"Mark Modrall" wrote in message
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"Arfa Daily" wrote:

"Mark Modrall" wrote in message
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We've got a Panasonic dvd player (the S27). It's been through about 4
years of good use, but the last couple of days it's been acting very
strangely. You put in a disk, and as it puts up the progress bar of
reading the directory it gets 1 tick in and then shuts down completely.
Won't power back up unless you unplug it, leave it for 30 seconds, then
plug it back in.


Does it still read a CD ?


Nope... It starts reading the directory then shuts off completely.
Can't be powered back on unless you unplug it for 30 seconds. Can't get
anything to play.

-Mark

Have you been inside at all to have a look what is happening in the time
that it remains on ? Most Panasonic models suffer from bad spindle motors,
and yours is the right sort of age. Have a look to see if the disc actually
tries to spin up. If it doesn't, try just flicking it round with a finger.
Sometimes, the motors go so bad that when the player tries to spin it up,
the power supply detects an excess load, and shuts down.

Arfa