Sony CPD-E230: Appendix

Appendix

Preset mode timing table

No. Resolution

Horizontal

Vertical

Graphics

(dots × lines)

Frequency

Frequency

Mode

1640 × 480 31.5 kHz 60 Hz VGA-G

2640 × 480 43.3 kHz 85 Hz VESA

3720 × 400 31.5 kHz 70 Hz VGA-Text

4800 × 600 53.7 kHz 85 Hz VESA

5832 × 624 49.7 kHz 75 Hz Macintosh 16"

Color

6 1024 × 768 60.0 kHz 75 Hz VESA

7 1024 × 768 68.7 kHz 85 Hz VESA

8 1280 × 1024 80.0 kHz 75 Hz VESA

If the input signal does not match one of the factory preset modes

above, the Generalized Timing Formula feature of this monitor

will automatically provide an optimal image for the screen as long

as the signal is GTF compliant.

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Below you will find a brief summary of the environmental

TCO’99 Eco-document

requirements met by this product. The complete environmental

criteria document may be ordered from:

TCO Development

SE-114 94 Stockholm, Sweden

Fax: +46 8 782 92 07

Email (Internet): development@tco.se

Current information regarding TCO’99 approved and labelled

products may also be obtained via the Internet, using the

address: http://www.tco-info.com/

x Environmental requirements

Flame retardants

x Congratulations!

Flame retardants are present in printed circuit boards, cables,

You have just purchased a TCO’99 approved and labelled

wires, casings and housings. Their purpose is to prevent, or at

product! Your choice has provided you with a product developed

least to delay the spread of fire. Up to 30% of the plastic in a

for professional use. Your purchase has also contributed to

computer casing can consist of flame retardant substances. Most

reducing the burden on the environment and also to the further

flame retardants contain bromine or chloride, and those flame

development of environmentally adapted electronics products.

retardants are chemically related to another group of

environmental toxins, PCBs. Both the flame retardants containing

x Why do we have environmentally labelled

bromine or chloride and the PCBs are suspected of giving rise to

computers?

severe health effects, including reproductive damage in fish-

In many countries, environmental labelling has become an

eating birds and mammals, due to the bio-accumulative*

established method for encouraging the adaptation of goods and

processes. Flame retardants have been found in human blood and

services to the environment. The main problem, as far as

researchers fear that disturbances in foetus development may

computers and other electronics equipment are concerned, is that

occur.

environmentally harmful substances are used both in the products

and during their manufacture. Since it is not so far possible to

The relevant TCO’99 demand requires that plastic components

satisfactorily recycle the majority of electronics equipment, most

weighing more than 25 grams must not contain flame retardants

of these potentially damaging substances sooner or later enter

with organically bound bromine or chlorine. Flame retardants are

nature.

allowed in the printed circuit boards since no substitutes are

available.

There are also other characteristics of a computer, such as energy

consumption levels, that are important from the viewpoints of

Cadmium**

both the work (internal) and natural (external) environments.

Cadmium is present in rechargeable batteries and in the colour-

Since all methods of electricity generation have a negative effect

generating layers of certain computer displays. Cadmium

on the environment (e.g. acidic and climate-influencing

damages the nervous system and is toxic in high doses. The

emissions, radioactive waste), it is vital to save energy.

relevant TCO’99 requirement states that batteries, the colour-

Electronics equipment in offices is often left running

generating layers of display screens and the electrical or

continuously and thereby consumes a lot of energy.

electronics components must not contain any cadmium.

x What does labelling involve?

Mercury**

This product meets the requirements for the TCO’99 scheme

Mercury is sometimes found in batteries, relays and switches. It

which provides for international and environmental labelling of

damages the nervous system and is toxic in high doses. The

personal computers. The labelling scheme was developed as a

relevant TCO’99 requirement states that batteries may not contain

joint effort by the TCO (The Swedish Confederation of

any mercury. It also demands that mercury is not present in any of

Professional Employees), Svenska Naturskyddsforeningen (The

the electrical or electronics components associated with the

Swedish Society for Nature Conservation) and Statens

labelled unit.

Energimyndighet (The Swedish National Energy

CFCs (freons)

Administration).

The relevant TCO’99 requirement states that neither CFCs nor

Approval requirements cover a wide range of issues:

HCFCs may be used during the manufacture and assembly of the

environment, ergonomics, usability, emission of electric and

product. CFCs (freons) are sometimes used for washing printed

magnetic fields, energy consumption and electrical and fire

circuit boards. CFCs break down ozone and thereby damage the

safety.

ozone layer in the stratosphere, causing increased reception on

The environmental demands impose restrictions on the presence

earth of ultraviolet light with e.g. increased risks of skin cancer

and use of heavy metals, brominated and chlorinated flame

(malignant melanoma) as a consequence.

retardants, CFCs (freons) and chlorinated solvents, among other

Lead**

things. The product must be prepared for recycling and the

Lead can be found in picture tubes, display screens, solders and

manufacturer is obliged to have an environmental policy which

capacitors. Lead damages the nervous system and in higher doses,

must be adhered to in each country where the company

causes lead poisoning. The relevant TCO’99 requirement permits

implements its operational policy.

the inclusion of lead since no replacement has yet been developed.

The energy requirements include a demand that the computer and/

* Bio-accumulative is defined as substances which accumulate

or display, after a certain period of inactivity, shall reduce its

power consumption to a lower level in one or more stages. The

within living organisms.

length of time to reactivate the computer shall be reasonable for

** Lead, Cadmium and Mercury are heavy metals which are Bio-

the user.

accumulative.

Labelled products must meet strict environmental demands, for

example, in respect of the reduction of electric and magnetic

fields, physical and visual ergonomics and good usability.

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