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DVD Player Woes

All,

I have one of these units, about 6 months old. Out of the blue, it cannot load any DVDs. All I use are factory-pressed units.

The tray closes, you can hear the laser pickup sliding back and forth on it's carriage, trying to read the disc. This goes on for about 30 seconds, then the disc stops spinning and the front panel says "no disc". I pulled the unit apart and witnessed all this first hand, so I know the disc is spinning and that there are no dirty or broken gears or belts at play here.

I cleaned the lense, no change.

Everything mechancal appears to be operating properly. The player gets light to medium usage.

Any ideas? Can anyone point me toward a SERVICE manual for this, or tell me where I can buy parts? I think I might be able to fix this myself if I could source the manual and parts.

Thanks.

Reply to
Reactor
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Will it play a CD? What kind/style DVD player? Who made it?

Reply to
Meat Plow

As Meat correctly says, first question, as always, will it play a CD ?

Arfa

Reply to
Arfa Daily

probably lost the DVD laser diode. REAL common.

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Mike

Hey I learned that from you :)

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Reply to
Meat Plow

Good to know that we're all singin' from the same hymn-sheet then !! d;~}

Arfa

Reply to
Arfa Daily

Sounds like something is broken. Ask a stupid question; get a stupid answer.

If you want more detailed advice, I suggest you post the make and model.

Then read the sci.electronics.repair so that you might learn how to ask an intelligent question.

If it wasn't damaged, it is now. Scraping off abrasive dust (read: little rocks) off of a fragile lens at high speed is a terrible idea. This isn't a VCR.

Reply to
AZ Nomad

You know, I'm very much in favor of fixing things whenever possible, but DVD players are so cheap and disposable, unless it's a high end unit or the problem is something very simple, I just part them out.

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James Sweet

Agreed, from a commercial point of view at least. Realistically, these days, the only ones that actually get fixed are those under manufacturer's warranty, where the parts are free issue, and my labour is getting paid no matter what, and higher end / home cinema models ( how weird - for a moment there I couldn't spell "model" for the life of me ... ) I don't know about anyone else, but right from the off, I've found DVD recorders to be largely impractical to repair, except for the usual suspects with bad caps or bad lasers / processing circuitry that the manufacturers supply as a complete drop in replacement assembly. These rotten things seem to suffer from so many software-related, or otherwise obscure or media-related problems.

Arfa

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Arfa Daily

Well guys a 6 month old player is probably no longer ``high end`` anymore but only a name plate .

Find the flexable wire that goes to the laser & onto the board its usually a white flat strip . If you can get at it unplug it from both ends if it does so and replug it . Sometimes that fixes those .

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Ken G.

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