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#221616 - 10/06/2002 17:07 Laser Radiation Warning
maczrool
pooh-bah

Registered: 13/01/2002
Posts: 1649
Loc: Louisiana, USA
I recently saw a review of the Rio Central with a picture of the rear of the unit in Sound and Vision Magazine. In this picture there is a warning under the optical digital output port (appears to be a Toslink connector) stating the presence of laser radiation. Since when do Toslink modules output laser radiation? Certainly it would make little sense to use a more expensive laser diode when an LED based Toslink module would do just fine. Does the actual production unit feature such a warning?

Stu
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#221617 - 10/06/2002 17:21 Re: Laser Radiation Warning [Re: maczrool]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
I don't think we have a production unit with stickers to check against in Cambridge, but are you sure it isn't the statutory warning relating to the CD mech?

Rob

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#221618 - 10/06/2002 19:25 Re: Laser Radiation Warning [Re: rob]
maczrool
pooh-bah

Registered: 13/01/2002
Posts: 1649
Loc: Louisiana, USA
No, it doesn't appear to be related to the CD mech. I'm looking at the picture of the back of the unit right now and there's a label which says "Digital Out" and directly below that is some verbage inside a box that states "Laser Radiation Do Not Stare Into Beam - Class 1 Laser Product" and then below that is the actual digital output. Just doesn't make sense to me.

Stu
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#221619 - 17/06/2002 17:09 Re: Laser Radiation Warning [Re: maczrool]
altman
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/05/1999
Posts: 3457
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
It's a normal LED. Maybe someone in marketing got confused with the warnings you need on CD players and stuff got merged.

Hugo

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