§ 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 § 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]

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