Oh dear. She is pestering me because She bought some cheapo DVDS from
the supermarket, and they won't play, and now nothing else will either.

Sony machine, 3 months old...I can hear the disc spin up, and siunds as
of trying to synch (head movements) but it seems to get nowhere, and
won't respond to 'eject' till its switched off again.

Anything I might try...or is it 'back to the store' time?

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Oh dear. She is pestering me because She bought some cheapo DVDS from
the supermarket, and they won't play, and now nothing else will either.

Sony machine, 3 months old...I can hear the disc spin up, and siunds as
of trying to synch (head movements) but it seems to get nowhere, and
won't respond to 'eject' till its switched off again.


Don't have an answer, but our 5 year old LG has started doing exactly
this with a few recent releases. Will be interested in responses.

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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
Oh dear. She is pestering me because She bought some cheapo DVDS from
the supermarket, and they won't play, and now nothing else will either.

Sony machine, 3 months old...I can hear the disc spin up, and siunds as
of trying to synch (head movements) but it seems to get nowhere, and
won't respond to 'eject' till its switched off again.

Anything I might try...or is it 'back to the store' time?


Have you got young kids? Have you tried turning it upside down and giving
it a good shake - careful not to shake it too hard as this is known as
'Shaking DVD Syndrome' and Professor No-nothing at PC World will blame you
for damage.

Mine (Panasonic) has an ittybitty little microswitch to reset the thing -
never had to use it but the manual says something along the lines of...

"If no work find reset push to reset for factory"

Bloody awful manual it is.

Tony

PS: Perhaps you've changed the region settings while sitting on the
remote - mine displays a message if a non readable region disk is used but I
would guess they don't all do that.

Tony wrote:

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Oh dear. She is pestering me because She bought some cheapo DVDS from
the supermarket, and they won't play, and now nothing else will either.

Sony machine, 3 months old...I can hear the disc spin up, and siunds as
of trying to synch (head movements) but it seems to get nowhere, and
won't respond to 'eject' till its switched off again.

Anything I might try...or is it 'back to the store' time?



Have you got young kids? Have you tried turning it upside down and giving
it a good shake - careful not to shake it too hard as this is known as
'Shaking DVD Syndrome' and Professor No-nothing at PC World will blame you
for damage.

Mine (Panasonic) has an ittybitty little microswitch to reset the thing -
never had to use it but the manual says something along the lines of...

"If no work find reset push to reset for factory"



I didn't know IMM spoke Japanese :-)


Bloody awful manual it is.

Tony

PS: Perhaps you've changed the region settings while sitting on the
remote - mine displays a message if a non readable region disk is used but I
would guess they don't all do that.



Thanks Tony. No, its not anything gross.

Basically its always had the odd 'freeze frame' and now it just freezes
permanently anywhere from not being able to even read the intro, to
somewhere in the intro area. Its just out of whack - won't even play
audio CD's anymore...

I will try shaking it a little. Other possibilities include tossing it
back at Dixons - its less than 4 months old.

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 10:18:14 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Oh dear. She is pestering me because She bought some cheapo DVDS from
the supermarket, and they won't play, and now nothing else will either.

Sony machine, 3 months old...I can hear the disc spin up, and siunds as
of trying to synch (head movements) but it seems to get nowhere, and
won't respond to 'eject' till its switched off again.

Anything I might try...or is it 'back to the store' time?


Are any of the DVDs warped?

Typically this problem is because one of them has contacted or come
close to the lens of the "laser" and either deposited something on it
or scratched it.

If you can get at it easily then a very gentle cleaning with
isopropanol may work.

Frankly, I'd take it back to the shop and ask for a replacement
machine - it's not worth titting around.


..andy

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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:20:31 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:



I will try shaking it a little. Other possibilities include tossing it
back at Dixons - its less than 4 months old.



That would be the best plan. Tossing is a common phenomenon at
Dixons, so they shouldn't notice....


..andy

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Andy Hall wrote:

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 10:18:14 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


Oh dear. She is pestering me because She bought some cheapo DVDS from
the supermarket, and they won't play, and now nothing else will either.

Sony machine, 3 months old...I can hear the disc spin up, and siunds as
of trying to synch (head movements) but it seems to get nowhere, and
won't respond to 'eject' till its switched off again.

Anything I might try...or is it 'back to the store' time?



Are any of the DVDs warped?

Typically this problem is because one of them has contacted or come
close to the lens of the "laser" and either deposited something on it
or scratched it.


My guess is its dirty, yes. And one of the cheapo discs has somethig to
do with it.



If you can get at it easily then a very gentle cleaning with
isopropanol may work.

Frankly, I'd take it back to the shop and ask for a replacement
machine - it's not worth titting around.




That's what we are going to do. Sadly I had fitted a miniature mains
plug to it...oh well retrofitted a 13A 'Dunno mate, thats how you sold
it to me'

:-)



.andy

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I will try shaking it a little. Other possibilities include tossing it
back at Dixons - its less than 4 months old.

And bear in mind the amendments to the SOGA - anything faulty within 6
months is assumed faulty from new unless the vendor proves otherwise.

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Have a look at www.engrish.com for some Japanese English gems . . . .

"If no work find reset push to reset for factory"

Bloody awful manual it is.

Tony


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Andy Hall wrote:

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That's what we are going to do. Sadly I had fitted a miniature mains
plug to it...oh well retrofitted a 13A 'Dunno mate, thats how you sold
it to me'



Don't ya just hate captive mains leads?!!!

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