EU Safety Gate · Report-2016-051
COWON · PLENUE
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.
- Published
- 23 December 2016
- Notifying authority
- France
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 13/10/2016 · Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor. Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users. Date of entry into force: 13/10/2016
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/1686/16
- Model
- D; 32 GB
- Batch
- P016018001487 (series No) / EAN 880929018951 (gold colour), 880929018968 (silver colour) Products sold before November 2016
Classification
- Category
- Communication and media equipment
- Risk type
- Damage to hearing
- Country of origin
- Republic of Korea
Product description
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.