December 9, 2009, the Canadian Department of Health and Coby Electronics jointly announced that they voluntarily recall the rechargeable batterieson Coby Portable DVD/CD/MP3 players made in China(not including the Digital Camera Battery).

The recalled rechargeable batteries were sold with the Coby portable DVD/CD/MP3 players , the player’s screen is 8.5 inches,Coby marked in the player front, Model TF-DVD-8501 standard is in the player at the bottom, the recalling involves the charger’s serial number with the letter “HY” at the beginning, and markingon a white label.The player have been Sold since January 2007 -2009 year in September in Canada, Lake Ontario and Quebec(some brand-name battery have been sold for many yrars ,for one thinig,Sony NP-FC11).

The number of the recalled batteries is about 3050 units, the recalling reason is that the charger can overheat, and can post a fire hazard. Up to now, Coby has received 10 reports of battery overheating.8 cases is the minor loss of property fire. there is no report of personal injury now .

Therefore , Health Canada advised consumers to immediately stop using the recalled batteries and contact with the Coby free replacement battery,such as Samsung Battery,Sony Battery and so on.

So from above news ,we can should pay more attention to the quality of the battery ,certaily the brand-name battery are no exception,take theSamsung SBL-1974 and Sony NP-BG1 for examlpe.

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