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Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced
and compact New Chocolate BL40 phone by LG,
designed to operate with the latest digital mobile
communication technology.
Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your phone depending
on the software of the phone or your service provider.
Disposal of your old appliance
1 When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to
a product it means the product is covered by the European
Directive 2002/96/EC.
2 A ll electrical and ele
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Contents Guidelines for safe and Entertainmet ............................ 70 efficient use .................................3 Organizer ................................... 77 Getting to know your The web ..................................... 80 phone ......................................... 28 PC Suite ...................................... 83 Open view ................................. 29 Settings ...................................... 87 Installing the USIM and battery ...................
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use Those guidelines are consistent TIA Safety Information with the safety standards Provided herein is the complete previously set by both U.S. and TIA Safety Information for Wireless international standards bodies: Handheld phones. Inclusion of ANSI C95.1 (1992) * the text covering Pacemakers, Hearing Aids, and Other Medical NCRP Report 86 (1986) Devices is required in the owner’s ICNIRP (1996) manual for CTIA Certification. Use Those standards were
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use The design of your phone complies • D o not touch the antenna with the FCC guidelines (and those unnecessarily when the phone is standards). in use. Contact with the antenna affects call quality and may cause Antenna Care the phone to operate at a higher Use only the supplied or an power level than otherwise approved replacement antenna. needed. Unauthorized antennas, Driving modifications, or attachments could damage the phone and may Check the la
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Electronic Devices • Should ALWAYS keep the phone more than six inches from their Most modern electronic equipment pacemaker when the phone is is shielded from RF signals. turned ON; However, certain electronic • Should not carry the phone in a equipment may not be shielded against the RF signals from your breast pocket. wireless phone. • Should use the ear opposite the pacemaker to minimize the Pacemakers potential for interference. The Health Industry Manufacturers • If you hav
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use Other Medical Devices regarding your vehicle. If you use any other personal You should also consult the manufacturer of any equipment medical device, consult the manufacturer of your device to that has been added to your vehicle. determine if they are adequately shielded from external RF energy. Posted Facilities Your physician may be able Turn your phone OFF in any facility to assist you in obtaining this where posted notices so require. informatio
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Potentially Explosive engine. Atmosphere For Vehicles Equipped with an Turn your phone OFF when in any Air Bag area with a potentially explosive An air bag inflates with great force. atmosphere and obey all signs and DO NOT place objects, including instructions. Sparks in such areas either installed or portable wireless could cause an explosion or fire equipment, in the area over the air resulting in bodily injury or even bag or in the air bag deployment death. area. If in-vehicle w
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use Charger and Adapter Safety • R eplace the battery when it no longer provides acceptable • The charger and adapter are performance. The battery can be intended for indoor use only. recharged several hundred times Battery Information and Care before replacement. • P lease dispose of your battery • Recharge the battery after long properly or take it to your local periods of non-use to maximize wireless carrier for recycling. battery life. • The batt
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• Actual battery life will depend on • I f you put your phone in a pocket network configuration, product or bag without covering the settings, usage patterns, battery receptacle of the phone (power and environmental conditions. plug pin), metallic articles (such as a coin, paperclip or pen) may Explosion, Shock, and Fire short-circuit the phone. Always Hazards cover the receptacle when not • Do not put your phone in a place in use. subject to excessive dust and • D o not short-circui
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use General Notice • U sing the phone in proximity to receiving equipment (i.e., TV or • Using a damaged battery or radio) may cause interference to placing a battery in your mouth the phone. may cause serious injury. • Do not use the phone if the • Do not place items containing antenna is damaged. If a magnetic components such as damaged antenna contacts skin, a credit card, phone card, bank it may cause a slight burn. Please book or subway ticke
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• The data saved in your phone FDA Consumer Update might be deleted due to careless The U.S. Food and Drug use, repair of the phone, or Administration Centre for Devices upgrade of the software. Please and Radiological Health Consumer backup your important phone Update on Mobile Phones. numbers. (Ring tones, text 1. Do wireless phones pose a messages, voice messages, health hazard? pictures, and videos could also be The available scientific evidence deleted.) The manufacturer is
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use health effects. Many studies of emit radio frequency energy (RF) low level RF exposures have not at a level that is hazardous to found any biological effects. the user. In such a case, the FDA Some studies have suggested could require the manufacturers that some biological effects of wireless phones to notify may occur, but such findings users of the health hazard and have not been confirmed by to repair, replace, or recall the additional research. In
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• Cooperate in providing users • Na tional Telecommunications of wireless phones with the and Information Administration best possible information on The National Institutes of Health possible effects of wireless participates in some interagency phone use on human health. working group activities, as well. The FDA belongs to an The FDA shares regulatory interagency working group responsibilities for wireless phones of the federal agencies that with the Federal Communications hav
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use get from wireless phones. Base person’s RF exposure decreases stations are thus not the subject of rapidly with increasing distance the safety questions discussed in from the source. The so-called this document. ‘cordless phones,’ which have a base unit connected to the 3. What kinds of phones are the telephone wiring in a house, subject of this update? typically operate at far lower T he term ‘wireless phone’ refers power levels, and thus produce
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suggested that low levels between the use of wireless of RF could accelerate the phones and primary brain development of cancer in cancer, glioma, meningioma, laboratory animals. However, or acoustic neuroma, tumors many of the studies that of the brain or salivary gland, showed increased tumor leukemia, or other cancers. None development used animals of the studies demonstrated the that had been genetically existence of any harmful health engineered or treated with effects from wireless
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use are needed. Lifetime animal such as the angle at which the exposure studies could be phone is held, or which model of completed in a few years. phone is used. However, very large numbers 6. What is the FDA doing to find of animals would be needed out more about the possible to provide reliable proof of health effects of wireless phone RF? a cancer promoting effect if one exists. Epidemiological The FDA is working with the U.S. studies can provi
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new research programs around developments around the world. the world. The project has also 7. H ow can I find out how helped develop a series of much radiofrequency energy public information documents exposure I can get by using my wireless phone? on EMF issues. The FDA and the Cellular Telecommunications & All phones sold in the United Internet Association (CTIA) have States must comply with Federal a formal Cooperative Research Communications Commission and Development Agreemen
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use Protection and Measurement. standard for measuring the The exposure limit takes into radiofrequency energy (RF) consideration the body’s exposure from wireless phones ability to remove heat from and other wireless handsets the tissues that absorb energy with the participation and from the wireless phone and is leadership of FDA scientists set well below levels known to and engineers. The standard, have effects. Manufacturers of ‘Recommended Practice f
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measurement of the amount of of time spent using a wireless energy absorbed in tissue, either phone will reduce RF exposure. by the whole body or a small If you must conduct extended part of the body. It is measured conversations by wireless in watts/kg (or milliwatts/g) of phone every day, you could matter. This measurement is place more distance between used to determine whether a your body and the source of wireless phone complies with the RF, since the exposure level safety guideline
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use 10. W hat about children using 2000. They noted that no wireless phones? evidence exists that using a T he scientific evidence does wireless phone causes brain not show a danger to users tumors or other ill effects. of wireless phones, including Their recommendation to limit children and teenagers. If you wireless phone use by children want to take steps to lower was strictly precautionary; it was exposure to radiofrequency not based on scientific ev
