ECSNorway, I've had problems like this before with DVD and CD players.
You have a slippery spinner.
You insert your disc, it seats on the spinner, and for whatever reason, it's not getting enough traction to spin up your disc. That is why your disk
'spins' for thirty seconds, and then nothing. In fact, I bet if you put a stephoscope to the thing (or just your ear) you can hear the little bugger
slipping away as it revs up.
I have found no really solid solution yet, except to smear a minute amout of syrup on the clear area in the middle of your disc before slipping it in. It has
to be absolutely miniscule - just enough that that area gets tacky. Use too much and the stuff will go flying into your player's laser lens, and then it
will become impossible to clean. Don't use any adhesives because A) you want your disc to come back out and B) the syrup washes off easily with warm
tap-water, even after it's been on there for a while.
As a permanent fix, try finding a place that repairs electronic appliances. This issue is wide-spread enough that it may be a common fix they do, ergo
inexpensive.
If the syrup solution doesn't work, then you possibly have a dirty lens. Buy a DVD lens cleaner kit and run that through.
And if that don't work, then use the gun cause your DVD player has deeper issues - ones that would cost far more to fix than to replace it outright.
You have a slippery spinner.
You insert your disc, it seats on the spinner, and for whatever reason, it's not getting enough traction to spin up your disc. That is why your disk
'spins' for thirty seconds, and then nothing. In fact, I bet if you put a stephoscope to the thing (or just your ear) you can hear the little bugger
slipping away as it revs up.
I have found no really solid solution yet, except to smear a minute amout of syrup on the clear area in the middle of your disc before slipping it in. It has
to be absolutely miniscule - just enough that that area gets tacky. Use too much and the stuff will go flying into your player's laser lens, and then it
will become impossible to clean. Don't use any adhesives because A) you want your disc to come back out and B) the syrup washes off easily with warm
tap-water, even after it's been on there for a while.
As a permanent fix, try finding a place that repairs electronic appliances. This issue is wide-spread enough that it may be a common fix they do, ergo
inexpensive.
If the syrup solution doesn't work, then you possibly have a dirty lens. Buy a DVD lens cleaner kit and run that through.
And if that don't work, then use the gun cause your DVD player has deeper issues - ones that would cost far more to fix than to replace it outright.