Sony SDM-S51R Manual

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TCO’95 Eco-document (for the 
black model)
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Conglatulations!
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 also, to the further development of environmentally 
adapted electronics products.
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Why do we have environmentally labelled comput-
ers?
In many countries, environmental labelling has become an established 
method for encouraging the adaptation of goods and services to the 
environment. The main problem, as far as computers and other electronics 
equipment are concerned, is that environmentally harmful substances are 
used both in the products and during the manufacturing. Since it has not 
been possible for the majority of electronics 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 the viewpoints of both the 
work (internal) and natural (external) environments. Since all methods of 
conventional electricity generation have a negative effect on the 
environment (acidic and climate-influencing emissions, radioactive 
waste, etc.), it is vital to conserve energy. Electronics equipment in offices 
consume an enormous amount of energy since they are often left running 
continuously.
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What does labelling involve?
This product meets the requirements for the TCO’95 scheme which 
provides for international and environmental labelling of personal 
computers. The labelling scheme was developed as a joint effort by the 
TCO (The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees), 
Naturskyddsforeningen (The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation) 
and NUTEK (The National Board for Industrial and Technical 
Development in Sweden).
The requirements cover a wide range of issues: environment, ergonomics, 
usability, emission of electrical and magnetic fields, energy consumption 
and electrical and fire safety.
The environmental demands concern restrictions on the presence and use 
of heavy metals, brominated and chlorinated flame retardants, CFCs 
(freons) and chlorinated solvents, among other things. The product must 
be prepared for recycling and the manufacturer is obliged to have an 
environmental plan which must be adhered to in each country where the 
company implements its operational policy.
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.
On 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
Email (Internet): development@tco.se
Current information regarding TCO’95 approved and labelled 
products may also be obtained via the Internet, using the address:
http://www.tco-info.com/
TCO’95 is a co-operative project between TCO (The Swedish 
Confederation of Professional Employees), Naturskyddsforeningen 
(The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation) and NUTEK (The 
National Board for Industrial and Technical Development in Sweden).
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Environmental Requirements
Brominated flame retardants
Brominated flame retardants are present in printed circuit boards, cables, 
wires, casings and housings. In turn, they delay the spread of fire. Up to 
thirty percent of the plastic in a computer casing can consist of flame 
retardant substances. These are related to another group of environmental 
toxins, PCBs, which are suspected to give rise to similar harm, including 
reproductive damage in fisheating 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.
TCO’95 demand requires that plastic components weighing more than 25 
grams must not contain organically bound chlorine and bromine.
Lead
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Lead can be found in picture tubes, display screens, solders and 
capacitors. Lead damages the nervous system and in higher doses, causes 
lead poisoning. 
TCO’95 requirement permits the inclusion of lead since no replacement 
has yet been developed.
Cadmium
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Cadmium is present in rechargeable batteries and in the colourgenerating 
layers of certain computer displays. Cadmium damages the nervous 
system and is toxic in high doses.
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.
Mercury
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Mercury is sometimes found in batteries, relays and switches. Mercury 
damages the nervous system and is toxic in high doses. 
TCO’95 requirement states that batteries may not contain more than 25 
ppm (parts per million) of mercury. It also demands that no mercury is 
present in any of the electrical or electronics components concerned with 
the display unit.
CFCs (freons)
CFCs (freons) are sometimes used for washing printed circuit boards and 
in the manufacturing of expanded foam for packaging. CFCs break down 
ozone and thereby damage the ozone layer in the stratosphere, causing 
increased reception on Earth of ultraviolet light with consequent increased 
risks of skin cancer (malignant melanoma).
The relevant TCO’95 requirement: Neither CFCs nor HCFCs may be used 
during the manufacturing of the product or its packaging.
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Bio-accumulative is defined as substances which accumulate within 
living organisms
** Lead, Cadmium and Mercury are heavy metals which are Bio-
accumulative.