Kramer Electronics PT-572HDCP+ - Manual (Page 6)

PT-571HDCP/PT-572HDCP+ - Getting Started 3
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2.3 Recycling Kramer Products
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC
aims to reduce the amount of WEEE sent for disposal to landfill or incineration by
requiring it to be collected and recycled. To comply with the WEEE Directive,
Kramer Electronics has made arrangements with the European Advanced
Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and
recovery of waste Kramer Electronics branded equipment on arrival at the EARN
facility. For details of Kramer’s recycling arrangements in your particular country
go to our recycling pages at http://www.kramerelectronics.com/support/recycling/ .
2.4 Accessory to Medical Equipment (IEC 60601-1-2)
In the modern medical environment remote access is essential, for example, to
transfer clinical data between doctors and to train to medical students. The
PT-571HDCP/PT-572HDCP+ pair is certified according to the IEC 60601-1-2,
Clause 2.1.3, Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1: General Requirements for
EMC standard which is required when accessory devices are used at locations
where medical personnel and patients are present.
The PT-571HDCP/PT-572HDCP+ pair constitutes an optional component that can
be considered necessary and suitable as part of medical equipment or for use as
part of a medical system to provide real time simultaneous video feeds to those
present at the local medical environment and at remote locations. In this
environment, the PT-571HDCP/PT-572HDCP+ can be added to the system ONLY
if the connecting equipment has been evaluated and meets the IEC 60601-1-2
EMC standards. Note, that when attaching accessory devices to a digital or
analog interface, they must comply with the IEC standard for which they are used:
EMC Standard (IEC 60601-1-2), Information Technology equipment (IEC 60950-1
(2ed)).