”
section of this document.
Carrying solutions: Most BlackBerry carrying solutions for BlackBerry devices, for example holsters, totes,
and pouches, incorporate a magnet into the physical structure of the carrying solution. Do not place items
containing magnetic strip components such as debit cards, credit cards, hotel key cards, phone cards, or
similar items near BlackBerry carrying solutions which incorporate a magnet into the physical structure of
the carrying solution as the magnet might damage or erase the data stored on the magnetic strip.
Compliance Information
Exposure to Radio Frequency Signals
The BlackBerry
®
device radio is a low power radio transmitter and receiver. When the BlackBerry device
radio is turned on, it receives and also sends out radio frequency (RF) signals. The BlackBerry device is
designed to comply with Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications (MIC), and Industry Canada (IC) guidelines respecting safety levels of RF exposure for
wireless devices, which in turn are consistent with the following safety standards previously set by
Canadian, U.S., and international standards bodies:
Ⅲ ANSI
®
/IEEE
®
C95.1, 1999, American National Standards Institute/Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency
Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz
Ⅲ National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report 86, 1986, Biological
Effects and Exposure Criteria for Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
Ⅲ Health Canada, Safety Code 6, 1999, Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic
Fields in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz
Ⅲ EN 50360, 2001, Product standard to demonstrate the compliance of mobile phones with the basic
restrictions related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields (300 MHz to 3 GHz)
