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Please contact Jean Baronas of Sony Electronics Inc. by email: jean.baronas@am.sony.com.

February 8, 2008

Sony has developed the following Summary and Detailed Reports of Accessibility Information for select products. We hope that this information will be helpful to U.S. Government purchasers as they make purchasing decisions in light of the requirements of Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act.

The following Summary Report sets forth each of the major categories from the accessibility standards of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (36 CFR Part 1194) and denotes which of these standards we feel is applicable to each Sony product and, in turn, which are supported by features of the Sony product. The Detailed Report delineates each of the specific “Electronic and Information Accessibility Standards” set forth in the Board’s standards / exceptions and explains the specific features or aspects of the Sony Product that support the particular standard or justify the particular exception.

508 Category	Total Standards	Applicable Standards	Supported
Sony Digital Data Storage™ DDS and Advanced Intelligent Tape™ AIT Products Summary Report
General Exceptions (1194.3)	6	1	1
Software Applications and Operating Systems (1194.21)	12	0	N/A (not applicable); see Detailed Report
Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications (1194.22)	16	0	N/A; see Detailed Report
Telecommunications Products (1194.23)	14	0	N/A; see Detailed Report
Video and Multimedia Products (1194.24)	5	0	N/A; see Detailed Report
Self Contained, Closed Products (1194.25)	14	0	N/A; see Detailed Report
Desktop and Portable Computers (1194.26)	4	0	N/A; see Detailed Report
Functional Performance Criteria (1194.31)	6	0	N/A; see Detailed Report
Information, Documentation and Support (1194.41)	3	0	N/A; see Detailed Report
Total	80	1	1

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1194.3 General Exceptions - Sony® Digital Data Storage(tm) DDS and Advanced Intelligent Tape(tm) AIT Products Summary Report (For Applicable Provisions Only)
Standard	Supporting Features	Comments
(f) Products located in spaces frequented only by service personnel for maintenance, repair or occasional monitoring of equipment are not required to adhere with this part.	Sony® anticipates that DDS and AIT tape storage products will be located in spaces frequented only by service personnel for maintenance, repair or occasional monitoring. If this is consistent with the actual use to which this product will be put, then it should be covered by General Exception 1194.3(f).	In the typical workplace, users back up their data remotely to these tape storage products. Users do not physically have contact with nor do they manage the tape storage products. Setup, installation, maintenance, repair and/or occasional monitoring of these tape storage products is the responsibility of specially trained service personnel. Note: application software for users to access these tape storage products remotely is not included with these products and is sold separately. Information about the accessibility features of such software should be obtained from the vendor of the software.

1194.3 General Exceptions - Sony® Digital Data Storage(tm) DDS and Advanced Intelligent Tape(tm) AIT Products Summary Report
(For Applicable Provisions Only)

Standard

Supporting Features

Comments

(f) Products located in spaces frequented only by service personnel for maintenance, repair or occasional monitoring of equipment are not required to adhere with this part.

Sony® anticipates that DDS and AIT tape storage products will be located in spaces frequented only by service personnel for maintenance, repair or occasional monitoring. If this is consistent with the actual use to which this product will be put, then it should be covered by General Exception 1194.3(f).

In the typical workplace, users back up their data remotely to these tape storage products. Users do not physically have contact with nor do they manage the tape storage products. Setup, installation, maintenance, repair and/or occasional monitoring of these tape storage products is the responsibility of specially trained service personnel.

Note: application software for users to access these tape storage products remotely is not included with these products and is sold separately. Information about the accessibility features of such software should be obtained from the vendor of the software.

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