DVD tray has an attitude

Slight correction...

If he hits PLAY or TV/DVD the Toshiba DVD screen is bent is seems to be kind of rolling vertically.

The fix is to replace the transport. You can contact Toshiba themselves to find out who their parts rep is for your area. After replacing the transport some adjustments may be necessary. You will need the service manual and tools to do the adjustments.

--

JANA _____

So, I opened up the TV hoping to find something obvious like something stuck or broken in it. No such luck. He is what I did find...

1. When you press Open/Close, the TV powers up the DVD spindle operates (searching for a disc?) but no tray activity at all.
2. When you manualy open the tray with the exposed gear and the power is on, nothing happens at all. Tray moves freely.
3. If you power up with the tray open via #2 above, the tray closes automatically. No response after that.
4. I jiggled all of the related connectors to the DVD player (just in case) which is made by Orion BTW.

Does anyone have any pointers beside that of a TV repair shop?

Thanks, Lar

Does the TV work normally on antenna or cable?

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ:

Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header above is ignored unless my full name AND either lasers or electronics is included in the subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the FAQs.

"Larry B" writes:

Hi Sam, yes, the TV works fine on an antenna.

Larry. The DVD section is likely to be almost independant from the rest of the unit. Often, they are just a standard player with the covers removed, grafted into the set's cabinet, and with line power fed from the TV section . Given this, and the faults as described, particularly the fact that it works fine on antenna, I would feel inclined to suspect the DVD section's power supply. Specifically, I would be looking for a rail, probably the 5v one to the system control micro, that was low and dirty, due to a failed / dried out / poor ESR filter electrolytic. You might even find that if you looked at the power supply closely enough, the offending one, if indeed it is that, gave itself up to you by having a bulging top ...

Arfa