dvp642/37 keeps saying no disc need some help

[starskie]

i was watching an avi on the dvd player and all of a sudden it froze. when i tried to replay the dvd but it said no disc. i have tried putting in an original dvd but it still says no disc. i have tried about 4 different dvds and i get the same results all the time. has anybody had this problem before? any help would be appreciated thanks

[boldego]

Don't know if it will work or not but you might try to unplug the unit for a couple of minutes and plug it back in.

[Krispy Kritter]

Sometimes leaving it off for awhile will work...otherwise the player is most likely dead.

[SoCalMK]

This is probably the beginning of the end for your player. But if you don't mind the hassle, you can clean it out using one of those cleaner discs and it will play fine for about a day or two. Then you'll have to repeat the process. You'll have to do this more frequently with the passing of time until the machine is completely dead. I speak of this from my own experience.

[giannid]

I'm thinking it might be your dvd laser. Will it still play CD's or CD-R's?

[starskie]

i've never tried to play cd's or cd-r's. i just got the player back in june. i'm gonna have to rma it with philips

[MJA]

I have the same player its a sad story that’s all I can say. Mine freezes after 10 min no matter what kind of movie I watch. I pointed a fan to cool it down. No luck, updated the firmware, no luck
Thanks to divxtodvd I don't need a divx player anymore, and if I do I will buy the one from PIONEER
http://ww1.onecall.com/PID_27949.htm $116.10

[giannid]

i've never tried to play cd's or cd-r's. i just got the player back in june. i'm gonna have to rma it with philips

Well a DVD player has one laser for reading DVDs and a different laser for reading CDs. If your DVD player plays one and not the other, it is probably due to one of the lasers burning out.