Sony DAVS500 problems

[eifedwards]

My Sony DAVS500 is 7 years old and has already been multiregion chipped.
It will not recognise either DVD-9 discs (from Shanghai) or DVDs burnt by me on my PC or MACBOOK. (DVD- or +). In both cases the player displays NO-DISC or sometimes DISC DIRTY.

Is it simply that my player is a bit too old or is there something simple that I can do to resolve the problem.

Many thanks

[Krispy Kritter]

Likely the player is just failing. With age, the lazer often becomes less powerful. The first types of discs to exhibit issues are recordable discs. If it is in a smokey/dusty environment, you could try cleaning the lazer, but don't expect too much. You may get several more years of use with commercial discs.