Meat Plow wrote:
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:34:59 -0400, John Hudak Has Frothed:

Hi:
This 5.1 receiver/dvd/cd (5 disk changer) player has developed a problem:
displaying 'Disk Err' when changing to play a DVD or CD. Seems to be more
temperamental with DVDs (happening about 80% of the time) and with CDs
(about 20% of the time). Receiver is about 3 yrs old, and it
occasionally did this when new, now it happens a lot. Can anyone relate
with the fix is? or some things to check out? This appears to be a
chronic problem with units of this type - Are there any 'official' ONKYO
fixes?
The laser diode and subsequent processing channels look OK - seems like
its an alignment problem when the disk is lifted onto the spindle... Any
help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
John

It's a chronic problem. Read a bunch of people having problems with it not
reading DVD/CDR reliably. Google - Onkyo DR-C500 disk error and read some
for yourself.

As far as a solution goes, there may not be one. You could contact Onkyo
tech and see if there is.
Yes, I found that even before I did the post. I figured by now the root
cause would have been discovered and the 'universal' fix would be
floating around. Perhaps the fix is to deep six the unit...lol If I
were the owner, I'd be upset...$600 and about three years later its
garbage...There ought to be a law...lol
Thanks
John