Ancient VP-1000 laserdisc went boom

Some poineer units had the problem of the lense in the laser head falling out. If you know what you are doing, it is possible to epoxy it back, if you can find it in the cabinet. This is critical to do.

Another failre is from dirt on the laser lens. Sometimes the power supply and or the servo drive areas can give problems.

Take care to not invest too much in servicing a DVD player. They are usually not cost effective to service.

Jerry G.

Some poineer units had the problem of the lense in the laser head falling out. If you know what you are doing, it is possible to epoxy it back, if you can find it in the cabinet. This is critical to do.

Another failre is from dirt on the laser lens. Sometimes the power supply and or the servo drive areas can give problems.

Take care to not invest too much in servicing a DVD player. They are usually not cost effective to service.

Jerry G.

The VP-1000 is not a DVD player, it's a vintage laserdisc player. You can't buy one anymore so whether or not it's cost effective to repair depends on how much one needs or desires to have it working.

Frenchy I have one of the old Pioneer laser disk players that was used about 10 times before it got put up. Had a hard time finding disks for it overseas. If you would be interested in it perhaps we could deal? PatD

This model is well known to have laser unit problems. Not many out there still working today. They're still in demand with arcade game collectors for animated laserdisc games. You can buy a replacement laser from various sources via the net for reasonable cost. Sometimes these players turn up for $50 or so in good working shape at flea markets and video repair shops.

The laser is putting out a nice bright circular pattern of horizontal lines when I rig the lid and it's operating and the lens it's coming out of there looks like it's intact the way it has always looked before. And it's obviously being focused by the lens when I move paper around to catch the light. Does this horizontal lines pattern sound correct? Lens is nice and clean. Are there any other lenses or mirrors in there that are known to come loose and maybe preventing the light from getting back to the pickup sensor? That's what it's acting like, like it doesn't sense a disc so never starts the motor, but for all I know it is sensing the disc but it's the motor circuit that went kablooey and won't start.

Hmmm, I have one that puts out those lines when you defeat the interlock, but IIRC the lens never moves on this one. Wouldn't mind getting rid of it cheap, at least it's a different symptom. I no longer have any disks for it, but I just didn't want to throw it away.

JURB