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Latest post 05-27-2009 3:45 PM by seethroughyou. 10 replies.
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  • 05-25-2009 10:52 AM

    • mor
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    Avant DVD 28 doesnt play / recognize DVDs anymore :-(

    Hello everyone,

    all of a sudden my Avant 28 DVD does not play DVDs or even CDs anymore. (now this happened after my little niece was supposed to watch her DVDs and instead, I fear, played piano on the beo4)

    When putting a DVD into the drive, the display only shows "DVD <>"

    and when I go into "Menu", "Setup", "00Go", "DVD", the screen shows a message I have never seen before:

    DVD region setup

    NOTE!

    DVD SOURCE SELECTED

    LOADER CLOSED

    NO DISC IN DRIVE

    ... and then there's nothing to setup or change (I see that message not matter whether there's a DVD in the drive or not)

    Has anyone got a clue for me what to do here? I can still hear the motor spinning when trying to access a DVD

    Is there a way to reset the Avant DVD? 

    Would anyone know what have made this happen?

    Looking forward very much to any reply,

    mor

     

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  • 05-25-2009 10:56 AM In reply to

    • Opman
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    Re: Avant DVD 28 doesnt play / recognize DVDs anymore :-(

    I don't work in an IT call centre, honest! but have you tried powering off the Avant for a few minutes? What have you got to loose?

    Hope it works :-)

    Opman

  • 05-25-2009 11:11 AM In reply to

    • mor
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    Re: Avant DVD 28 doesnt play / recognize DVDs anymore :-(

    Thanks for the suggestion ... tried that now, too ... but didn't help unfortunately.

    Any other hint?

  • 05-25-2009 11:17 AM In reply to

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    Re: Avant DVD 28 doesnt play / recognize DVDs anymore :-(

    I have an Avant VCR and even though the VCR is integrated, it has an external scart lead. Does your DVD Avant have a scart lead at the back that may have come loose? Just try pushing it to make sure it's firmly in place.

    I'm clutching at straws for you.

    Opman

  • 05-25-2009 11:19 AM In reply to

    • mor
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    Re: Avant DVD 28 doesnt play / recognize DVDs anymore :-(

    Unfortunately not ... the wiring to the DVD player is all internal and not via one of the Scarts - but thanks for suggesting!!

  • 05-25-2009 11:36 AM In reply to

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    Re: Avant DVD 28 doesnt play / recognize DVDs anymore :-(

    That was my last shot at assistance I'm afraid. If nobody else can offer any help, it may be a call to your local B&O service centre.

    Opman

  • 05-25-2009 12:40 PM In reply to

    • mor
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    Re: Avant DVD 28 doesnt play / recognize DVDs anymore :-(

    Does anyone else have any idea?

  • 05-25-2009 1:02 PM In reply to

    Re: Avant DVD 28 doesnt play / recognize DVDs anymore :-(

    try cleaning the laser properly... if that fails, i got a bad feeling that you might need a new laser mechanism. did the avant suddently stop playing dvds or did u notice that the read time was slower. what are the service counters like? has the dvd been used a lot to make you believe that its the cd mechnism failing?

  • 05-25-2009 2:28 PM In reply to

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    Re: Avant DVD 28 doesnt play / recognize DVDs anymore :-(

    Thanks for the hint ... I believe that over time the read-in times went worse actually. I actually hardly used the DVD player as the system is the bedroom system only. The countes are minimal: only 13 days of total DVD playback, one day VCD and another one day for CD.

    What would hint that I would need a new mechanism? (and would you know what I'd have to invest?)

  • 05-27-2009 3:04 PM In reply to

    • mor
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    Re: Avant DVD 28 doesnt play / recognize DVDs anymore :-(

    Does anybody else have any idea how I could get my DVD player to work again?

  • 05-27-2009 3:45 PM In reply to

    Re: Avant DVD 28 doesnt play / recognize DVDs anymore :-(

    my DVD1 went slowly like that it. first it would skip chapters  and sections of films then one day it said "no disc".

    i opened it up, cleaned the laser carefully and gently with isopropyl alcohol on ear cotton bud and it was back to normal operation after that. Dx = the laser could be seen to be completely obscured by dust.

    not sure if that is definitely the Dx for your unit as the DVD stopped playing suddenly rather than slowly but try cleaning the laser with the method above.

    best wishes.

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