dvd player

[stevoman 2]

Hi guys

Not being the brightest person regarding dvd players hence my simple question.My DVD player has recently stopped playing,after inserting a disc the screen then informs me it is reading same,then sometimes Error" or "No disc" appears and cannot view any further!

My question is could this be due to the heads requiring a clean if so I will go and buy the required cleaning kit?

Thanks

[js007 795]

Is this a DVD player in your computer, or just a DVD player? If it's just a typical DVD player and you can't fix it easily, why not toss it? Anymore, they just about give away the cheap ones. Even the new Toshiba HD DVD players are down to $99 US in some stores.

 

One final thought. Maybe the DVD you're trying to play is dirty?

 

J

[stevoman 2]

Is this a DVD player in your computer, or just a DVD player? If it's just a typical DVD player and you can't fix it easily, why not toss it? Anymore, they just about give away the cheap ones. Even the new Toshiba HD DVD players are down to $99 US in some stores.

 

One final thought. Maybe the DVD you're trying to play is dirty?

 

J

 

It is a separate player and I can see your point about "Tossing" it as I did the very same with the last one when it developed the identical problem.However I am just curious if for the sake of a couple of $ the problem can be solved!

BTW the new Toshiba you mentioned has also just come on our market and sells for NZ%99 which equals about $65 U.S. It's definately NOT the disc as same problem with all discs!

Edited November 12, 2007 by stevoman

[js007 795]

The only other thing I can think of is that maybe the disc isn't inserted properly? That happened to me once.

 

J

[Regyai 415]

Commisserations.........

 

 

Ive 'binned' three in quick succession same symptoms

 

 

 

 

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[PattayaPete 530]

DVD players do not have heads. They do have a laser which bounces of the disk and is read by a sensor. Dust or dirt can cause the laser to mis-read the disk and cause errors such as you describe. Cleaning the laser emitter or the sensor may help but it is a job for a professional. In Pattaya it would cost a few hundred baht to have this done but in Farang land it may cost considerably more and it is not guaranteed to fix the problem. As others have said the players are so cheap these days it is usually not worth getting a broken one fixed.

[joekicker 53]

My question is could this be due to the heads requiring a clean if so I will go and buy the required cleaning kit?

 

Heh. Probably got dirty rewinding the disks?

[stevoman 2]

Heh. Probably got dirty rewinding the disks?

 

[stevoman 2]

DVD players do not have heads. They do have a laser which bounces of the disk and is read by a sensor. Dust or dirt can cause the laser to mis-read the disk and cause errors such as you describe. Cleaning the laser emitter or the sensor may help but it is a job for a professional. In Pattaya it would cost a few hundred baht to have this done but in Farang land it may cost considerably more and it is not guaranteed to fix the problem. As others have said the players are so cheap these days it is usually not worth getting a broken one fixed.

 

Hi Pete

Just as a point of interest Dick Smith electronics here in Auckland are selling "CD/DVD Lens Cleaning Sets comprising of a disc with some liquid at costs between NZ$12-24 so it would appear that DIY is an option should this be the problem.There again to pay $24 for such a kit IMO is stupid as to replace unit costs now only $50! and no guarantee that this will solve problem.

[alexist 12]

Hi there kiddo...

 

see if you can get the disc cleaner cheaper on ebay. A guy at work uses one on his DVD players and rewriters on his computers. He has two sons and between the three of them they use the players regularly so they do need cleaned every so often.

 

I had a similar problem with my rewriter but the cleaner didn't work for me.

 

The cleaner itself is very straightforward to use if you decide to buy one.

[sick buffalo 15]

My Samsung DVD player had exactly the same problem. i took it to their service centre. Was told that the laser bulb has to be replaced but it would cost me about 80% of the price of a new player. They recommended that I junk it...

 

I however got it serviced at another place but it still does not behave. I am going to kick it out of shape one of these days...