Wave Issue 0510 3/11/05 Article 6-01

***CPSC, JVC Announce Recall to Repair Rear-Projection
Televisions

WASHINGTON
March 9

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation
with the JVC Americas Corp. has announced a voluntary recall
of 26,500 rear-projection televisions an internal electrical
connection can cause electrical arcing, charring or smoking
inside the television, which pose a fire risk to consumers.

JVC has received two reports of incidents, including one case
of melted television parts and one case of a minor television
fire. No injuries have been reported.

The recalled 52-inch and 61-inch JVC rear projection
televisions were manufactured in Mexico between May 2004 and
November 2004 and sold at consumer electronic stores
nationwide from July 2004 through January 2005 for between
$3,000 and $5,500. The televisions have the following model
and serial numbers:

HD-52Z575: 10980014 through 16980772
HD-52Z575: 16986471 through 16989999
HD-52Z585: 10980031 through 16981502
HD-61Z575: 10980031 through 16982712
HD-61Z585: 10980031 through 16980942

Consumers should stop using the recalled products immediately
unless otherwise instructed by JVC. The company will schedule
a free in-home service for those consumers with recalled
televisions. JVC is contacting registered consumers directly
via regular mail and e-mail to arrange a free at-home service.

Call JVC at (800) 252-5722 between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. ET any
day or log on to the company's Web site at

www.jvc.com/support/notification