Re: Vivo DVD player lost video output. Suggestions?

From: sofie (sofie_at_olypen.com)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:54:12 -0700

The best suggestion I can give you is the following:
Do NOT open it up or try to fix it if indeed you just purchased it and has
only worked a few hours.... you will void your warranty. You should
immediately take it back to Circuit City and get a replacement or get your
money back. 

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Best Regards,
Daniel Sofie
Electronics Supply & Repair
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"Picky Picky Picky..." <ripprou@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:a8173a58.0406201504.1fb615f7@posting.google.com...
> Hi there! Let me first say thank you for reading this post. I have one
> of these cheapo VIVO DVD-P1500 DVD Players that I bought specifically
> because of features it offered that were unavailable without going
> MUCH higher in price. It worked great for a few hours and then the
> video just stopped coming out of it. No background screen, no OSD that
> would normally be generated by the DVD player (IE volume bar) and no
> movie video. It continues to play sound and CDs just fine. There's
> only one left at Circuit City to replace it with but I'm wondering if
> you might have suggestions or have seen this before. Honestly.. being
> a CE repair tech for 20+ years I don't cringe at the idea of having to
> do a repair on it.. maybe even an upgrade to it that would prevent the
> failure again. However, I can't seem to locate ANY info on the company
> and so obtaining a schematic appears futile. I don't want to
> obliterate the warranty seals just to look in there in the hopes of
> finding a smoked resistor either. Perhaps one of you can recommend a
> "real" brand for this machine from whom I could obtain service lit? I
> haven't seen anything exactly like this although we did have a Memorex
> in the shop not too long ago that was similar. Any suggestions?
>
> THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

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