FCC and Industry Canada Compliance
This section describes the requirements for compliance with Federal Communications Com-
mission (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 cus-
tomer support at 1-800-835-7656 for information on service and repairs. The telephone com-
pany can ask you to disconnect the equipment from the network until the problem 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 Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a com-
mercial 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 required to correct the interfer-
ence in the user’s expense.
FCC Rules, Part 68
1. FCC Part 68 Certification
The Siemens optiPoint 500 telephone is certified with FCC under Part 68 as a component
device for connection behind FCC Part 68 certified Siemens PBX systems. In order for the
FCC certification 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 certification of the assembled equip-
ment prior to connection to the telephone network. Part 68 certification requires Siemens
to maintain this approval and as such are responsible for the following:
– Any component added to the Siemens optiPoint 500 telephone, whether it bears com-
ponent certification or not, will require a Part 68 compliance evaluation. Siemens may
need to test and make a modification filing to the FCC before that new component 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 Subpart D of the FCC Part 68 rules during the life-time
of the product.
If at any time the ownership of Siemens optiPoint 500 telephone is transferred to someone
else (whether independently or as part of a system), please supply this manual to the new
owner.
