Posted by Franc Zabkar on 07/28/06 06:31

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:57:09 +0200, "Linea Recta"
<mccm.vos@abc.invalid> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>I have a stand alone DVD player (Marquant 333K), which plays DVD and CD very
>well.
>There is only one very irritating problem. When I open the tray, 9 out of 10
>times it closes again immediately. Sometimes it remains open for a while,
>only to close randomly again by itself, so without pressing any button!
>Today this resulted in a DVD, which I was about to insert, being jammed and
>getting damaged!
>For the time being I just hold the tray open by hand while removing /
>inserting media to keep the it from closing treacherously and potentially
>damaging my precious discs.
>What could be the cause of this? Remedies?
>Or do I drive over it with the car and buy another player?

If after fully retracting the tray by hand you still find that it
closes by itself, I would suspect a misaligned or dirty limit switch.
Otherwise, if the tray does not fully open, I'd suspect a stretched
drive belt or hardened grease on the tracks.

- Franc Zabkar
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