RIM BlackBerry PlayBook tablet - Manual (Page 11)

Compliance information
Exposure to radio frequency signals
When your BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet has an established Wi-Fi® connection, it receives and sends out radio
frequency (RF) signals. Your tablet is designed to comply with Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ministry of
Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), and Industry Canada (IC) guidelines respecting safety levels of RF exposure
for wireless devices, which in turn are consistent with the following safety standards previously set by Canadian, U.S., and
international standards bodies:
• ANSI®/IEEE® C95.1, 1999, American National Standards Institute/Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic
Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz
• National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report 86, 1986, Biological Effects and
Exposure Criteria for Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
• Health Canada, Safety Code 6, 1999, Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields in
the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz
• EN 50360, 2001, Product standard to demonstrate the compliance of mobile phones with the basic restrictions
related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields (300 MHz to 3 GHz)
• International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), 1998, Guidelines for Limiting
Exposure to Time-Varying Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)
• Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), 1999, Council Recommendation of 12 July 1999 on the
limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz)
• MIC, 2001, Article 14-2 of the Ordinance for Regulating Radio Equipment
FCC compliance statement (United States)
FCC Class B Part 15
This tablet complies with Part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rules. The FCC ID for your
BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet is L6ARDJ20WW. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
• This device may not cause harmful interference.
• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
CAUTION: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void
the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
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