This was the best explanation I could find among many, many. Great approach, clear and coherent explanation; good pace with no waste of time. Thank you!

Steve, I used to clean the belt pulleys with the acetone as well. Good job, and glad to see you making videos again... Hadn't seen you for over a couple yrs awhile ago. Best wishes.

Great Video!! lubricate the gears!!! put the belt in hot water to shrink it a little after cleaning it, Lubricate the slide bars.....

Thanks NorCal, my dvd player was freezing and skipping. I cleaned the lens with isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab. I didn't even have to disassemble it, just reached under with the cotton swab. Works good now! Maybe next time i'll go for the full maintenance program.

Mr. Nor cal 715 i will love to see you maken videos on vintage radio and tv you are a very skill person and i love your videos.

Thanks a lot, your demonstration are very to much accepted on how to maintain a good servicing the appliances.👍👍👍👍👍

This is a good instructional video (Though I guess as others have said, it might be better to use alcohol) and this probably goes without saying (but I'll say it anyway). Do this only if you have to. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Some people will watch a video like this and even though their player is working fine, they'll think "Hmmmm. I think I'll clean mine just to be on the safe side". Just to be on the safe side, don't do it unless you're getting a lot of errors and skipping and you're sure it's not scratched or dirty disks. You probably won't damage the mechanism or the lens if you follow this video exactly but they are delicate parts and you could damage them easily. Decent DVD players are getting a little harder to find and this one isn't half bad so if you have one of these, you don't want to kill it prematurely. It's a digital reading system so if you don't see/hear errors or skipping, you won't improve the picture or sound quality one bit by cleaning it. I don't post this to be an annoying know it all. Just that I've had those moments where I thought I was gonna make things better and I did something slightly wrong and screwed the whole thing up and made a pile of junk out of something that would have lasted years.

Great video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Very good and clear explanation from "NorCal" ! Iove it. Very helpful. Best Regards from Theo, The Netherlands.

Thanks for the video. I used 99% Isopropyl on the lens and denatured alcohol on the belt. This pos DVD player cost me nothing back in the day but is worth fixing vs joining it's brothers in the landfill.

Good Job, interesting your demonstration

Thanks for posting this video, as it was particularly useful since you needed to take the disc assembly out to access the laser from underneath. Some appear to be in a sealed plastic casing with no access, but I could see how you could unclip the unit from the underside. I’m going to have to tackle my Panasonic DMR 530 blu ray again, after it refuses to read any dvds whatsoever. Originally I prised off the disc spindle and gained access at an angle to the twin lasers. But you couldn’t get enough purchase on it to clean it properly, but I believe your video might have helped solve my problem. Thanks.

thank you for the excellent information

Weekend at Bernie's? Added to "To watch" list. Was looking for external dvd writer maintenance and found this, obviously everything is analog. Thanks a lot.

good video dude, thanks for that information

Neat & Clean Demonstration.

Good video, thanks so much

Thanks buddy, I give it a try,

Interesting I will try, Tks

thenks for this video.excelent.more like this video ser.thenk for your time.

Great job! I want to watch Weekend at Bernies now lol

These units are honestly all you’ll ever need if you have a smaller 720p 32” tv like my LG, where blu-ray won’t make a difference. Really good for $35, and nice looking. They work with CDs as well. They still make them, too. My only complaint is they run a little noisy, but my old 5.1 sound system drowns it out. I love these where you can retrieve the disc without power, my 2003 Toshiba can do the same thing. Side note: the fuse on these can go out, but it is super easy to solder one on.

Thank you man👍

Brilliant !

Excellent crash course, I will try this at home. Shame about the back ground noise

Great video. I have a Samsung DVD-V3500 vcr dvd combo where the Disc starts spinning slow...then spins up fast...as it's spinning I cab hear a few faint ticks. All the while the screen says loading. After a few ticks it stops spinning and says can't load disc/check disc....any thoughts?

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An advert on amazon for Electcom dvd player says, "Anti-shock protection ensures for dvd player that you have nothing but uninterrupted viewing pleasure as it reads ahead, and provides a smooth, reliable viewing experience" I have a dvd -RW which my Sony DVP 760H always freezes on. Fearing the disc to be warped, I keep pressing it between two pieces of glass. It works a little better but not totally cured! I shall keep pressing! Would "Anti-shock... reading ahead", as described above, be capable of playing my -RW problem disc? In short I am wanting a dvd player I can trust to always play without 'freezing'. I can't relax when I play a dvd - I fear it will stall or freeze. Should I trust "Anti-shock... reading ahead" mechanism, please?

Any particular reason you're not using Isopropyl alcohol to clean the lens and the rubber? I imagine it's a much safer solvent, as the cleaning solution has detergents and other substances that could leave residue on the lens or on plastics and other components inside. Do you think there's any point in applying a bit of oil on the plastic teeth of the various wheels inside and on the side plastic bit (used to pull tray in and out)?

Hello where can I buy a power supply board for a protron DVD recorder

I have a little gear in the load mechanism that doesnt want to stay on its post. Do you have any recommendations for how to keep it down?

Weekend at Bernie's hahaha. Terrific movie.

This is a great video. Is there any benefit to lubing up the rails/gears on the optical assembly, and "sled"? Figure since a person is already lubing and cleaning every other "moving" part, if that would also help the longevity of the unit. When I worked at an electronics place many years ago, we always cleaned off most of the old grease from the plastic gears (especially in VCR's) and greased them up again. Is this actually necessary?

I have a Sony DVP SR500H that is freezing for a few seconds at variable places , I first ran the DVD in a different player and determined the DVD was not the problem . I then did what the video said to do except cleaning the belt , I could not get the tray open . Put together and play , it still freezes up as before . I guess i'm shopping for a new player , thanks for this anyway .

I would wager that those impurities from the belt you mention are the belt slowly dissolving in the acetone. Leave the belt in acetone long enough and it will completely dissolve.

I'm curious as to why didn't you lubricate the sled rails while you were inside. Enjoyed the video.

getting a "cannot play this disk" message on a Sony DVP-FX DVP FX820 will not play any disk. I applied some silicone lube and cleaned the lens...still, nothing.

I have a Kenwood one and there is a magnet that is under the upper clamp, that silver disc above the assembly. That magnet is kinda exploded but is it really essential? Can't I just remove it? Because the player still fires up but ever so often freezes the dvd

this is more like what not to do. The lens assembly is delicately poised and being rough like this when cleaning it can easily dislodge it. Also use something that evaporates fully like acetone or second best isopropyl alcohol or methylated spirits. Never us window cleaner.

not cleaning the wheels after cleaning the belt? not cleaning the magnet disc? not cleaning the slidemechanism / oiling it? no drop of oil to the gears?

I tried and it played for about 10 minutes then froze. I tried another (a DVD I thought "died") and it sounded like a 2 stroke dirtbike. It's not fixed.

What if you have a DVD player that plays audio cds but won’t even see a dvd? And yes, I did clean the lens.

Weekend at Bernie's?

What kind of oil did you use on motor?

My player just stays on "load" .... It doesn't "play" .... ?

Not a good practice to touch belts with bare fingers: finger oil on belts wold be counter-productive. Also recommend a smidgen of light-duty contact cleaner on the ribbon cable connectors

My DVD recorder Samsung is just not reading discs in gonna try cleaning but i got no faith.

Why did you stop halfway on the lubrication? Granted cheap dc motors and fan bearings will always dry out and require some TLC and you jumped through hoops to lube the motor rotor and I was expecting you to, while you had the oil in your hand and looking at the unit, give a pro-active swipe to the rails. Other than that, that's how you do it! Nice job on a rather neglected abused little dvd player.

I would replace the belt, they cost a few cents.

Dear sir I AM USING ......CAR SCREEN WIPES EXTERIOR on on LENS .....sing on cantact cables scart 3.5 etc BBUT IT WORKS ....vodka from bin in park will do many players.....after 20 years I am not IPA .METHALATED spirit . LIGHTER FLUID

This didn't work for me. The disc just doesn't spin. Maybe the motor is bad... thanks for the video though!!

Acetone on a rubber belt??? Not a good idea, it will make the belt deteriorate faster. Acetone is a hard solvent.

I'm not taking anything apart. It's a new Sony. I'd mess it up.

a new one is like 65 dollars. I would just buy a new one

Good job dislike acetone the owner used it but the smell bothered me.

:20: Trash It ! They're cheap !

Work on that “high talking “, end a sentence properly

I would Like to See more TV repair Videos as in your beginning