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 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of: 
 Implementation  of  Section  304  of  the  Telecommunications  Act  of  1996 


 Commercial  Availability  of  Navigation  Devices 
 Compatibility  Between  Cable  Systems  and  Consumer  Electronics  Equipment 


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 CS  Docket  No.  97-  80 
 PP  Docket  No.  00-  67 


 ERRATUM 
 Released:  October  21,  2003 
 By  the  Chief,  Media  Bureau: 
 The  Second  Report  and  Order  and  Second  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (FCC  03-  225)  released  on  October  9,  2003  (“  Order”),  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding  eliminated  the  Commission’s 
 existing  “Digital  Cable  Ready  1-  2-  3”  labels  for  digital  cable  compatible  television  receivers.  Appendix  B  to  the  Order  did  not  contain  corresponding  rule  changes;  the  appropriate  rule  changes  are  reflected  in 
 Appendix  A  hereto. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Kenneth  Ferree  Chief,  Media  Bureau 
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 APPENDIX  A 
 Part  15  of  the  Code  of  Federal  Regulations  is  amended  as  follows: 
 PART  15  –  RADIO  FREQUENCY  DEVICES 
 1.  The  authority  for  Part  15  continues  to  read  as  follows: 
 AUTHORITY:  47  U.  S.  C.  154,  302,  303,  304,  307,  336,  and  544a. 
 2.  Amend  §15.19(  d)  by  removing  paragraphs  (d)(  1),  (d)(  2),  (d)(  2)(  i),  (d)(  2)(  ii),  (d)(  2)(  iii),  (d)(  3),  and  (d)(  4)  to  read  as  follows: 


 §15.19  Labeling  requirements. 
 *****  (d)  Consumer  electronics  TV  receiving  devices,  including  TV  receivers, 
 videocassette  recorders,  and  similar  devices,  that  incorporate  features  intended  to  be  used  with  cable  television  service,  but  do  not  fully  comply  with  the  technical 
 standards  for  cable  ready  equipment  set  forth  in  §  15.118,  shall  not  be  marketed  with  terminology  that  describes  the  device  as  "cable  ready"  or  "cable 
 compatible,"  or  that  otherwise  conveys  the  impression  that  the  device  is  fully  compatible  with  cable  service.  Factual  statements  about  the  various  features  of  a 
 device  that  are  intended  for  use  with  cable  service  or  the  quality  of  such  features  are  acceptable  so  long  as  such  statements  do  not  imply  that  the  device  is  fully 
 compatible  with  cable  service.  Statements  relating  to  product  features  are  generally  acceptable  where  they  are  limited  to  one  or  more  specific  features  of  a 
 device,  rather  than  the  device  as  a  whole.  This  requirement  applies  to  consumer  TV  receivers,  videocassette  recorders  and  similar  devices  manufactured  or 
 imported  for  sale  in  this  country  on  or  after  October  31,  1994. 
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