Philips 201B user manual Regulatory Information, TCO 99 Information

Regulatory Information

Regulatory Information

TCO '99 Information • TCO Environmental Requirements • Energy Star Declaration • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice (U.S. Only) • Commission Federale de la Communication (FCC Declaration) • EN 55022 Compliance (Czech Republic Only) • VCCI Class 2 Notice (Japan Only) • MIC Notice (South Korea Only) • Polish Center for Testing and Certification Notice • North Europe Information • BSMI Notice (Taiwan Only) • Ergonomie Hinweis (nur Deutschland) • Philips End-of-Life Disposal • Information for UK only

Safety Precautions and Maintenance • Troubleshooting • Other Related Information

TCO '99 Information

•TCO '99 : Available on 105S 105B, 107S, 107T, 107B, 107P, 109S, 109B, 109P, 201B, and 201P.

Congratulations! You have just purchased a TCO '99 approved and labeled 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.

Why do we have environmentally labeled computers?

In many countries, environmental labeling 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 their manufacture. Since it is not so far possible to satisfactorily recycle the majority of electronics equipment, 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 electricity generation have a negative effect on the environment (e.g. acidic and

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