Group: A while back I bought a Memorex MD5485 portable CD player (I'm not of the iPod generation). I was surprised to see only FCC Part 15 and FDA markings on the back of the unit. There were no safety markings of any kind.
By contrast, when I look at the underside of my computer's mouse, I see nearly a dozen tiny safety-related markings. This paucity of markings struck me as strange, so I went to Circuit City and looked at the packaging of every portable CD player on the shelves. None (all the common brands included) had any regulatory markings on the packaging - not a single CE mark. I'd appreciate comments on this from the group. Are my expectations for a safety mark in the USA off-base? Does the same product type (maybe even the same model) carry a CE mark in Europe? What are the applicable standards (EN, UL...) for a battery-operated (with external DC connector for a wall-wart) portable CD-player? I look forward to your always interesting comments. Jack Jacob Z. Schanker, P.E., CPEng 65 Crandon Way Rochester, NY 14618 Tel: 585 442 3909 Fax: 585 442 2182 [email protected] - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
