I get my DVDs from Netflix so I am assuming they are legal. I play them for half hour intervals while I do my exercises. The DVDs will play for several days and then I will get the message: This type of disk cannot be played. I have to take the disk out, put it back in and then sometimes it will recognize the disc and start all over again so I have to deal with the previews and trying to find where I left off the day before.Sometimes it will just keep giving me this message even though it HAS played the DVD for several days. Is there a fix for this?
Check and replace the Laser pickup unit at the DVD player. If you wish to get some details; visit the site linked here. Pull up older posts.
http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/
SOURCE: Plays CDs but not DVDs
Melisha, I had a similiar problem. Go into the onscreen menu with the remote using the "ACTION" button on the bottom left of the remote. Using the arrow keys in the center of the remote, move to the menu for the audio processing. It will have menu items for DTS, Dolby Digital etc. Change the menu parameters for the "Down conversion" to "yes", get out of the menu mode and see if your DVD works again. If not, make sure there is no DVD or CD in the player, and press the "open/close", "pause" and the double left pointing arrow buttons all at the same time for about 5 seconds until the display on the DVD player says "INITIALIZE". This resets your machine. I hope this helps you.
SOURCE: Panasonic DMR-ES15
Just unplug it and let it sit for half an hour. Then try playing the lens cleaner disc, the problem would be fixed....
SOURCE: Not Playing DVDs any more.
Get a laser cleaning disk, and follow through with the instructions about how to clean the laser with it.
If you are able to remove the DVD player drive, you can manualy clean the laser.
If cleaning the laser does not fix the fault, then this means that there is a failure somewhere else in the drive, or the laser itself is defective. Most of the time, these drive's are not worth servicing.
eHow, cleaning a DVD laser lens:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2036275_clean-lens-dvd.html
Jerry G.
SOURCE: dvd
Same here! It would say something along the lines of "this type of disc cannot be played. please insert a different disc." it's the appropriate dvd region, i've tried all types of dvds, and it still won't work. the vhs and cd still works, it's just the dvd player that won't.
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