Audio and Video Products

Ensure the Quality and Safety of Audio/Video Products

To be successful on the worldwide market, you need to show that your audio/video products are both safe and high quality.

TÜV Rheinland provides support – from development through production – for marketing audio/video products around the world by providing a high degree of safety and quality tests that are absolutely essential. We also provide services for internationally recognized product safety test marks.

Benefits at a Glance

With audio/video product testing services from TÜV Rheinland, you can be sure of:

  • International market access
  • Compliance to domestic and international standards and regulations
  • Ensured quality and safety of your product with a third-party test mark
  • Conformance to mandatory requirements worldwide
  • A lead against the competition with a neutral audit seal
  • Reduced risk of company liability with documented safety standards
  • Fast audit times and our long-standing experience
  • TÜV Rheinland’s exclusive, one-stop service

Our Services for Audio Video Products

We offer you tests in the form of single product tests with the possibility of a quality certification or comparative test. The following quality characteristics of your audio and video products are examined by us:

  • Image and audio quality, ergonomics (ISO 15008, ISO 9241, ISO 13406-2, ISO 7779, EN 50332, ITU-R etc.)
  • Safety
  • Electromagnetic compatibility Environment (Chemicals Ordinance, Electricity-saving Ordinance, Energy-saving, Recycling, WEEE)
  • Harmful substances tests (ROHS)

Transition periods of commonly applied European Audio/Video Equipment standards:

Standard Last Date for Evaluation Last Date for Production Successor
EN 60065:1993 + A11 August 1, 2002 August 1, 2002 EN 60065:1998
EN 60065:1998 EN 60065:1998 March 1, 2007 EN 60065:2002
EN 60065:2002 December 1, 2008 December 1, 2008 EN 60065:2002 + A1
EN 60065:2002 + A1 July 1, 2010 July 1, 2010 EN 60065:2002 + A1+ A11
EN 60065:2002 + A1 2006 + A11 Date not published EN 60065:2002 + A1+ A11+ prA2

Basic Procedure

TÜV Rheinland’s simple and easy approach to audio/video product testing is as follows:

  • TÜV Rheinland provides a quote based on customer requirement
  • Customer provides product for testing
  • TÜV Rheinland tests and provides certification based on the test result

Related Services from TÜV Rheinland

If you’re interested in TÜV Rheinland’s audio-video product testing services, you may also be interested in these services:

  • TÜV GS mark
  • U.S. and Canada cTUVus
  • CB scheme
  • Product safety test marks (Bauart Mark, T-Mark)

Products Covered

Our services cover the following products:

  • Digital cameras
  • DVD and CD blanks
  • Projectors and beamers
  • Televisions
  • Camera monitor devices
  • Head phones
  • Loudspeakers
  • Portable audio equipment