Mitsubishi diamond pro 710 User Manual

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Congraturations!  You have just purchased a TCO ‘95
approved and labelled product!  Your choice has provided
you with a product developed for professional use.  Your
purchase has also contributed to reducing the burden on the
environment and to the further development of environmen-
tally-adapted electronic products.

In many countries, environmental labelling has become an
established method for encouraging the adaptation of goods
and services to the enviroment.  The main problem as far as
computers and other electronic equipment are concerned is
that environmentally harmful substances are used both in
the products and during their manufacture.  Since it has not
been possible so far for the majority of electronic equipment
to be recycled in a satisfactory way, most of these potentially
damaging substances sooner or later enter Nature.

There are also other characteristics of a computer, such as
energy consumption levels, that are important from both are
working and natural environment viewpoints.  Since all types
of conventional electricity generation have a negative effect
on the environment (acidic and climate-influencing emis-
sions, radioactive waste, etc.), it is vital to conserve energy.
Electronic equipment in offices consumes an enormous
amount of energy, since it is often routinely left running
continuously.

This product meets the requirements for the TCO ‘95 scheme,
which provides for international environmental labelling of
personal computers.  The labellling scheme was developed
as a joint effort by the TCO (The Swedish Confederation of
Nature Conservation) and NUTEK (The National Board for
Industrial and Technical Development in Sweden).

The requirements cover a wide range of issues:  environ-
ment, ergonomics, usability, emission of electrical and mag-
netic fields, energy consumption and electrical and fire
safety.

The environmental demands concern among other things
restrictions on the presence and use of heavy metals,
brominated and chlorinated flame retardants, CFCs (freons),
and chlorinated solvents.  The product must be prepared for
recycling and the manufacturer is obliged to have an environ-
mental plan, which must be adhered to in each country
where the company implements its operational policy.

The energy requirements include a demand that the com-
puter and / or display after a certain period of inactivity shall
reduce its power  consumption to a lower level, in one or
more stages.  The length of time to reactivate the computer
shall be reasonable for the user.

Labelled products must meet strict environmental demands,
for example in respect of the reduction of electric and
magnetic fields, along with physical and visual ergonomics
and good usability.

In and after the middle of this page, you will find a brief
summary of the environmental requirements met by this
product.  The complete environmental criteria document
may be ordered from:
TCO Development Unit
S-114 94 Stockholm
Sweden
Fax:  +46 8 782 92 07
E-mail (Internet):  development @tco.se
Current information regarding TCO’95 approved and la-
belled products may also be obtained via the Internet, using
the address:
http//www.tco-info.com/
TCO’95 is a co-operative project between

Brominated flame retardants are present in printed circuit
boards, cabling, casings and housings, and are added to
delay the spread of fire.  Up to 30% of the plastic in a
computer casing can consist of flame-retardant substances.
These are related to another group of environmental toxins,
PCB, and are suspected of giving rise to similar harm,
including reproductive damage in fish-eating birds and mam-
mals.  Flame retardants have been found in human blood
and researchers fear that they can disturb foetus develop-
ment.
Bio-accumulative* TCO’95 demands require that plastic
components weighing more than 25 grammes must not
contain frame retardants with organically bound chlorine or
bromine.

can be found is picture tubes, display screen, solder and
capacitors.  Lead damages the nervous system and in higher
doses, causes lead poisoning.
The relevant bio-accumulative* TCO’95 requirement per-
mits the inclusion of lead, as no replacement has yet been
developed.

is present in rechargeable batteries and in the colour-gener-
ating layers of certain computer displays.  Cadmium dam-
ages the nervous system and is toxic in high doses.
The relevant bio-accumulative *TCO’95 requirement states
that batteries may not contain more than 25 ppm (parts per
million) of cadmium.  The colour-generating layers of display
screens must not contain any cadmium.

Is sometimes found in batteries, relays and switches.  Mer-
cury damages the nervous system and is toxic in high doses.
The relevant bio-accumulative*TCO’95 requirement states
that batteries may no contain more than 25 ppm (part per
million) of mercury.

demands require that no mercury is present in any of the
electrical or electronic components concerned with the dis-
play unit.

 (freons)  are sometimes used for washing printed

circuit boards and in the manufacture of expanded foam for
packaging.  CFCs break down ozone and thereby damage
the ozone layer in the stratosphere, causing increased
reception on Earth of ultra-violet light with consequent in-
creased risks of skin cancer (malignant melanoma).
The relevant TCO’95 requirement:  Neither CFCs nor HCFCs
may be used during manufacture of the product or its
packaging.

Bio-accumulative is defined as substances which accumu-
late within living organisms.