ANNEX I U.K. Ecodesign requirements

1. One year after this Regulation has come into force, SSTBs placed on the market shall not exceed the following power consumption limits; SSTBs with an integrated hard disk and/or second tuner are exempt from that requirement: U.K.

	Standby mode	Active mode
Simple STB	1,0 W	5,0 W
Allowance for display function in standby	1,0 W	—
Allowance for decoding HD signals	—	3,0 W

2. Three years after this Regulation has come into force SSTBs, placed on the market shall not exceed the following power consumption limits: U.K.

	Standby mode	Active mode
Simple STB	0,5 W	5,0 W
Allowance for display function in standby	0,5 W	—
Allowance for hard disk	—	6,0 W
Allowance for second tuner	—	1,0 W
Allowance for decoding HD signals	—	1,0 W

3. Availability of standby mode U.K.

One year after this Regulation has come into force, SSTBs shall provide standby mode.

4. Automatic power-down U.K.

One year after this implementing measure has come into force, SSTBs shall be equipped with an ‘automatic power-down’ or similar function with the following characteristics:

• the SSTB shall be automatically switched from active mode into standby after less than three hours in active mode following the last user interaction and/or a channel change with an alert message two minutes before going into standby mode.

• the ‘automatic power-down’ function shall be set as default.

5. Measurements U.K.

The power consumption referred to in Points 1 and 2 shall be established by a reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement procedure, which takes into account the generally recognised state of the art.

Measurements of power of 0,50 W or greater shall be made with an uncertainty of less than or equal to 2 % at the 95 % confidence level. Measurements of power of less than 0,50 W shall be made with an uncertainty of less than or equal to 0,01 W at the 95 % confidence level.

6. Information to be provided by the manufacturers for the purposes of conformity assessment U.K.

For the purposes of conformity assessment pursuant to Article 5, the technical documentation shall contain the following elements:

(a)

For standby and active modes

• The power consumption data in Watts rounded to the second decimal place including consumption data for the different additional functions and/or components

• The measurement method used

• Period of measurement

• Description of how the appliance mode was selected or programmed

• Sequence of events to reach the mode where the equipment automatically changes modes

• Any notes regarding the operation of the equipment

(b)

Test parameters for measurements

• Ambient temperature

• Test voltage in V and frequency in Hz

• Total harmonic distortion of the electricity supply system

• The fluctuation of the power supply voltage during the tests

• Information and documentation on the instrumentation, set-up and circuits used for electrical testing

• Input signals in RF (for digital terrestrial broadcasts) or IF (for satellite broadcasts)

• Audio/video test signals as described in the MPEG-2 transport stream

• Adjustment of controls

The power requirements of peripheral devices powered by the STB for broadcast reception, such as active terrestrial antenna, satellite LNB or any cable or telecom modem are not required to be included in the technical documentation.

7. Information to be provided by the manufacturers for the purposes of consumer information U.K.

Manufacturers shall ensure that consumers of SSTBs are provided with the power consumption in Watts rounded to the first decimal place of standby and active modes of the SSTB.