User's Manual

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

Specific absorption rate data

THIS WIRELESS DEVICE MODEL MEETS GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES WHEN

USED AS DIRECTED IN THIS SECTION.

The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the

emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the

U.S. Government, Industry Canada of the Canadian Government (IC), and recommended by The Council of the European

Union when used as directed in the previous section. These limits are part of comprehensive guidelines and establish

permitted levels of RF energy for the general population. The guidelines are based on standards that were developed by

independent scientific organizations through periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies.

The exposure standard for wireless devices employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or

SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC/IC is 1.6W/kg*. The SAR limit recommended by The Council of the European Union is

2.0W/kg**. Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions specified by the FCC/IC with the device