Fcc And Industry Canada Compliance - Siemens HIPATH 3000 Operating Instructions Manual

FCC and Industry Canada Compliance

This section describes the requirements for compliance with Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) Rules and Industry Canada CS-03 standard.
FCC Certification and Requirements
The following paragraphs describe requirements and information based on FCC rules.
Service
If you experience problem with the Siemens optiPoint 500 telephone, contact Siemens
customer support at 1-800-835-7656 for information on service and rep airs. The telephone
company can ask you to disconnect the equipment from the network until the p roblem is
corrected or until you are sure that the equipment is not malfunctioning.
FCC Rules, Part 15
The Siemens optiPoint 500 telephone has been tested and complied with the limits for a
class A digital device, pursuant to Par t 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provid e reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operat-
ed in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual,
can cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be re-
quired to correct the interference in the user 's expense.
FCC Rules, Part 68
1. FCC Part 68 Certification
The Siemens optiPoint 50 0 telephone is certified with FCC under Part 68 as a compo-
nent device for connection b ehind FCC Part 68 certified Siemens PBX systems. In or-
d er for the FCC cer tification of the Siemens optiPoint 500 telephone to be retained, all
other products used in conjunction with the Siemens optiPoint 500 telephone must
also be FCC Part 68 certified for use with the front-end terminal equipment. If any of
these components are not certified, Siemens is required to obtain FCC Part 68 certifi-
cation of the assembled equipment prior to connection to the telephone network. Par t
68 certification requires Siemens to maintain this approval and as such are responsib le
for the following:
– Any component added to the Siemens optiPoint 50 0 telephone, whether it bears
component certification or not, will require a Par t 68 compliance evaluation. Siemens
may need to test and make a modification filing to the FCC before that new compo-
nent can be used;
– Any modification/update made to the Siemens optiPoint 500 telephone will require
a Part 68 compliance evaluation. Siemens may need to test and make a modification
filing to the FCC before that modified component can be used;
– Siemens optiPoint 500 telephone complies with and will continue to comply with all
the applicable rules and regulations in Subpar t D of the FCC Part 68 rules during the
life-time of the product.
FCC and Industry Canada Compliance