Consumers should stop using JVC-branded 42-inch LCD TVs marketed...
Consumers should stop using JVC-branded 42-inch LCD TVs marketed by AmTRAN Video under the Emerald series because the neck of the TV’s stand can crack and cause the TV to tip over, “posing a risk of impact injury to the…
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consumer,” the Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a recall notice Thursday (http://1.usa.gov/1twHEY5). The notice involves about 27,000 sets sold February through August this year for $370-$470 through BJ’s, Costco, Sam’s Club and Walmart, and online through Costco.com and Walmart.com, the commission said. “Consumers using the stand assembly (neck and base) should immediately detach it, place the television in a safe location and contact AmTRAN Video for a replacement stand neck,” it said. Consumers with wall-mounted TVs “should also request the replacement neck in case the stand assembly is needed for future use,” it said. The affected sets, manufactured in China, bear the model number EM42FTR and serial numbers beginning with the letter “T,” it said. AmTRAN has received 16 reports of cracked stand necks, but no injuries have been reported, it said. It’s the second commission recall notice issued in the past month involving AmTRAN. In August, Vizio posted a notice on its website warning owners of certain E-Series 39- and 42-inch TVs of a possible tip-over hazard that the commission said affected some 245,000 units (CED Aug 8 p7). Those sets, too, were manufactured by AmTRAN, the commission said. AmTRAN representatives didn’t immediately comment.