Damage to hearing

Personal music player

COWON
Personal music playerPersonal music playerPersonal music player
Case number
A12/1686/16
Category
Communication and media equipment
Type / Model
D; 32 GB
Batch
P016018001487 (series No) / EAN 880929018951 (gold colour), 880929018968 (silver colour) Products sold before November 2016
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
πŸ‡«πŸ‡· France
Country of origin
πŸ‡°πŸ‡· South Korea
Published
2016-12-23

⚠️ Risk

null The continuous sound pressure level is too high, which may cause permanent hearing damage to the user of the personal music player. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 62368.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 13/10/2016Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end usersDate of entry into force: 13/10/2016

Personal music player (MP3 player) in rectangular block form, mostly black with a gold or silver border. Sold in an up-market cardboard box with foam padding. To note: the company has since performed a software update of the product and all new products sold after November 2016 are compliant.