vcd only plays half of the time

[slangtime]

my dvd was playing my vcds ok. now it i have to put them in after i play a regular dvd and sometimes that dosent even work does anyone else have this problem?

[ROF]

I sincerely hope it's not a Sony. I recently had to dump our Sony player after it quit working entirely. After years of service, this device started balking at DVD-R's. Sometimes it played them, sometimes it didn't. Sometimes it took forever for it to actually read it. Because it gradually got worse, I thought it was just an old player and didn't like my discs.

I was wrong. About a month ago, it died. It wouldn't spin a single disc no matter if it was pressed or burnt. The problem with this player would have cost $89 to fix. Fortunately, I could do the repair myself otherwise it would probably have cost twice that amount, if I could even find someone to do it. Instead, I bought a $119 DVD Recorder.

I hope your issue isn't the same as mine, but that's how it started. After playing a pressed disc and inserting a burnt disc it would choke. Not all the time, but enough to be annoying. When it died, I was mad, but somewhat relieved at knowing I wouldn't have to deal with that problem anymore.

[slangtime]

its an apex its not an expensive dvd player but i still hope its not what yours had lol some times it will just load and kep loading and if i put in a regular dvd and take it out real quick then put in a vcd it will play it it just started actin wierd like that yesterday

[ROF]

That all sounds familiar. If you leave the disc in when it's attempting to read, does it eventually, even minutes later, give you disc read error or other type error? I tried your method which worked. I could also wait a few minutes and re-insert the VCD/SVCD DVD-R with sometime successful reads. The replacement part for the sony (Laser which died) was $89 which is well over the cost of a new player in my neighborhood.

I certainly hope this isn't the case here. You may want to try a lens cleaning disc, but if it's reading other book types fine, I'd say it your problem sounds all too familiar,

[slangtime]

i dont get an error it just loads forever and never comes up what i dont understand is why they work after i put a regular dvd in it like it changes the settings or somthin?

[ROF]

It's a different type of media which requires a different type of read. While the DVD is getting up to speed, the laser is determining which type of disc it's going to be reading and adjusts itself accordingly.(simple explanation)

[kato51]

If it's an apex and not a media problem, I suggest you go here.

http://www.nerd-out.com/forum/

[ROF]

Thanks kato51.

I don't have any problems with, but I do own an Apex DVD Recorder. Nice to see others out there saying good things about it.

[slangtime]

thanks for the imput guys it seems to be running great now but i still dont know if the problem is solved