User's Manual

What does labeling involve?
This product meets the requirements for the TCO’95 or TCO’99 scheme which provides for
international and environmental labeling of personal computers. The labeling scheme was developed
as a joint effort by the TCO (The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees), Svenska
Naturskyddsforeningen (The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation) and Statens Energimyndighet
(The Swedish National Energy Administration)
Approval requirements cover a wide range of issues: environment, ergonomics, emission of electric
and magnetic fields, energy consumption and electrical safety.
Environmental criteria impose restrictions on the presence and use of heavy metals, brominated and
chlorinated flame retardants, CFCs (freons) and chlorinated solvents, and other materials . The product
must be prepared for recycling and the manufacturer is obliged to have an environmental policy which
must be adhered to in each country where the company implements its operational policy.
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.
Labeled products must meet strict environmental demands, for example, in respect of the reduction of
electric and magnetic fields as well as physical and visual ergonomics.
Below 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
SE-114 94 STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Fax: [phone]
E-mail (Internet): [e-mail]
Current information regarding TCO’99 approved and labeled products may also be obtained via the
Internet, using the address: http://www.tcodevelopment.com/
Environmental requirements
Flame retardants
Flame retardants are present in printed circuit boards, cables, wires, casings and housings. Their
purpose is to prevent, or at least to delay the spread of fire. Up to 30% of the plastic in a computer
casing can consist of flame retardant substances. Most flame retardants contain bromine or chlorine,
and those flame retardants are chemically related to PCBs. Both the flame retardants containing
bromine or chlorine and the PCBs are suspected of giving rise to health effects, including reproductive
damage in fish-eating birds and mammals, due to the bio-accumulative* processes when not disposed
of in accordance with strict standards for disposal.
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*Bio-accumulative is defined as substances which accumulate within living organisms.
The relevant TCO’99 demand requires that plastic components weighing more than 25 grams must not
contain flame retardants with organically bound bromine or chlorine. Flame retardants are allowed in
the printed circuit boards since no substitutes are available.
Cadmium**
Cadmium is present in rechargeable batteries and in the colour-generating layers of certain computer
displays.
The relevant TCO’99 requirement states that batteries, the colour-generating layers of display screens
and the electrical or electronics components must not contain any cadmium.