Posted by Franc Zabkar on 01/02/07 20:01

On 1 Jan 2007 13:36:35 -0800, "wjair" <wjair@hotmail.com> put finger
to keyboard and composed:

>FYI, I rotated the sled motor pinion by hand, the laser assembly
>traveled along its tracks without resistance and no skipping.

To confirm absolutely that you don't have a mechanical problem, try
playing a CD.

>I heard "clicking" noise from the DVD player when it stop playing, it
>sounds like the machine tried its effort to go next track several times
>then gave it up.

Maybe the sound you are hearing is the player trying to refocus the
laser. BTW, I'm assuming that you have the same problem with all
discs.

>> Franc Zabkar wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > If your player misbehaves the same way for all discs, then I'd suspect
>> > a problem with the spin motor or a broken tooth on the sled rack. Try
>> > rotating the sled motor pinion by hand while checking for smoothness
>> > of travel of the laser assembly.

- Franc Zabkar
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