April 26, 2010, the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the company announced the CobyElectronics Chinese-made portable DVD/CD/MP3 Player used a voluntary recall of rechargeable batteries.
The recalled batteries CobyDVD/CD/MP3 player, the player of the product model for the TF-DVD1020 (rotary screen) and TF-DVD8501 (8 inch display), Coby “marker on the game before the device, the model is shown on the back. For TF-DVD1020 drive serial number battery pack is DG240043D503000001-1006, DG240006D503000001-400 DG240039D603000001-3000 DG240111D603000001-2000 DG240143D602000001-3000 DG240106D602000001-2000 DG240106D702000001-2000-100 DG240183D942000001 , DG240071DB02000001-1400-2500 DG240115D702000001; TF-DVD8501 player to charge the battery serial number “HY” begins. TF-DVD1020 player since May 2007 ~ July 2008, sales in the U.S., priced at U.S. $ 168 / units; Player TF-DVD8501 since January 2007 ~ September 2009 in U.S. sales, the unit price of 40 ~ 275 U.S. dollar / Taiwan.
The number of recalled products is about 32,600. Reason for recall of rechargeable batteries can overheat, posing a fire hazard. Until now, the society has received 22 reports of overheating CobyElectronics batteries, there is no physical injury.
To this end, the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission advises consumers to stop using the recalled batteries were installed in the drive, and contact with CobyElectronics battery replacement for others for free.