The batteries most likely are from 2006 or 2007. I worked for Loblaw's from 2005-2008 and sold that exact brand/type of battery. I'm guessing the DVD player also dates to around 2007 as well. Energizer batteries (or Everready, same company) are better than Durasmell batteries for sure.

I had a very similar few of these DVD players in my bedroom as a kid. in the living room there was a Samsung top of the line DVD player, it had a jog/shuttle dial at the front. we ended up selling it on when we moved to blu-ray

Interesting problem, nice to see it working again, and avoided becoming e-waste. Also, good to know about the door switch, as sometimes my United DVD player shuts the door immediatly after it has opened, so if it gets worse, now I know what to look for to fix it. Yeah, different brand, but probably there's similar kind of switch in this one as well. I guess Philips used good quality batteries for remote controllers, as I've got Philips vhs vcr from 2003, and in 2018, noticed the original batteries had expired already in 2006, but no leaks and they still worked, but I replaced them anyway to avoid potential leakage, they certainly were on borrowed time by 2018 :D I don't remember what brand they were, but they were original ones, have had this vcr from new.

I stopped using a Funai Blu-ray player because it had issues with opening. I don't think it was the belt. Pushing eject just didn't seem to activate, or maybe the tray was sticking. Smacking the player seemed to work..I had the top off. I said blank it and bought a new Sony. The Funai still worked, but I got tired of fooling with the sticking tray. I may look at it again.

Thats great that those batteries are still good and not leaked everywhere.

Philips stuff that came through my shop usually had intermittent logic issues. Sometimes you twist the main board and it works fine, other times you turn it off and on a dozen times and it starts to work again. Bad solder on SOC is common too. Philips stuff looks nice and performs well, but often fail in logic forms. Nice job saving this one!

I have the same model, except that it has a slot loader. It has the same sled problem. It will read CDs only, but will not skip to the next track. I did all sorts of experiments on it😁. Dousing the lens assembly in ipa, adjusting spindle height, lubricating the gears, adjusting the pots etc. It survived all that. But nothing changed. Maybe the motor controller is bad. I have ordered a new lens assembly from eBay. Will receive it in about a month 🤞🤞

Loved these Philips players. Went through several generation of them. They were different from every other brand as there was firmware easily found and readily available to "enhance" them. This rendered them to be able to play just about anything and everything. Not that I ever voided my warranty. :-)

Philips had a lot of strange problems.

So much gold on this channel

I was expecting that driver chip to be dodgy, well it could still have . Pity you haven't got a good one.

What camera do you use? i love the nightshot mode

Phillips will give you a Strong rebuff for calling their Products Cheap, Sir. 😂 MJ. In B'dos.

I have this 3560 , but the tray doesn't open. Took it apart but can't see the problem. Looks like the mechanisms are out of sink.

hello from pocklington,uk,i have the same problems when i fix a laptop,you just about to strip it down for parts and oh,it starts working like the whole pc starts to work,its as tho they know you are going to bin it,lol,good vid,take care

I wonder if its a weak solder connection

Thanks for the video. I opend a device with very similar looking curcuits and when I was not attentive for a short moment and turned it upside down, a small square brown plastic card with a circular hole in the center fell out. Does anyone have a clue what this might be, where it might belong and wether it's important? Before opnening it did not sound like it had loose parts in it and functionality seems to be good as well. I wonder wether it might be for insulation?

My Guess is a bad solder joint in the main board !

Amazed that the old batteries still work ,,and not leak acid in the remote sender !!!😮

I would have guessed a dead spot in the motor. Suspect fault will return if left off for a few says but good one!

I thought I remember you saying The Philips cd880 was one of the best cdplayers ever made ? Which I definitely agree.

Nobody can make working electronics with so cheap components than Philips.

3m motor oil won't hurt the plastic slider?

Your Still Sounding a bit Rough pal...Don't push yourself take it easy you Need to Put your feet up for a while We will Still be here waiting for you don't worry about that Mate. England

Philips mechanisms were not their stong point, even going back long before CD's came along. The plastics and metals they used would crumble if were not very gentle with them. They were great inovators, but floundered when it came to making reliable products, this is how the Japanese were able to flood the market, until they started to make inferior products outside of Japan. At least they kept us busy repairing them.

Do ya think maybe the motor has a bad spot in the windings? Oh no that's right you ran it with power and it went back and forwards! Hmm strange!

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You're lucky there weren't Duracell (aka Duraleak) batteries inside the remote. The remote control PCB would've been eaten away by now...

Dontcha hate when that happens? One minute it doesn't work, you unplug something and it starts working for like, no reason...

3:40 Wait, there are Phillips fans?

Philips are notarius whith bad soldering !!