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6. Regulatory Infomation
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 Certified Edge
(298P4QJEB,298P4QAJEB)
Congratulations,
Your display is designed for both
you and the planet!
The display you have just purchased carries the
TCO Certified Edge label. This ensures that
your display is designed, manufactured and
tested according to some of the 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.
This display is awarded the TCO Certified
cutting edge mark to signify it incorporates
a new cutting edge innovation that delivers
distinct benefits for the user and reduced impact
on the 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:
•
Good visual ergonomics and image quality
is tested to ensure top performance and
reduce sight and strain problems. Important
parameters are luminance, contrast,
resolution, black level, gamma curve, color
and luminance uniformity, color rendition
and image stability
•
Product have been tested according to
rigorous safety standards at an impartial
laboratory
•
Electric and magnetic fields emissions as
low as normal household background levels
•
Low acoustic noise emissions
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
onand 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
User mode is used for TCO Certified
compliance.
