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Precautions
Safety Precautions
2.Handling the FOMA terminal
WARNING
Don’t
Do not use the FOMA terminal
while driving a vehicle.
From November 1st, 2004, the penalty is
imposed on a driver who uses a mobile
phone while driving. Even if you are using
a hands-free kit, pull off the road and
park in a safe place before using your
phone. While driving, set Public mode
(Driving mode) or use the Voice Mail
service.
When walking to use a phone, take great
care on your surroundings or on the road
conditions.
Do
Turn off the FOMA terminal in a
place where it is prohibited to use
the mobile phone, such as in an
airplane or in a hospital.
Using the FOMA terminal in such a place
may affect the electric or medical
equipment. If your FOMA terminal is
equipped with the Auto power function,
make sure to set OFF to the function
before turning off the FOMA terminal.
Follow the instructions provided by the
medical facility about using the mobile
phone.
If you use the phone in an airplane, which
is prohibited, you may be punished by
law.
Do
If you have a weak heart, you
should take extra precautions
when setting functions such as
the Vibrator and Ring volume
functions for incoming calls.
Your heart may be adversely affected.
Don’t
Do not aim or direct the infrared
data port towards your or another
person's eyes when using
infrared data exchange.
Doing so may cause eye injury. Do not
aim or direct the infrared data port
towards another infrared device as this
may cause the device to malfunction.
Do
Turn off the FOMA terminal near the
electric equipment using the high-
precision control or weak signals.
This may interfere with the operation of
sensitive electronic equipment.
* Take great care on the following electric devices:
Hearing aids, implantable cardiac pacemakers,
implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, and
other electronic medical equipment, fire
alarms, automatic doors and other equipment
controlled by electronic signals.
If you use an implantable cardiac pacemaker,
implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or other
electronic medical equipment, contact the
respective manufacturer or vendor to check
whether the operation of the equipment is
affected by radio waves.
Don’t
If you are wearing electronic
medical equipment on your body,
do not put the FOMA terminal in
your breast pocket or in the
inside pocket of your jacket.
Using the FOMA terminal in close
proximity to electronic medical equipment
may cause the equipment to malfunction.
Do
Hold the FOMA terminal off your ear
and keep enough distance from it
when you talk in the hands-free mode.
It may affect your hearing or cause
interference to your ears.
Do
If you hear thunder while using the
FOMA terminal outdoors, immediately
turn off the FOMA terminal and take
shelter in a safe location.
There is a risk of being struck by the
lightning and suffering electric shock.
Don’t
Do not shine the light at anyone
driving a car or other vehicle.
Doing so may prevent a driver from driving
safely and cause a traffic accident.
Don’t
Keep the display light away from
people’s eyes.
The light may affect eyesight. Also, this may
dazzle or surprise him/her and cause an injury.
Don’t
Do not put the FOMA terminal on
the dashboard, etc. as a problem
may occur due to air bag inflation.
The air bag inflation may cause the FOMA
terminal to hit you or another person, which
may lead to injury, malfunction, breakage, etc.