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In Reply to: RE: drive issue posted by Joe Murphy Jr on September 06, 2010 at 21:09:31
Just was notified the Oppo is on back order, so I can stop the order if I want. Now I'm wondering if I might have jumped the gun on the old unit. It really pains me to just toss something this expensive.
Let me explain what it does and see if one of you can give me a diagnoses.
When trying to load DVD's, it will make whirring noises with intermittent stops every couple of seconds, never able to load. On new CD's it will play into about 5 or 6 cuts before it just stops.
The first time it started doing this I sent it to a Denon Super Center and they said they fixed it. Within another year it started again and I took it to a local repair shop and had them libricate the rails, as suggested by someone here.
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I had a Denon laserdisc player many years ago. It was purchased as a refurbished model, so I knew upfront that it wasn't new and had previous problems. But as you may know, refurbished is supposed to mean that any problems the unit had were addressed and repaired/replaced. Well, it wasn't too long after I got it that it had problems playing the last 5 minutes or so of a laserdisc side. The full 1-year warranty came with the unit, so I was able to have this "repaired" for free. It worked fine after the repair. Until it started doing it again. Back to the repair shop and it worked as good as new, until...
By then it was out of warranty and there was no fixing it for free. Not being able to use it as a laserdisc player, I used it to play CDs. I wish I had done this earlier, because that laserdisc player was excellent for that task. It had a variable audio output (all analog) so I could run it directly to my amps. I used it for a year or so and finally sold it (I did let the person who bought it know upfront that CDs were fine, but laserdiscs had a problem).
The optical pick-up was bad and couldn't stay in alignment for very long. If you can get a drive from Denon, you may be able to swap it out yourself. If you can't do it yourself, then some repair shops will do it for the labor charge. I had a CD player repaired long ago by this method.
Or, if you're interested, I have an oppo DV-983H sitting in the closet that was used for about 6 hours. The first $300 gets it.
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