Philips Home Theater DVD not working. Replacement parts available?

From: jmasters (jmasters.1l4vlr_at_news.diybanter.com)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:51:57 +0000

Mark D. Zacharias Wrote:
> Take advantage of this opportunity and get into another brand. Almost
> anything would be better. Never buy Philips again. Seriously. Their
> low-to-mid stuff is the worst.
>
> At this time Pioneer dvd players seems to hold up the best.
>
> Most people find surround receivers from Yamaha, Onkyo, Denon, and
> possibly
> Rotel are about the best.
>
> Mark Z.
>
>
> "jmasters" jmasters.1l30xn@news.diybanter.com wrote in message
> news:jmasters.1l30xn@news.diybanter.com...-
>
> I have a Philips Home Theater unit (basically a DVD player, amplifier
> setup) MX 3550D.
>
> We've had intermittent problems with scenes stalling, maybe freezing
> the unit, and has gotten worse to where we're lucky to play brand new
> DVD's in it.
>
> Tried a lens cleaner, but that didn't work.
>
> Used a canned air blast to try to knock dust from the lens area (not
> a
> direct blast)
>
> But I can hear it grinding around, before it freezes up (bad enough
> to
> where the eject doesn't work, and power off works after several
> seconds)
>
> I'd like to replace the DVD pickup assembly, and am wondering where I
> might find one.
>
> My wife says to just buy another one (she watches dvd's more than I
> do), but being unemployed, and this being an amplifier too (only
> apparently sold with another set of speakers, $300-400, etc) I don't
> think it's going to be worth buying another one. I've fixed VCR's
> monitors, copiers, printers, computers, etc. So I'm not worried
> about
> diving into this.
>
> Anybody know what other tests I can do? Or should I try cleaning the
> lens? I have some swab sticks to reach into small spaces. I have
> some
> audio/video head cleaner, but I think it's more for VCR's and tape
> units, and am afraid it might damage a laser pickup lens.
>
>
> Justin
>
>
> --
> jmasters-

Thanks Mark for the info! It's looking like it's shopping time. I'm
going to take one more crack at cleaning the lens with an alcohol based
solution and see what I can get from it. Since I'm just starting work
again, we're allocating funds for more important priorities right now.

Justin 

-- 
jmasters

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