CTX PV720 Benutzerhandbuch

PV720 User’s Manual

The energy requirements include a demand that the computer 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, physical and visual

ergonomics and good usability. Below 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

SE-114 94 Stockholm, Sweden

Fax: +46 8 782 92 07

Email (Internet): development@tco.se

Current information regarding TCO'99 approved and labelled products may

also be obtained via the Internet, using the address: http://www.tco-info.com/

Environmental requirements

Flame retardants

Flame retardants are present in printed circuit boards, cables, wires, casings

and housings. There purpose is to prevent, or at least to delay the spread of

fire. Up to 30% of the plastic in a computer casing can consist of flame

retardant substances. Most flame retardants contain bromine or chloride, and

those flame retardants are chemically related to another group of

environmental toxins, PCBs. Both the flame retardants containing bromine or

chloride and the PCBs are suspected of giving rise to severe health effects,

including reproductive damage in fish-eating birds and mammals, due to the

bio-accumulative* processes. Flame retardants have been found in human

blood and researchers fear that disturbances in foetus development may

occur.

The relevant TCO'99 demand requires that plastic components weighing

more than 25 grams must not contain flame retardants with organically bound

bromine or chlorine. Flame retardants are allowed in the printed circuit boards

since no substitutes are available.