NEC MultiSync LCD1810X User Manual

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22TCO’99LH-18S01Congratulations! You have just purchased a TCO’99 approved and labeledproduct! Your choice has provided you with a product developed forprofessional use. Your purchase has also contributed to reducing the burdenon the environment and also to the further development of environmentallyadapted electronics products.Why do we have environmentally labelled computers?In many countries, environmental labelling has become an established method for encouraging theadaptation of goods and services to the environment. The main problem, as far as computers andother electronics equipment are concerned, is that environmentally harmful substances are usedboth in the products and during the manufacturing. Since it has not been possible for the majorityof electronics equipment to be recycled in a satisfactory way, most of these potentially damagingsubstances sooner or later enter Nature.There are also other characteristics of a computer, such as energy consumption levels, that areimportant from the viewpoints of both the work (Internal) and natural (external) environments. Sinceall methods of conventional electricity generation have a negative effect on the environment (acidicand climate-influencing emissions, radioactive waste, etc.), it is vital to conserve energy. Electronicsequipment in offices consume an enormous amount of energy since they are often left runningcontinuously.What does labelling involve?This product meets the requirements for the TCO’99 scheme which provides for international andenvironmental labelling of personal computers. The labelling scheme was developed as a joint effortby the TCO (The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees), Svenska Naturskyddsforeningen(The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation) and Statens Energimyndighet (The SwedishNational Energy Administration).The requirements cover a wide range of issues: environment, ergonomics, usability, emission ofelectrical 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 otherthings. The product must be prepared for recycling and the manufacturer is obliged to have anenvironmental plan which must be adhered to in each country where the company implements itsoperational 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 morestages. 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 reductionof electric and magnetic fields, physical and visual ergonomics and good usability.Environmental RequirementsFlame retardantsFlame 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 offlame retardant substances. Most flame retardants contain bromine or chloride and these are relatedto another group of environmental toxins, PCBs, which are suspected to give rise to severe healtheffects, including reproductive damage in fisheating birds and mammals, due to the bio-accumulative* processes. Flame retardants have been found in human blood and researchers fearthat disturbances in foetus development may occur.TCO’99 demand requires that plastic components weighing more than 25 grams must not containflame retardants with organically bound chlorine and bromine. Flame retardants are allowed in theprinted circuit boards since no substitutes are available.CN912A/LCD1810X/78135311 00.3.13, 4:11 PM24