[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR15.27]



[Page 768]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 15_RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 15.27  Special accessories.



    (a) Equipment marketed to a consumer must be capable of complying 

with the necessary regulations in the configuration in which the 

equipment is marketed. Where special accessories, such as shielded 

cables and/or special connectors, are required to enable an 

unintentional or intentional radiator to comply with the emission limits 

in this part, the equipment must be marketed with, i.e., shipped and 

sold with, those special accessories. However, in lieu of shipping or 

packaging the special accessories with the unintentional or intentional 

radiator, the responsible party may employ other methods of ensuring 

that the special accessories are provided to the consumer, without 

additional charge, at the time of purchase. Information detailing any 

alternative method used to supply the special accessories shall be 

included in the application for a grant of equipment authorization or 

retained in the verification records, as appropriate. The party 

responsible for the equipment, as detailed in Sec. 2.909 of this 

chapter, shall ensure that these special accessories are provided with 

the equipment. The instruction manual for such devices shall include 

appropriate instructions on the first page of the text concerned with 

the installation of the device that these special accessories must be 

used with the device. It is the responsibility of the user to use the 

needed special accessories supplied with the equipment. In cases where 

the manual is provided only in a form other than paper, such as on a 

computer disk or over the Internet, the information required by this 

section may be included in the manual in that alternative form, provided 

the user can reasonably be expected to have the capability to access 

information in that form.

    (b) If a device requiring special accessories is installed by or 

under the supervision of the party marketing the device, it is the 

responsibility of that party to install the equipment using the special 

accessories. For equipment requiring professional installation, it is 

not necessary for the responsible party to market the special 

accessories with the equipment. However, the need to use the special 

accessories must be detailed in the instruction manual, and it is the 

responsibility of the installer to provide and to install the required 

accessories.

    (c) Accessory items that can be readily obtained from multiple 

retail outlets are not considered to be special accessories and are not 

required to be marketed with the equipment. The manual included with the 

equipment must specify what additional components or accessories are 

required to be used in order to ensure compliance with this part, and it 

is the responsibility of the user to provide and use those components 

and accessories.

    (d) The resulting system, including any accessories or components 

marketed with the equipment, must comply with the regulations.



[54 FR 17714, Apr. 25, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 68545, Dec. 9, 2003]