If it was purchased at Christmas why are you even looking at it----take it back to Wally Mart unless it is too late since you've been into iy (warranty). In general, if the spindle motor is reversing direction, the fault will be in syscon circuit, either at the drive IC or with the CPU and support components. Laser is likely OK Peter Keith's Stereo Burl ON pe.kow@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Phil Bader Sent: July 21, 2005 11:50 AM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: [TechAssist] Venturer (Wal-Mart) DVD dual screen, M# PVS1960, “No Disk” error I have no useful technical help on this,just let me say, we see the Walmart stuff that people arebuying and trashing their good older sets for, are lasting about 5-6 months.Not 5-6 years, or 10 years,plus. Sad. That's all I have to ad. Phil Philip Bader Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 Fax (863) 299-8821 email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx personal/ alt. email: pbader@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx see our ad at: http://jan-phyl-television-pc-monitor-service.9601288257006.worldpages-ads.c om/ daryls_tv@xxxxxxx wrote: >Venturer (Wal-Mart) DVD dual screen, M# PVS1960, =93No Disk=94 error > >Hi,=20 >I have a friend that has this mobile DVD player that comes with two LCD dis= >plays. He purchased this unit from Wal -Mart at Christmas time for his gra= >ndkids. Claims he paid over $300 for it. >The problem is it won=92t read the DVD=92s. Gives an error of =93No Disk= >=94. The spindle motor starts to spin, just as it starts to spin, it stops= > and reverses the direction and spins slowly, then stops. The optic moves = >up and down and gives three small flashes before the spindle motor stops. >Cleaned the optics... no help. Disconnected the spindle motor and applied = >voltage to it and it spun just fine. I didn=92t find any obvious bad joint= >s or cracks in the boards. >I haven=92t a clue as where to start looking for this problem. >I hope someone has some tips on this. >Thanks, >Daryl >Daryl's TV >2402 Wyoming Ave. >El Paso, TX 79903 >915-565-9184 Voice/Fax >daryls_tv@xxxxxxx >www.angelfire.com/tv2/daryls_tv > > > >--=20 >___________________________________________________________ >Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com >http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation >Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.2/54 - Release Date: 21/07/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.2/55 - Release Date: 21/07/2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/