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Code · CFR · Title 16 — Commercial Practices · Part 432 — Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment Products · § 432.1

§ 432.1. Scope.

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(a)Except as provided in paragraph
(b)of this section, this part shall apply whenever any power output (in watts or otherwise), power band or power frequency response, or distortion capability or characteristic is represented, either expressly or by implication, in connection with the advertising, sale, or offering for sale, in commerce as "commerce" is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act, of sound power amplification equipment manufactured or sold for home entertainment purposes, such as for example, radios, record and tape players, radio-phonograph and/or tape combinations, component audio amplifiers, self-powered speakers for computers, multimedia systems and sound systems, and the like.
(b)Representations shall be exempt from this part if all representations of performance characteristics referred to in paragraph
(a)of this section clearly and conspicuously disclose a manufacturer's rated power output and that rated output does not exceed two
(2)watts (per channel or total).
(c)It is an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of section 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)(1)) to violate any applicable provision of this part. \[39 FR 15387, May 3, 1974, as amended at 63 FR 37235, July 9, 1998\]
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