TV Set Emits Emergency Signal

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6276846/

"An Oregon man discovered earlier this month that his year-old Toshiba Corp. flat-screen TV was emitting an international distress signal picked up by a satellite, leading a search and rescue operation to his apartment in Corvallis, 70 miles south of Portland...Authorities had expected to find a boat or small plane with a malfunctioning transponder, the usual culprit in such incidents, emitting the 121.5 MHz frequency of the distress signal used internationally."

I've heard of malfunctioning TVs, but this is ridiculous. :lol:

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6276846/

"An Oregon man discovered earlier this month that his year-old Toshiba Corp. flat-screen TV was emitting an international distress signal picked up by a satellite, leading a search and rescue operation to his apartment in Corvallis, 70 miles south of Portland...Authorities had expected to find a boat or small plane with a malfunctioning transponder, the usual culprit in such incidents, emitting the 121.5 MHz frequency of the distress signal used internationally."

I've heard of malfunctioning TVs, but this is ridiculous. :lol:

[Filip Norrgard]

Is this the way of the appliance should be trying to dial for the repairshop themselves? :lol:

[Felix Torres]

He was watching too many reality tv shows and this was the only way the poor set could get relief... :twisted:

[Suhit Gupta]

Originally Posted by Felix Torres

He was watching too many reality tv shows and this was the only way the poor set could get relief... :twisted:

Haha, that is funny and almost believable. But this is such a bizarre story.

Suhit