Hello Ian,
Your product will now need to meet the R&TTE Directive. No longer will it be the EMCD and LVD. You'll still need to consider your audio operation during your EMC testing (does my audio still work when I apply EMC tests?), just as you have always done. But now, in addition, you will need to test that the Bluetooth link also continues to work during the EMC tests. The standard to look at there is EN 301 489-17 and it calls up EN 301 489-1. You will need to test the Bluetooth radio performance to an appropriate standard too, such as EN 300 328. EN 300 328, EN 301 489-17 and EN 301 489-1 all come in versions which are harmonised standards, assuming you use the correct version numbers (Vx.x.x, etc.) and you test correctly. (Accredited test lab is not needed, but it might give you confidence) When you have fully applied harmonised standards, you are free to sign your own DoC to the R&TTE Directive and you do not need a Notified Body. For the FCC, you should check in case you are installing a module which is already FCC certified, because the USA does have a modular approvals process. If the Bluetooth module is certified, you can install it with minimal testing effort and no additional radio authorisation. If the Bluetooth is not a module, or it is a module which is not certified, then it will need to be tested and certified. Please let me know if this has given you any answers, or just more questions! Michael. Michael Derby Senior Regulatory Engineer Director ACB Europe Certification Resource for the Wireless Industry Web: <http://www.acbcert.com/> www.acbcert.com e-mail: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Direct phone: (+1) 703 468 1746 (USA area code) Mobile phone: (+44) 7939 880829 (UK area code) Corporate office phone: USA: (+1) 703 847 4700 Corporate office fax: USA: (+1) 703 847 6888 From: McBurney, Ian [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 09 February 2016 08:44 To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] Bluetooth audio product Dear Colleagues. I have an audio product that is Powered over Ethernet, has Bluetooth capability and has various audio inputs and outputs. The product can be used in a residential/consumer environment. I am very familiar with testing audio products without wireless capability but this is the first product I have encountered with Bluetooth that requires EMC and safety testing. I believe that when a product has wireless capability that the EMC testing is more formal. For example; am I required to use a notified body as I assume the RED/RTTE directive will apply? Do I have to register the product with the FCC? Please can someone advise me regarding the process for the EU and FCC compliance. Many thanks in advance, Ian McBurney Design & Compliance Engineer. Allen & Heath Ltd. Kernick Industrial Estate, Penryn, Cornwall. TR10 9LU. UK T: 01326 372070 E: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Allen & Heath Ltd is a registered business in England and Wales, Company number: 4163451. Any views expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily those of the company. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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