20 Most Recent Sony DAV-BC150 System Questions & Answers

Change the audio amplifier IC are on short circuit and that´s the cause your device goes to protect mode

Wish for a Time Machine or an Undo Button to appear. It's made for 4-ohm loads so it's not likely you gave ita much lower load unless you sorted the speaker wires or incinerated the speakers.

Disconnect everything and see if it still lives.

I can think of two issues.
1. It can be that the optical head is weak and so is not scanning- check with original DVD to confirm.
2, It can be due to friction of the drive, the speed of the spindle motor can cause this issue. Also check if the height of the spindle is the correct alignment to the optical unit.

Page 67 of the manual address this.

Hi, Don't crank up the volume too high or you will fry the speaker(s) Check your connections.
+ to + and - to - on the amplifier.

I think what is happening is that your soundsystems settings are set up to use a 5.1 surround and
when media like a standard stereo (2 channel) CD is placed into the player it doesn't have the extra channels. Your system should have settings to change between standard stereo mode and
advanced sound modes like Dolby 5.1 and DTS. Once the system is se to match the media its playing it should work fine.

see:

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=DOCS

You should be able to find a manual for your system or one similar for more help.

See if you are having a color system issue. PAL TV with NTSC DVD player or the other way round.

You might want to explore the source of your video-mode audio for the answer to low audio.

All models must be named and interconnects described if you want specific guidance.

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To reset the BIOS password read the information from this link.

In case of your laptop I would try first Kill CMOS software from Hiren's Boot CD.

Common problem, not an easy solution. It needs a 208pin micro replaced. Its a job for a pro. I think the part is around 70 and labor should be less than 100. Sorry for the bad news.
I didn't make em' just fixed em'