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2.Handling the FOMA terminal
WARNING
Don’t
Do not use the FOMA terminal
while driving a vehicle.
Since November 1st, 2004, the penalty
will be imposed on using a mobile phone
while driving. Even if you are using a
Hands-Free kit, stop the car in a safe
place before using the phone. Use the
Driving mode or the Voice mail service
while driving.
When using a phone while walking, 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.
This may affect the electric or medical
equipment. If the FOMA terminal is
equipped with the Auto power function,
make sure to disable 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
Keep the display light away from
your or another person’s eyes.
Also, do not look at the
illumination lamp directly when it
lights up.
This may cause the eye injury. Also, this
may dazzle or surprise him/her and
cause an injury.
Don’t
Do not aim or direct the infrared
data port towards your or another
person’s eyes when using
infrared data exchange.
This may cause the 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.
The FOMA terminal is a folding mobile
phone and uses magnets to detect that it is
closed. 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 with the speaker.
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 an electric shock.
Don’t
Do not shine the light at anyone
driving a car or other vehicle.
This may prevent a driver from driving
safely and cause a traffic accident.
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.