Toshiba to replace defective adaptors for DVD players

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2007

TOKYO (AFP) — Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it will voluntarily recall AC adaptors for portable DVD players that may overheat and damage the players themselves.

The company sold roughly 328,000 of the "SD-P1600" and "SD-P1610" players around the world, including 73,554 units of "SD-P1600" in Japan.

The company has received four cases of overheating in Japan, though no one was injured due to the defect, a Toshiba spokesman said.

The company has decided to replace the adaptors in Japan and then take similar action in foreign markets in accordance with local regulations, the spokesman said.

The DVD players were produced between February 2005 and January 2006.

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