20 Most Recent Mintek DVD-1710 Portable DVD Player Questions & Answers

Turn off and disconnect power from unit. Check laser shuttle worm gear, look for dirt or hair (as I found). Remove with tweezers carefully. Check lubrication of worm gear shaft. If gone or worn, use white lithium grease to lube (very little). Play music CD 2 - 3 x. Than DVD. Worked for me.

I'm afraid you wont find any supplier for any new replacement parts for this unit. These no-name brands rarely provide any kind of reliable product support or customer service.

You can however find a great many of these units in various states of operation fairly cheap ($15) on EBay . Many of them however were in questionable condition and were listed "AS IS", which is EBay code for broken.

Perhaps you could order a cheap one online, have it delivered, and then take it apart yourself. Hopefully you could make at least one working unit out of all the parts you would have available.

Here is a link to a few of the items I found on EBay which you may find useful:

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=Mintek+&_sacat=0&_odkw=Mintek+1710&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

Just use your mouse to click on the link, which is the underlined and highlighted text just above. This will open a new web browser page automatically for you and allow you to view the information and items at the website indicated.

Either way, the unit is certainly not worth the money it would cost to bring the unit in to be repaired by a technician. A shop would charge you at least $40 labour just to look at it, which is probably approaching the entire initial purchase price of the unit.

If you are unable to do the repairs yourself with the spare parts from EBay, then I would just dispose of the unit altogether. Next time buy a good brand name product like SONY who offer superior products and excellent customer support.

Good luck.

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Clean the lens with a dvd cleaning kit. It should solve the problem. If you load the disc and you don't hear the disc whirling, it means that the motor is not spinning thus, the player will not identify any disc. It is time to have the dvd lens repaired or replaced.


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Hi Tysonwalker,
The mechanical of the try path is misalligned. And it needs proper mechanical adjustment, and dont try to pull it out because if you do so, this could be made damadges of cam gares, and this could be increase of expens to solve. Therefore contact any expert for mechanical adjustment.
Hope you will understand my sayings.
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I removed the Li ion battery pack from the base of the unit. It had swollen severely and was actually distorting the main unit itself.
I subsequently found out that this battery pack had been recalled four years ago for dangerous swelling and potential for explosion.
I stuck the battery pack in the garage and will recycle it.

Thanks!

The LCD backlight has died. If it is still under warranty you may want to contact Mintek and see what they can offer you.

No manual for it unfortunately, but there is help on parental codes and a video. It is not a mainline brand. https://www.google.com/search?q=Mintek+DVD+2110+manual ..

Question edited for clarity, full 'make model (what it is)'. This is an Amazon, eBay, Newegg, Overstock special and basically a device without a maker. There is a South African minerals company that share the same name but no Mintek maker of electronics. The only option would be to take it to a computer or electronics repair shop locally and see if they can diagnose. It is likely to be something simple like a failing capacitor. https://www.google.com/search?q=mintek+mdp+1030+dim+screen https://www.mintek.co.za/ ..

the laser needs to be reset by moving it manually

If it has the RCA (Red,White,Yellow) ports you will have to use those. In that case if you are using something like a DVD player that only has HDMI output you will need a special cable that goes from RCA to HDMI. Here is a quick link for you to reference.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/5-Feet-1-5M-1080P-HDTV-HDMI-Male-to-3-RCA-Audio-Video-AV-Cable-Cord-Adapter/965878335?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=11827&adid=22222222228252900294&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=296348219694&wl4=pla-526929718011&wl5=9010172&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=117084777&wl11=online&wl12=965878335&wl13=&veh=sem

It means you're on comp1 input. Change the input to whatever you are connected to

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