How to Clean The Laser Eye of a DVD Player

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Easy step by step DIY process to clean a Dvd player and get it working again.
I show you how to access the laser eye of a dvd player(samsung v4600) and clean it for better playback. Each brand has a different way to remove the disc topper to access the eye, some have screws, this one has clips.
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@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

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@marvinwhittaker 9 ай бұрын

Using rubbing alcohol won't do too much damage to the CD lens will It?

@hopewilson9822 2 жыл бұрын

Im 65 and actually took my blu ray dvd apart and cleaned it. Wow I really did it. Go granny go☺️

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

@Ironfurnaceroom 2 жыл бұрын

Came home, learned the daughter had put a dvd in the player that had banana smear on it. Player read, "check disc" for our dvd's. Having no idea how or what to think of the whole matter, I got really upset, thinking the dvd player was toast. Wife said, there should be hope. Looked up "how to open and clean a dvd player", found this movie. Followed it to the T and the DVD player works again!!! Thanks for the VID!

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! glad it helped.

@Rev.DavidJTowns 5 жыл бұрын

This video should go viral -- awesome advice!!!

@clairgervais7503 3 жыл бұрын

I have watched many "help" videos. You are excellent! Explained great, easy to understand. Keep the videos coming!

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@GeoffRichards_GP 3 ай бұрын

Grateful greetings from London, UK, in 2024. This video just saved the day. I needed to access a DVD urgently, so dig out my decade-old LG blu-ray player. Which merrily still played BD but gave me a "no disc" error. A quick dab of "Surgical Spirit" (British 90% rubbing alcohol) and 5 minutes later, everything works! Thanks for sharing the cleaning tip!

@PickRoll 3 ай бұрын

glad it worked

@Christian_Girl120 3 жыл бұрын

This is great! I wanted to make sure I knew how to do it properly before I even try. I didn't want to mess it up! LOL! Thank you for the information. It's very helpful! You know, if you don't want to lose the screws, get a small box, like a box where jewelry might have been. That way they won't roll off the table.

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help. Thanks

@asrarul12 3 жыл бұрын

This is so simple, crispy, and to the point. Got the solution I needed. Got it with confidence I can clean the lens on my own. THANKS. Love from Bangladesh

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@steventrosiek2623 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great video. You made cleaning the laser lens easy enough. Now I can clean my combo, both VCR and DVD areas. You're wonderful.

@PickRoll Жыл бұрын

thanks, good luck

@ejoshcoron 23 күн бұрын

Thank you this got my blu ray drive working again!

@PickRoll 23 күн бұрын

Great!

@TheTiffanycadams 4 жыл бұрын

This saved me from purchasing a new DVD player! I followed the steps and now the old one I have works perfectly! ;-)

@PickRoll 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it helped, good job! thanks

@bettyboop3971 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it works fine now. Normally I would have never tried something like this, but the video gave me the confidence to give it a shot.

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad it helped.. thanks

@clairgervais7503 3 жыл бұрын

WOW! It worked! thank you so much! Now my grandkids can watch their movie!! Excellent video.

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Happy to help, enjoy your time with the kids

@marypeaches1111 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You so much! Your simple and excellent demonstration saved my DVD player

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@adelker4884 3 жыл бұрын

One-man army 👍👍👍👍👍! Great tutorial AND excellent videography ❤. Gonna try your method on my dvd recorder. Thanks!

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, If you look thru comments alot of people saying it worked for them also, GL.

@RobertKza 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, I had another issue in that the DVD drive disc was found rolling around inside the electronics board of a 2nd hand dvd player. I did not know that the 'top plate' was removable! My DVD player is working well now thanks to this video :-)

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad it helped!

@mspamerskine 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you - very clear and concise directions.It looks easy enough for me to try on my old Digilogic which gradually went fuzzy and now is not playing at all ...just when I wanted to start again with Downton Abbey!

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

worth a try, good luck

@sandrawashington7070 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you my grandchild and I are now watching Mary Kate and Ashley thanks to your video we fixed a dvd player that was not working for months very simple explanation Happy Thanksgiving! Suscribed and look forward to more helping videos!!!

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

AWESOME! glad it helped, enjoy your time! thanks, Same to you

@whosbites437 Жыл бұрын

By this tutorial my Samsung SV DVD5 is working again! Thank You

@PickRoll Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@jimwiskus8862 Жыл бұрын

Good job! You explained more n a few minutes than I’ve found anywhere else. I have a Toshiba giving me a message of “incorrect disc”. This hasn’t been used in years. I’ll give it a try and respond back. Thanks!

@PickRoll Жыл бұрын

Thanks, good luck

@CRUNCHYBABY Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It worked for my dual DVD/VHS player. I didn’t have a bottle of isopropyl alcohol, but did have some first aid kit 70% wipes which worked. I also used q-tips, non-scented baby wipes, and my lungs to clear dust I found inside. I also took the time to clean the little fan on back which was very dusty.

@PickRoll Жыл бұрын

Nice, glad it helped. Cant imagine how many units have been thrown away when all it needed was a simple clean

@shaylashay2997 8 ай бұрын

Omg thank you for this video. It was really helpful and easy.

@PickRoll 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Whysoblupndabear 4 жыл бұрын

wow thanks ! it worked perfectly and you used the exact same model that i have as the example

@PickRoll 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it helped!

@themulticraftsinnovator7523 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful -- Thank you !

@PickRoll 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@Breaknwid 3 ай бұрын

I had the same issue with the same model machine. I performed this procedure and that was all it needed to get it working again. Thanks for the video.

@PickRoll 3 ай бұрын

awesome ! glad it worked for you.

@hanskasper9965 4 жыл бұрын

This worked perfectly. My recorder was identical to the one in the video.

@PickRoll 4 жыл бұрын

Great, glad it worked!

@Nyck461 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for posting

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

thanks

@beth6419 2 ай бұрын

This is an excellent video! So clear in detail on how to open it up and clean the laser eye. So many videos out there are so bad with the camera shaking and they don't even show you how to open the unit up or what they're doing. I just bought a DVD/VHS player and the DVD just says loading but will never load, so I'm going to try this tomorrow.

@PickRoll 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, good luck

@ghood7445 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video, early indications are that it's worked. FWIW my machine had a circuit board overlapping the part covering the laser eye and I could only partially raise the latter for fear of damaging the circuit board. Fortunately, I still managed to get the Q Tip to clean the eye, but I didn't detect any movement of it like in your video. Again, much appreciated!

@PickRoll Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped, hopefully it stays working

@westhamunited571 4 жыл бұрын

did same to old Panasonic player but used ordinary lens cleaner (spectacles) worked a treat..

@PickRoll 4 жыл бұрын

cool, thanks

@therealtoni 2 жыл бұрын

Very clear. I hope it does the trick!!!

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

Worth a try gl

@fredquann2796 Жыл бұрын

Excellent, thank you.

@PickRoll Жыл бұрын

welcome

@julieveitia2979 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I haven’t used mine in years so I’m hoping this cleaning will get the disc to actually load. Wish me luck! 😊

@PickRoll Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@anilpatel1398 11 ай бұрын

Very good information

@PickRoll 11 ай бұрын

Thanks

@cassettekaier 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much sir

@PickRoll 2 ай бұрын

Welcome

@bethhughes7981 3 жыл бұрын

good job! thanks

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@tpriestess 4 жыл бұрын

You are awesome!

@PickRoll 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@parkview113 2 жыл бұрын

thanks. easy !

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@michaelfeeney8437 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. Always enjoy these ‘How to’ videos. My Panasonic blu ray 530 played up before Christmas. But I managed to rectify the problem. I notice the discs have to be in perfect condition for it to play and any slight imperfections, then it won’t read them. This is compared to a 15 year old Panasonic Combi, which I have in another room which will play anything you throw at it. Frustratingly it plays the discs the blu ray won’t. I then came across a Panasonic store in another town, and had a chat with them about all this, and it seems that it isn’t always the lasers at fault. Apparently, the disc tray can slightly ‘warp’, so the disc won’t sit plum in its seat, so is unable to be read. On mine, I noticed the tray had a lot of play in it. And is a flimsy contraption for what was an expensive machine. And the life expectancy of these newer machines, I’m told is only a few years !! But I would always attempt a repair rather than just bin it.

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

thanks

@niners2162 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u man

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@jettabobetta2192 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@PickRoll 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@robynshoffeitt888 Ай бұрын

thank you blessings

@PickRoll Ай бұрын

Thanks

@preciousekeogu1188 2 жыл бұрын

It is very good

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

thanks

@JorgeSanchez-fb5pq 2 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for your time and help. Does this include Toshiba 620 DVD player recorder . It first start to burn the disk and then it stops at 32 seconds saying not compatible but I Kno it is

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure

@TJ-cg8mq 2 жыл бұрын

. just subscribed, thanks buddy -' have you covered the VCR part in another video - I'm sure you wouldn't use a cue tip for the VCR mechanism?!?

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

no, not sure about vcr side. but i think a q tip wipe on side of the silver wheels is ciorrect

@virathiyam5401 2 жыл бұрын

Well done bro.. liked & supported.. very informative.. btw do you think plain water is fine for cleaning the dvd laser lens if I don't have rubbing alcohol?

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

Alcohol is best because it dries very fast, water takes a long time and can cause corrosion. if using water must be very very little

@josephmullen3254 4 жыл бұрын

Hi what recorder head look like is it near the lens some where

@PickRoll 4 жыл бұрын

i'm a reseller so I only know what to do to clean it, sorry

@jut20five 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid , great accent dude, kinda scary for some reason..

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

lol Thanks.

@josephmullen3254 4 жыл бұрын

Hi what's wrong is my 2007 sony dvd recorder wont record discs anymore, should I clean the lens or what else could be wrong please help thanks very much.

@PickRoll 4 жыл бұрын

Does it play them ok? If they play, then cleaning isn't needed, but after that I wouldn't know.

@Emily_rose72829 Жыл бұрын

My DVD player is on the tv which means it is on the side will it be the same or do I have to do it different

@PickRoll Жыл бұрын

Not sure the type you have

@F-MK96 4 жыл бұрын

was showing no disc all the time and did this now its like new

@PickRoll 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@markinvisiblyunnoticed9458 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, I want to ask something. When I was a child, I have been watching pirated dvds (I live in Indonesia, where pirated dvds are easier to find than original one). When I put a pirated dvd in my Samsung player, it works. Yesterday, I bought three original dvds but when I put it on the player, it loads so long until it displays the message “This disc cannot be read”. I tried the other dvds I bought and it is still the same. I put it in my LG dvd player and laptop and it worked! But not the Samsung. I was so sad because the Samsung player I own supports Surround system but the LG player does not. I got the correct region (3) and the correct format too. There’s no dust or anything but why is it not working? Please help me answer this question.

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry I do not know

@lorinmiller3317 5 жыл бұрын

What percentage of rubbing alcohol should I use to clean the laser eye?

@PickRoll 5 жыл бұрын

In the video it is the standard 70% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol. Thanks

@jimmymurphy7789 2 жыл бұрын

Rubbing Alcohol is just fine & will NOT hurt the coated Laser Eye. Just don't saturate & soak it with too much - just enough to thoroughly wet the Q-Tip, then a light rubbing (don't "Grind" it in) & air dry will do the Trick.

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, thanks

@Elizabeth-zc7vq 29 күн бұрын

I am disabled. I can't put the DVD player on a table. I have a spinal disc that is out of alignment so I am not able to stand up. I loved your video on cleaning the eye . Taking the eye cover off is very difficult. Can I clean the eye leaving the disc cover on?

@PickRoll 28 күн бұрын

Brands are different, but most you need to remove to access.

@stddisclaimer8020 3 жыл бұрын

What's wrong with using a CD/DVD disc lens cleaner, no disassembly required?

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Its worth a shot first. This is an option if that doesnt work, or if someone doesnt have a disc handy.

@milliereyes6573 11 ай бұрын

What if I have a built-in DVD player and it keeps saying my disc is not available?? But it does this with many different disc, and I’ve tried to clean my disc and it’s still not working??

@PickRoll 11 ай бұрын

not sure, sorry

@bobsoft 5 ай бұрын

Did you try cleaning the lens?

@robertboucher2882 3 жыл бұрын

Did it work

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Yes this works.. look at other comments from people saying so, thanks

@shay4101 Жыл бұрын

Is it really important to use a manual screwdriver and not a power drill to disassemble? My DVD side isn't working and I may have messed up the first time trying to fix it about a year ago. Thank goodness my VCR still works. I've just been trying to get the DVD side cleaned but I don't know how to safely get it open. I'm not sure how long I should wait before disassembling this time after unplugging it. I wish there was a website to tell you all about this kind of stuff, but I guess they don't want you to fix it yourself lol

@PickRoll Жыл бұрын

Use whatever your comfortable with.

@GooglyMcDoubleface 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a dvd player to resell. It was $15. I watched your video and wonder if it is the same problem.

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

could be, happens often

@GooglyMcDoubleface 3 жыл бұрын

@@PickRoll samsung dvd-hd841/xaa is what i have, really nice player.

@tectorama 2 жыл бұрын

I wish the laser on my old Sony DVD Recorder was as easy to get to.

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

Yea some dont have a cover inside that snaps off to expose it

@michaelfeeney8437 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, some are ‘tamperproofed’. Panasonic, for example are in a sealed plastic case. But you may be able to gain access by prising open the spindle and the metal washer with a mini screw driver. You may then be able to get a Q Tip in at an angle to clean it.

@fletcherking2429 2 ай бұрын

I did all these steps and it just keep saying err disc. Even when i put a brand new dvd in it. Any ideas on how to remedy this problem. The player is only 3 years old.

@PickRoll 2 ай бұрын

No, sorry

@johnhungerford3814 29 күн бұрын

Buy a Used one at flea market for $10

@childhooddreamer6975 Жыл бұрын

Can I just spray some All purpose cleaner on the one end of the Q tip ? 🤨

@PickRoll Жыл бұрын

Not sure, alcohol was suggested to me because it quickly evaporates, = no film/streak on lens.

@childhooddreamer6975 Жыл бұрын

@@PickRoll Well, we'll just see how it works out and I'll get back to you on it.

@PickRoll Жыл бұрын

@@childhooddreamer6975 ok good luck

@ghoster2293 Ай бұрын

Help. It didn't work for me what did i do wrong?😢

@PickRoll Ай бұрын

No guarantee it will fix issue. could just be bad

@vickiemccroan6718 3 жыл бұрын

Help that's not showing me what I need

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you want me to tell you.

@NutsandGuts 3 жыл бұрын

You didn't clean the lower part of the lens.

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

ok thanks

@3xcalibur23 2 жыл бұрын

That's a problem with dvd players if they get dirty in the inside your dvd get scratched or skips is annoying I'm sure soon they will stop making DVDs and dvd players I wonder how we going to watch movies? Maybe on Netflix I don't have an account I do have tubi but movies get removed all the time there other services to watch movies I don't like I do have thAt google play movies and tv thing that I used to buy movies and tv shows but movies and tv shows are expensive so I just stopped buying movies from there I guess tubi it is I only watch movies when all the good movies are back the rest are old and boring movies

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

Thats a mouthful! thanks

@matthewphelan9288 9 ай бұрын

id just use a laser cleaner

@PickRoll 9 ай бұрын

thanks

@yktam007 3 жыл бұрын

You use alcohol to clean the head but you don't show it can work

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

ok thanks

@vickiemccroan6718 3 жыл бұрын

I have a newer CD player

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

They basically work the same

@pietermol8508 2 жыл бұрын

laser lenses are coated and should NOT be cleaned with any kind of alcohol! Use demiwater instead. And also make sure the lens is cleaned both sides (which is easier said than done0.

@PickRoll 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for tip

@angiemoseley4839 6 ай бұрын

How do you get to "both" sides and where do you get cleaner, please

@TheNotverysocial 3 жыл бұрын

I have tried this. It did not work. I fear the whole thing is scrap. CD, DVD it does not matter.

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe its another issue, im not a pro, but many have has success.

@TheNotverysocial 3 жыл бұрын

@@PickRoll Just stop playing altogether regardless of what is inserted into it. Error card or no disc won't go away. I know no place I can take it to, and I cannot buy new ones as I could twenty years ago. I saw many videos after searching for them, and cleaning is always the sole recommendation.

@PickRoll 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNotverysocial Sorry I dont know. I'm not a repair guy, I sell these sometimes and just know how to clean. fyi you can buy on ebay, many always for sale