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Posted by Biz on 12/05/05 22:08
IIRC that is typically for Sony players, Panasoncis have no laser
calibration routine that I have ever heard mentioned anywhere...
Thats quite and old player and its had a good run, it probably time to
replace it with a newer unit. A new good player can be had for $100 these
days, quite a bargain considering what they used to cost...
"miller" <millercc@alltel.net> wrote in message
news:1133818208.051030.254620@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I have a Panasonic DVD A120U that used to work fine but now skips,
> freezes, and pixelates the DVD movies I play. This problem is
> happening with all my DVDs. I suspect the laser needs to be reset or
> aligned or something.
>
> I read a post from 1999 (copied further down) where someone had the
> same problem with pixelating. It was suggested that they go into the
> service menu and get their DVD heads to auto readjust themselves.
> "You'll have to have one of the Panasonic owners here give you the key
> combo to access the service menu."
>
> I did not see a response with the key combo to access the service menu,
> nor how to set the DVD player to calibrate itself. I've Googled this
> and can find no answers. I would very much appreciate someone telling
> me how to fix this problem using the service menu. Feel free to e-mail
> me or post in the newsgroup. Thanks!
>
>
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> 4. Pete Briggs
> Oct 22 1999, 1:00 am show options
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> Date: 1999/10/22
> Subject: Re: Nightmare Before Christmas question??
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> <kreyn...@ticnet.com> wrote:
> > I'm kinda new to the DVD thing, but I have over 50 DVD's and all
> > worked fine. I have a Panasonic A120U. (By the way, the Matrix works
> > fine...) I just got a copy of the Nightmare Before Christmas and it
> > keeps skipping at the same point. Prior to skipping, it pixilizes and
> > then pauses a bit. Anyone had any problems with this particular movie
> > before? Is it most likely the DVD or something else? I didn't expect
> > to have problems so quickly... Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>
> This sounds like a problem I had with "Tron" on my Sony 7700 a while
> back.
>
> I haven't experienced any problem with "Nightmare", so I imagine what
> you have to do is go into the service menu on your particular machine,
> and using "Nightmare" as the calibration disc, get your DVD heads to
> auto readjust themselves. (You'll have to have one of the Panasonic
> owners here give you the key combo to access the service menu, I'm
> afraid.)
>
>
> This worked on "Tron" for me. (It was during the Solar Sailer scene.
> The disc stuttered, broke up into huge blocky pixels, and then froze.)
> The scene played completely smoothly afterwards.
>
>
> Another Disney disc, like yours! Curious, that! <g!>
>
>
> Best
>
>
> Pete
>
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