Hi, my DVD player recently stopped working. My knowledge of electronics is a bit old and out-of-date, but I thought it would maybe be repairable rather than pay an extortionate fee at a repair place (just to look at it, no less) since I do have some basic knowledge of electronics.
Basically, when it's plugged in and turned on, nothing happens except a big yellow thing starts making a persistent high-pitched ticking sound, slightly more than one per second. It's the thing you can see in the middle of the photographs below (since without a description you'd be hard-put to help me!).
At this link you can see photographs of what I just described. It's the big yellow thing (sadly, I have no idea what that is called) with the black surround and the serial number on top:
I'm wondering if this sound is indicative of a specific fault (with this component?) and if so, if anybody would have an idea of how to repair it or even where to start...?
Thanks!
EDIT: Incidentally, the brand is Medion, I believe it's Danish. Although that shouldn't affect the basic electronickyness of the problem...