Problem with Pioneer DV434

[Secret]

Hi all
I got my Pioneer DV434 for about a year. I was play great in all kind of CDR and CDRW. Now my DVD player have problem with VCD and SVCD:
while I watched VCD or SVCD, the player stop unexpected at random place. Eventhough, I play the old VCD that was playing perfect on the same DVD player before. So i test with DVD disk, it is play perfect. I open my player and clean the len but it no help. Any one have a problem like me or know how to solve it . Please help
Thanks

[el-Dia]

Iv'e got a similar problem with my Yamaha 510 player.
But this has problems with DVD's also. It plays for about 20-30 minutes when it's cold and then suddenly stops.
The only way to get started again is to pull out the power for 1-10 minutes and then it will play for 5-10 minutes again.
It's the same with VCD's & SVCD's. It will say disc error or no disc in the display.
A buddy has a Pioneer 535 with the same problem!
Could there be any problem with certain brands of cd's ******* up the laser??
Any suggestions or comentarys are apreciated.!

Regards,
el-Dia

[mike100]

I have had the same problem with my Yamaha DVD S510: it was a heat problem / the player is defective. I returned my player to Yamaha.

[el-Dia]

Just got back the player from repair.
The mono board was defective. Think it was the controllerboard for motors and/or lasers.

It's been firmware upgraded too. Now it allows switchable subtitles on the NTSC SVCD http://www.vcdhelp.com/svcd.htm#sample disk
On the PAL SVCD it's now displaying the menu but no subtitles.