Motorola HT1250, HT1250LS, HT1250LS+, HT1550XLS, HT750, MTX8250, MTX8250LS, MTX850, MTX850LS, MTX9250, MTX950, Portable Radios, Professional Radio 2.2 Repair of FMRC Approved Products

2-2 Intrinsically Safe Radio Information

Modifications can only be made by the original product manufacturer (Motorola) at one of its FM

audited manufacturing facilities.

2.2 Repair of FMRC Approved Products

REPAIRS FOR MOTOROLA PRODUCTS WITH FMRC APPROVAL ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY

OF THE USER.

You should not repair or relabel any Motorola- manufactured communication equipment bearing the

FMRC Approval label (“FMRC Approved Product”) unless you are familiar with the current FMRC

Approval standard for repairs and service (“Class Number 3605”). Repair s and service to be done

FM audited locations.

The following are key definitions, from the FMRC’ s Approval Standard Class Number 3605, 1994.

A repair constitutes something done internally to the unit that would bring it back to its original

condition-Approved by FMRC. A repair should be done in an FMRC audited facility. Items not

considered as rep air s are those in which an actio n is performed on a u nit which does not requ ire the

outer casing of the unit to be opened in a manner which exposes the internal electrical. You do not

have to be an FMRC audited Repair Facility to perform these actions.

The repair facility shall have a method by which the replacement of FMRC Approval labels are

controlled to ensure that any relabeling is limited to units that were originally shipped from the

Manufacturer with an FM Appr oval label in place. FMRC Ap pr oval labe ls sh all not be stocked by the

repair facility. An FMRC Approval label shall be ordered from the original manufacturer, as needed,

to repair a specific unit. Replacement labels may be obtained and applied by the repair facility,

provided there is satisfactory evidence that the unit being relabeled was originally an FMRC

Approved unit. Verification may include, but is not limited to: a unit with a damaged Approval label, a

unit with a defective housing d isplaying an Approval label, or a customer invoice indicating th e serial

number of the unit and purchase of an FMRC Approved model.

• Failure to use an FMRC Approved portable radio unit with an

FMRC Approved battery or FMRC Approved accessories

specifically Agency approved for that product may result in the

dangerously unsafe condition of an unapproved radio

combination being used in a hazardous location.

• Unauthorized or incorrect modification of an FMRC Approved

Product unit will negate the Approval rating of the product.

• Incorrect repair or relabeling of any FMRC Approved Product unit

could adversely affect the Approval rating of the unit.

• Use of a radio that is not intrinsically safe in a hazardous

atmosphere could result in serious injury or death.

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