DVD player drawer wont open

Mar 23, 2006 4 Replies
T

Hey all;



I've got a Norcent (!?!) DVD player and the tray wont slide open. When I hit the open button, it registers on the screen (it says "open" on the TV), but nothing actually happens - no sounds, no whirring, nothing. I opened the unit up, took out the deck, to no avail, until the tray actually did slide open for no apparent reason (which is good because I was able to get the DVD out). However, the tray is no longer opening again. So......



Is this fixable? It almost seems like this must be a microcontroller kind of thing rather than something mechanical. Any thoughts on this?



Thanks


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K

Be thankful for whatever amount of time that you got from the thing, and run out to Wallymart to buy another 19.00 unit.

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it sounds like the load mechanism belt is slipping, remove it, clean the belt and the "path" it travels in with alcohol (91%) and a q-tip, re-install the belt, make sure you're not missing any little "switch" settings, (they're ususally under the tray) they can hang up a unit also. hope that works, keep me posted, as i'm learning xbox's and ps2's, and will see this myself a whole bunch. pray for peace...out...richie

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Thanks Richie;

I don't know about that belt slipping diagnosis. As I said, when I push eject, NOTHING happens at all - there is no sound, no whirring, no nothing, even with the unit disassembled so i can see everything.

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If the rest of the player is basically working and the drawer also doesn't open via the remote control, if any, it could be a bad spot on the motor before you press the button, try rotating the drawer motor 1/4 turn and see if it then responds.

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