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Rediculous! Go through all that trouble when you can buy a new DVD player for $30.
Simple and concise explanation. I fixed my Marantz CD 63!
Thanks for a great video.
My tray won't open with the remote OR the button. The button seems quite loose and jiggly. I guess I'll try opening the case in the hope I can make it open with the remote. But any suggestions will be very gratefully accepted.
O rings at the hardware store ….. I would have never thought of that one.
Love the O-ring trick.
Wow Ive been leaving a blank dvd/cd in my tray so when i pushed button – drawer would open. and then if i forgot- id have to use the paper clip! i watched your video- went to garage- sprayed dressing n q tip- did your recommendations and OMG it works! THANK YOU!
i cant even pull it open, it seems to be stuck
Great idea on the o-ring!!
Don't use penetrating oil. Use Silicone oil.
Thanks, this video helped
good one!! now i know how to go when there's no 'emergency hole'
Awesome! Thank you! I used a rubber band to replace a broken belt. Your tutorial saved the day!
Thank you!!! 🙂
Legend! I used this to fix an LG Micro system! It had me flummoxed as I didn’t know where to find the belt- my one didn’t even need replacing just loosening from stuck position
But where can I buy the proper O-ring belt? Where ?
I fixed my dvd player with your video Thanks!
Thank you so much!!! I had this issue and after following your video I found the o-ring seemed okay so I just readjusted it and added some lubricant and it works!!!
Where i buy the ring
Thank you for the tips. On our Clearplay Anccor 740HD player there was no way to access the tray cog wheel from the front to move it with a flat blade screwdriver. We did a little sleuthing on the Internet and found on IFIXIT a tip to release the DVD tray. "DVD Drawer Won't Open, No Pinhole For Paperclip Trick". On the bottom of the machine is a wide slot below the tray area. With a paperclip with one end straightened out and a flashlight, find a plastic piece inside the slot on the right side with a square depression that you can anchor the tip of the paperclip in. Slide the plastic piece too the left toward the outside edge of machine. This will release the tray. Our non-opening tray problem was not a broken belt. It was a couple of strands of my niece's reddish brown HAIR wound around the belt spindle !
This was binding the tray. We removed the strands of hair with a tweezers. We also greased the slides on the bottom of the tray with silicone spray on a Q-tip. The tray works fine now. We alerted our nieces not to dangle their hair over the tray when loading disc.
used an O ring to fix my dvd player, it works like a charm, dvd player opens a little slower, but that should be ok though.
i have a problem about stock CD and I don't know how to open the DVD your a life saver💜💜💜💜🤧
What kind of oil do you use to lubricate it?
Super useful! Helped me fix my old Tascam CD A-700!
What’s a DVD player?
Is ok to just replace the o ring n not lubricate?
stan. you sound like michael jeter
Thanks a bunch for this video. Saved me a huge head ache. You are a good man, sir.
how do you do that stan
But my samsung dvd player e350 don have an elastic belt to open…it saw a litle gear that push forward and backward…the door blocks in Midway and error message comes simultaneously
Thanks.
take screws out? i will throw it around the room and next smash it with my hammer
Excellent informative video.
👌👌👌👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
My player opens always if there is a disc inside, but wont open if there is no disc inside? What do you think?
My Emerson radio/cd player drawer for the cd won’t open. And I have cds in it
Thank you 🙏🏼
I am senior have new phipis fwd17 player, not using. so the tray is not open, how to remove top cover?
You got a VCR. Cool