Hi ultramoderne The mx 5000 is one of the oldest in the mx range.It uses a Thomson chassis I belive Thomson is a french company.The fault you describe could be a simple one maybe a black wire is not connected to the text module it's located in the back of the tv set it's a small horizontal pcb where other wires goes to as far as I remember a

HI Jorgen What is dvdfab5 regards jan

Hi Jorgen What if they are copyprotected regards jan

Hi Neil Maybe your avant dvd are not capable of reading dual layer.Try to ask b&o regards jan

Hi Menahem Thank you for providing this information I think many of us have been looking for this shalom jan

Hi Felipe There can be several reasons for this.My guees is that the problem are located in the powersection around the big tranformer(line transformer) in the back of the tv its a big tranformer with a red wire going to the picture tube.There is a driver(transistor) called BU and some ciffers maybe its shortened.If it is you cannot just replace it

Hi Neil Have tried to clean the lens in the dvd playerI have had the same problem with a philips dvd player it was the only dvd player that could not play a specific dvd but other dvd player's had no problem.No one could explain why there was nothing wrong with the philips.Some times the same problems occurs with cd players it's a mystery regards

Hi Mark I agree with get a life I think something else is wrong in sensotronic's life and I feel sorry for him regards jan

Hi bigmuff Change all cap's on the decoder pcb its located just beneath the laserpickup,if this do not work the laserpickup itself is gone,and you have to try to get one maybe a used one in cosmetic bad condition regards jan

Hi sensotronic Why is this so importent