DVD Player Woes

[Reactor]

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.

 

[Meat Plow]

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.

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

 

[Arfa Daily]

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

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

Arfa

 

[Mike]

probably lost the DVD laser diode. REAL common.

 

[Meat Plow]

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

Arfa

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[Arfa Daily]

Hey I learned that from you

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

Arfa

 

[AZ Nomad]

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.

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.

I cleaned the lense, no change.

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.

 

[James Sweet]

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

Arfa

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.

 

[Arfa Daily]

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.

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

 

[Ken G.]

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 .