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6. Regulatory Information

6 Regulatory Information

Lead-free Product

Lead free display promotes environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste from electrical and electronic equipment.Toxic substances

like Lead has been eliminated and compliance with European community’s stringent RoHs directive mandating restrictions on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment have been adhered to in order to make Philips monitors safe to use throughout its life cycle.

TCO Displays 5.1 Information

Congratulations,

Your display is designed for both you and the planet!

The display you have just

purchased carries the TCO Certified label. This ensures that your display is designed, manufactured and tested according to some ofthe strictest quality and environmental requirements in the world.This makes for a high performance product, designed with the user in focus that also minimizes the impact on the climate and our natural environment.TCO Certified is a third party verified program, where every product model is tested by an accredited impartial test laboratory.TCO Certified represents one of the toughest certifications for displays worldwide.

Some of the Usability features of the TCO Certified for displays:

•Visual ergonomics for good image quality is tested to ensure top performance and reduce sight and strain problems. Important parameters are luminance, contrast, resolution, black level, gamma curve, colour and luminance uniformity and colour rendering

•Products are tested according to rigorous safety standards at impartial laboratories

•Electric and magnetic fields emissions as low as normal household background levels

•Low acoustic noise emissions (when applicable)

Some of the Environmental features of the TCO Certified for displays:

•The brand owner demonstrates corporate social responsibility and has a certified environmental management system (EMAS or ISO 14001)

•Very low energy consumption both in on- and standby mode minimize climate impact

•Restrictions on chlorinated and brominated flame retardants, plasticizers, plastics and heavy metals such as cadmium, mercury and lead (RoHS compliance)

•Both product and product packaging is prepared for recycling

•The brand owner offers take-back options

The requirements can be downloaded from our web site.The requirements included in this label have been developed by TCO Development in co-operation with scientists, experts, users as well as manufacturers all over the world. Since the end of the 1980s TCO has been involved in influencing the development of IT equipment in a more user- friendly direction. Our labeling system started with displays in 1992 and is now requested by users and ITmanufacturers all over the world. About 50% of all displays worldwide are TCO certified.

For more information, please visit

www.tcodevelopment.com