Cops track emergency call to malfunctioning TV By Richard Shim Story last modified October 18, 2004, 12:38 PM PDT Talk about unwanted new features in fancy televisions, college student Chris van Rossman got more than he wanted with his Toshiba set--as he learned when emergency and law enforcement officials came knocking. Earlier this month, Rossman's year-old 20-inch flat screen TV started broadcasting over the 121.5MHz frequency, the channel used for distress signals. Such signals are used by search and rescue workers to find airplanes that have crashed or boats that are lost or missing. Rossman's TV was picked up by search and rescue satellites and emergency crews were alerted. ... http://news.com.com/2100-1041-5415719.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.