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AnalogRocks
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:55 pm Post subject: My LG 837 portable DVD just stopped reading disks. HALP! |
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I took this out of the case last week and cleaned it up. Watched a movie on it.
Last night I popped in a disk and it just came up disk error. Is it dead Jim?
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Curt Palme
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Yes. I've brought home at least 20 portable DVD players from the recycler, most with 'no read disc' messages. After working on each one carefully, I programmed a new message to come on the screen before I took it back to the recycler.
'dis is POS'.
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AnalogRocks
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| Curt Palme wrote: | Yes. I've brought home at least 20 portable DVD players from the recycler, most with 'no read disc' messages. After working on each one carefully, I programmed a new message to come on the screen before I took it back to the recycler.
'dis is POS'.
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Yeah they sure aren't built very well. My 2002 Polaroid is a better build but it won't read disk's I've recorded with my Pioneer DVD recorder so I can't share my considerable ( shakey ) video skills with anyone on it.
I bought this one because it played everything! Nuts!
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Curt Palme
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Try cleaning the laser with a Q tip dipped in water. If not, you're SOL
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AnalogRocks
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| Curt Palme wrote: | | Try cleaning the laser with a Q tip dipped in water. If not, you're SOL |
Well FC**ME! Kodak lens cleaning tissues, distilled water and a light blowing from a can of dust off and I'm back in business.
Gee can't you just feel the love in this forum? 
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Curt Palme
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Well I could say something that almost everyone here needs a good light blowing right about now, but I digress. 
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AnalogRocks
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| Curt Palme wrote: | | Well I could say something that almost everyone here needs a good light blowing right about now, but I digress. |
Good thing too. That could make you a dirty old man. 
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AnalogRocks
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| AnalogRocks wrote: | | Curt Palme wrote: | | Try cleaning the laser with a Q tip dipped in water. If not, you're SOL |
Well FC**ME! Kodak lens cleaning tissues, distilled water and a light blowing from a can of dust off and I'm back in business.
Gee can't you just feel the love in this forum? |
Hmmmm still being cranky. Takes 2-3 tries with story bought DVD's. Reads MP3 DVD's no problem, even scratched ones.
OK where can I get a new laser for this? MAC?
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