Yes.... the laser checks for a reflection and tries to focus on the
disc, if successful the motor will spin. Disconnect the wires going
to the spindle motor and use a small 9V transistor battery to power
it .... if it doesn't spin, the motor is bad. You can go to the
website for this newsgroup at
http://www.repairfaq.org/
there with some of your search time you will find a wealth of CD
player repair and troubleshooting information.
electricitym




On May 16, 7:12 am, (Brad) wrote:

Is it possible for a DVD player to check for the presences of
a disc simply by the reflection without rotating the disc?

Thanks in advance, Brad