Harris RF Communications Division XG-100P00 manual safety

Product Safety Manual

This booklet contains important safety information regarding
specific absorption rate (SAR) and RF exposure limits included in
United States and international standards. Read the information
in this booklet before operating your radio.

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December 2009 Rev. -2

Unity™ XG-100P

Portable Radio

REV DATE DESCRIPTION

- Dec/09 Initial release

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The software contained in this device is copyrighted by Harris Corporation. Unpublished rights
are reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.

This device is made under license under one or more of the following US patents: 4,590,473;
4,636,791; 5,148,482; 5,185,796; 5,271,017; 5,377,229; 4,716,407; 4,972,460; 5,502,767;
5,146,497; 5,164,986; 5,185,795; 5,226,084; 5,247,579; 5,491,772; 5,517,511; 5,630,011;
5,649,050; 5,701,390; 5,715,365; 5,754,974; 5,826,222; 5,870,405; 6,161,089; and 6,199,037 B1.
DVSI claims certain rights, including patent rights under aforementioned U.S. patents, and under
other U.S. and foreign patents and patents pending. Any use of this software or technology
requires a separate written license from DVSI.

CREDITS

Harris, Enhanced Digital Access Communication System (EDACS), and OpenSky are registered
trademarks of Harris Corporation.
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) and 1-800-8-BATTERY are registered
trademarks of Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation.
Advanced Multi-Band Excitation (AMBE) is a registered trademark and Improved Multiband
Excitation (IMBE), AMBE+, and AMBE+2 are trademarks of Digital Voice Systems, Inc.
All other product and brand names are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of
their respective holders.

Information and descriptions contained herein are the property of Harris Corporation RF
Communications Division. Such information and descriptions may not be copied or reproduced
by any means, or disseminated or distributed without the express prior written permission of
Harris Corporation RF Communications Division, 221 Jefferson Ridge Parkway, Lynchburg, VA

24501.
This product conforms to the European Union Waste from Electric and Electronic

Equipment (WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC. Do not dispose of this product in a public
landfill. This product should be taken to a recycling center at the end of its life.

The voice coding technology embodied in this product is protected by intellectual property rights
including patent rights, copyrights, and trade secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc. The user of
this technology is explicitly prohibited from attempting to decompile, reverse engineer, or
disassemble the Object Code, or in any other way convert the Object Code into human-readable
form.

Repairs to this equipment should be made only by an authorized service technician or facility
designated by the supplier. Any repairs, alterations, or substitution of recommended parts made
by the user to this equipment not approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to
operate the equipment in addition to the manufacturer’s warranty.

This manual is published by Harris Corporation, without any warranty. Improvements and
changes to this manual necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information,
or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Harris Corporation, at any
time and without notice. Such changes will be incorporated into new editions of this manual. No
part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or
mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose, without the express written
permission of Harris Corporation.

NOTICE

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Copyright © 2009 Harris Corporation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

SAFETY SYMBOL CONVENTIONS..............................................4

1

2 SAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION............................................5

2.1 RF EXPOSURE GUIDELINES......................................................6

2.2 ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE ...................................7

3 GENERAL SAFETY GUIDELINES.................................................7

4 OPERATION.....................................................................................9

5 OPTIONS AND ACCESSORIES....................................................10

6 BATTERY PACKS .........................................................................11

6.1 CONDITIONING LI-ION BATTERY PACKS ...........................11

6.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.................................................11

6.3 BATTERY DISPOSAL................................................................11

7 IMMERSIBLE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE..........................12

8 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE..........................................................13

9 WARRANTY................................................................................... 13

Harris Corporation RF Communications Division continually evaluates its technical publications
for completeness, technical accuracy, and organization. You can assist in this process by
submitting your comments and suggestions to the following:

Harris Corporation
RF Communications Division or fax your comments to: 1-434-455-6851

Technical Publications
221 Jefferson Ridge Parkway or e-mail us at: [e-mail]

Lynchburg, VA 24501

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1 SAFETY SYMBOL CONVENTIONS

The following conventions are used to alert the user to general safety
precautions that must be observed during all phases of operation, service, and
repair of this product. Failure to comply with these precautions or with
specific warnings elsewhere violates safety standards of design, manufacture,
and intended use of the product. Harris Corporation RF Communications
Division assumes no liability for the customer's failure to comply with these
standards.

The WARNING symbol calls attention to a procedure,
practice, or the like, which, if not correctly performed or
adhered to, could result in personal injury. Do not proceed
beyond a WARNING symbol until the conditions identified are
fully understood or met.

The CAUTION symbol calls attention to an operating
procedure, practice, or the like, which, if not performed
correctly or adhered to, could result in a risk of danger, damage

CAUTION

to the equipment, or severely degrade the equipment
performance.

The NOTE symbol calls attention to supplemental information,
which may improve system performance or clarify a process or
procedure.

The ESD symbol calls attention to procedures, practices, or the
like, which could expose equipment to the effects of Electro­Static Discharge. Proper precautions must be taken to prevent
ESD when handling circuit modules.

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2 SAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION

Harris Corporation RF Communications Division Unity™ XG­100P portable radio generates RF electromagnetic energy
during transmit mode. This radio is designed for and classified
as “Occupational Use Only,” meaning it must be used only
during the course of employment by individuals aware of the
hazards and the ways to minimize such hazards. This radio is
NOT intended for use by the “General Population” in an
uncontrolled environment.

The Unity™ XG-100P portable radio has been tested and complies with the
Federal Communications Commission FCC Radio Frequency (RF) exposure
limits for “Occupational Use Only.” In addition, this radio complies with the
following Standards and Guidelines with regard to RF energy and
electromagnetic energy levels and evaluation of such levels for exposure to
humans:

 FCC Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) Bulletin 65 Edition

97-01 Supplement C, Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for
Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields.

 American National Standards Institute (C95.1 – 1992), Institute of

Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE) Standard for Safety Levels
with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic
Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz.

 American National Standards Institute (C95.3 – 1992), IEEE

Recommended Practice for the Measurement of Potentially Hazardous
Electromagnetic Fields – RF and Microwave.

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