DVD player that stopped responding to the front panel buttons.
I pressed the "key lock" button on the r/c and normal service resumed.
This is a player , not recorder , why a key lock function?
Owner is a highly respected silicon foundryman with IBM

to be fair on him , no legend on the CCD saying locked keys or any
indication of that state

I got one about the same. Toshiba bigscreen, no sound on some channels. I pushed a button on the rmeote to disengage the SAP mode.

N_Cook forklarede den 08-12-2012:
DVD player that stopped responding to the front panel buttons.
I pressed the "key lock" button on the r/c and normal service resumed.
This is a player , not recorder , why a key lock function?
Owner is a highly respected silicon foundryman with IBM

Perhaps the keylock is to prevent customers to stop the DVD-player
playing annyoing "infomercials" playing in supermarkets and malls.

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Husk kørelys bagpå, hvis din bilfabrikant har taget den idiotiske
beslutning at undlade det.

"N_Cook" wrote in message
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to be fair on him , no legend on the CCD saying locked keys or any
indication of that state



Many DVD players had either a key lock or tray lock feature. I always
understood it to be a feature that could be used by stores to stop punters
nicking the demo DVD or generally arsing about, but equally, I suppose in
conjunction with hiding the remote, it could be used to stop the kids
playing your 'dodgy' Girls of St Trunnions DVDs ... :-)

Arfa

Arfa Daily wrote in message
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"N_Cook" wrote in message
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to be fair on him , no legend on the CCD saying locked keys or any
indication of that state



Many DVD players had either a key lock or tray lock feature. I always
understood it to be a feature that could be used by stores to stop punters
nicking the demo DVD or generally arsing about, but equally, I suppose in
conjunction with hiding the remote, it could be used to stop the kids
playing your 'dodgy' Girls of St Trunnions DVDs ... :-)

Arfa


I remember finding my father's hidden stash of Penthouse, I should think a
hidden remote was easier to find than a few DVDs.

I would expect the designer to have placed a red key icon in the CCD
display.
Owner had already bought a new replacement DVD player, so avoided the
conundrum of what "repair" fee to charge

"N_Cook" wrote in message
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Arfa Daily wrote in message
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"N_Cook" wrote in message
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to be fair on him , no legend on the CCD saying locked keys or any
indication of that state



Many DVD players had either a key lock or tray lock feature. I always
understood it to be a feature that could be used by stores to stop
punters
nicking the demo DVD or generally arsing about, but equally, I suppose in
conjunction with hiding the remote, it could be used to stop the kids
playing your 'dodgy' Girls of St Trunnions DVDs ... :-)

Arfa


I remember finding my father's hidden stash of Penthouse, I should think a
hidden remote was easier to find than a few DVDs.

I would expect the designer to have placed a red key icon in the CCD
display.
Owner had already bought a new replacement DVD player, so avoided the
conundrum of what "repair" fee to charge


Do you not have an 'examination only' fee ? No one gets my time for nothing.
These days, so much is either not repairable through lack of service info or
spares or tech support from the manufacturers, or by way of the parts cost
rendering the job uneconomic, that if I didn't charge at least a token
amount to cover my time if not my skill to arrive at a diagnosis, I would
quickly go bust. As an alternative if the person is a friend, just let them
give it to you as 'spares' or a "oh well, never mind, I've got a new one
now" gift. You can then flog it at a boot sale or whatever and at least get
a tenner back ...

Arfa

If you are looking for "easiest repairs" that have ever entered a shop let me list the following from my experiences:

1) Problem: One channel out on stereo. Solution: place balance control in neutral position (was all the way to the left side...) Time spent: 5 minutes.

2) Received a receiver from another shop that couldn't repair it due tot eh lack of service information. (It was an old Sansui system). Problem reported was no output. Solution: Replace blown speaker fuses located inside the unit. Time spent: 10 minutes

3) Bose receiver Problem: Won't turn on (This was a receiver that touching the Bose symbol would activate a selenoid to turn on the system.) Solution: turn on the "vacation" switch located in the rear of the unit. It turns out that the owner did not even know there was a switch in the rear. He had hit it without realizing when wiring the TV. TIme spent: 5 minutes.

Dan

On 12/10/2012 6:18 AM, wrote:
If you are looking for "easiest repairs" that have ever entered a shop let me list the following from my experiences:

1) Problem: One channel out on stereo. Solution: place balance control in neutral position (was all the way to the left side...) Time spent: 5 minutes.

2) Received a receiver from another shop that couldn't repair it due tot eh lack of service information. (It was an old Sansui system). Problem reported was no output. Solution: Replace blown speaker fuses located inside the unit. Time spent: 10 minutes

3) Bose receiver Problem: Won't turn on (This was a receiver that touching the Bose symbol would activate a selenoid to turn on the system.) Solution: turn on the "vacation" switch located in the rear of the unit. It turns out that the owner did not even know there was a switch in the rear. He had hit it without realizing when wiring the TV. TIme spent: 5 minutes.

Dan


Back when I was in service the TV tech came back from a service call.
Complaint: New TV won't come on.
The old man was in his seat, eye site not to good, so he's holding the
remote so he can see the buttons, pointing at the ceiling. The tech
informed him that the remote needs to point towards the tv.
The old man was ****ed! It got worse when he was given the bill.
We had a great front counter to shield the techs from customers
that didn't understand we couldn't work without pay :-)
Mikek

Examples?

One I fixed:

Customer complained unit did NOT work at all! Worked the day before,
but today - nothing. I went around to the back and found the AC plug
for the AC outlet lying on the floor. Plugging it in, worked fine.
Seems the clean up crew had unplugged the unit, moved for cleaning,
put back, but neglected to re-plug it in.

Good laugh, no charge.


One somebody fixed for me [this was SUPER embarrassing]

During a very cold December, we recently moved into a new home with
two zones/units for thermostatic control. The heating would NOT come
on in the master bedroom and auxiliary bedrooms [both along west side
of home adjacent to Kitchen and Family Room] so we were freezing
either while sleeping or in newly established office. I turned on and
off each of the two thermostats which clearly activated two sections -
an 'in-law' section in the north end of home and the kitchen/family
room in the south end, but still not the MB section! We froze, so I
turned the unit on in the kitchen/FR area so that heat could 'leak'
back into the MB. Those rooms were HOT. MB tolerable. I even went up
into the attic to find the two units, but the one feeding the MB would
not run at all!

Upon calling furnace repair. He had to drive a long way to rural home.
He walked in. Turned on/off the two units I had worked with, verifying
they were functioning. Then, he went down a small hallway outside
those auxiliary bedrooms, found another thermostat on the wall and
turned on the third unit!!! ...I didn't know there were THREE zones!
Simply assumed there were only two zones [from memory description of
house] - verified by trip to attic where saw the 'two' units. Never
saw the third thermostat!

He laughed for the longest time, and said he just didn't feel right to
charge for 'turning on the thermostat' and left. Proving what goes
around comes around. Needless to say, they're our repair service from
then on.

PS: I promptly moved a new thermostat from the hallway to the MB where
it really belonged! After all, this hallway was heated/cooled by the
unit that ran the kit/FR, so the two would constantly conflict. Left
the thermostat on the hallway wall simply to 'read' the temperature.

Actually he should have at least got time and gas.

"N_Cook" wrote in message
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DVD player that stopped responding to the front panel buttons.
I pressed the "key lock" button on the r/c and normal service resumed.
This is a player , not recorder , why a key lock function?
Owner is a highly respected silicon foundryman with IBM



VCR that would immediately eject tape after it was loaded, used in childs
room. Opened the case and found a dried-out, mummified goldfish corpse in
the mechanism. Upon removal, the VCR worked perfectly.

Klaatu wrote in message
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"N_Cook" wrote in message
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DVD player that stopped responding to the front panel buttons.
I pressed the "key lock" button on the r/c and normal service resumed.
This is a player , not recorder , why a key lock function?
Owner is a highly respected silicon foundryman with IBM



VCR that would immediately eject tape after it was loaded, used in childs
room. Opened the case and found a dried-out, mummified goldfish corpse in
the mechanism. Upon removal, the VCR worked perfectly.



reminded me of this one
Audio cassette player, very weak and distorted sound

Just opening the flap it was obvious, a lump of marmalade stuck to the head.
Excuseable as the owner was blind. I taught him how to recognise the
rec/play head by touch, via the 2 nibs, and should be smooth. And dug out a
worn head so he could feel the groove worn in the face, for future
reference.

On Dec 18, 1:38*am, "N_Cook" wrote:
Klaatu wrote in message

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"N_Cook" wrote in message
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DVD player that stopped responding to the front panel buttons.
I pressed the "key lock" button on the r/c and normal service resumed..
This is a player , not recorder , why a key lock function?
Owner is a highly respected silicon foundryman with IBM

VCR that would immediately eject tape after it was loaded, used in childs
room. *Opened the case and found a dried-out, mummified goldfish corpse in
the mechanism. *Upon removal, the VCR worked perfectly.

reminded me of this one
Audio cassette player, very weak and distorted sound

Just opening the flap it was obvious, a lump of marmalade stuck to the head.
Excuseable as the owner was blind. I taught him how to recognise the
rec/play head by touch, via the 2 nibs, and should be smooth. And dug out a
worn head so he could feel the groove worn in the face, for future
reference.

you just reminded me! When once living at an 'upscale' apartment
complex found left for trash [items out of date and items too heavy to
move were often left in the trash areas] I found an Epson color inkjet
printer neatly sitting with its cord wrapped around it. Couldn't pass
up the education of internals so retrieved it. Upon feeding in a page,
every page would tear a streak down the middle and printer would NOT
let a single page through. During the process of cleaning, found a
kernel of popcorn almost completely flat wedged in the intake rollers.
Upon removing the block, the printer has worked very well for a long
time, even had working black and color inkjet cartridges!.