Arfa Daily wrote:
"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

Bad power supply caps?

Mark Z.