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Posted by Rab on 09/29/44 11:33
"Robert Heiling" <robheil@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:43820157.D7CAF10A@comcast.net...
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> In one of our rooms here, we have an inexpensive DVD/CD player
> (play-only) hooked up to a small TV. It's a "Classic" brand "DVD51S"
> model http://www.emiglobal.com/dvd/pdf/DVD51S.pdf In the past, it has
> worked fine as advertised in playing commercial movie DVD's, audio CD's,
> and CD's that I burned with JPEG's.
>
> I tested it yesterday in response to a complaint that it would no longer
> play movie DVD's. It doesn't recognize any DVD's at all, including
> multiple movies and one with images that I burned, and its display on
> the front of the player scrolls a "no disc" message for those. It still
> will play CD's both audio and JPEG.
>
> Its onscreen setup mode has been examined for anything that could
> possibly apply. I cleaned all dust accumulation from the tray, blew out
> that area of the unit with a compressed gas duster, and used a
> lens-cleaner CD. The location code agrees and is 1 for both the unit and
> the DVD's used for testing. All connections have been checked,
> naturally, although that wouldn't appear to apply and I've also
> power-cycled the unit. Am I missing something? or is this a common
> failure mode for these cheap units?
>
> Any insight appreciated
>
> Bob
sounds like one of the lasers has died, but that the one for cds is ok.
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