intermittent starting DVD player in here?

[mikesmith]

i dont know if this is the place to ask..
or even if i can ask about DVD players here...

i have a Sony DVD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/ Compact disc recorder

Model: RCD-W7V
Serial number: 8101951

heres the sony page...
it really dont show much..
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/mod....pl?mdl=rcdw7v

anyways...heres the problem...
sometimes it will start and run...
sometimes it won't
sometimes if i unplug it...and leave it off for a while...
and re-plug it turns on and works...
if i leave it pluged in and ON...it works..forever..
but if i turn it off..sometimes it won't turn back on..
unplug it...replug it....it might come on...
un plug replug..unplug re-plug...

i checked the plug wire it seesm ok...
i checked it with a OhM meter...for con-ta-new-a-tee (god i spell bad)
it seems ok..like its not the plug..

i took basic electronics in highschool like ages ago...
things have changed alot since then..

heres why i asking here..
the way things start up now days...is different then they did 20 years ago..
like not just on and off switchs..

they have start up circuts now..which im not to hip on..
i wonder if i could post some pictures of the insides of this DVD player/Cd recorder..
someone could say...theres a 89% chance that its this lil start up thing..
ha ha OMG (lil start up thing)..
that might be bad...becasue it needs to tell this other circut..it has the proper voltage before it will start up...
OMG..all you eltronics people dont kick me..lol..

i dont know what its called...but i know it has something to do with making it start..that might be the problem..becasue sometimes it will start..
and other times it wont..unless i unplug it...and re plug it..untill it lites up..
..anways..
if anyone wants to say anything ...
just tell me what area of the thing you want to see and i'll get a pic for ya..

where you might say..try replacing that lil blue box thing...that relay switch thing is probally bad...
or it might be a bad cap in this section..
or where you might say try replacing that lil red thing..lol..


lol..i'll shut up now..lol...

[Wizard]

Re: intermittent starting DVD player in here?

What's the manufacture date on that drive?

If 1 or 2 years old and lot of use, just dump it and get another.

These drives can be had for 30-50 like LG.

Whoops, this is not a disc drive for computer, well, take it to good electronic shop and have them look at it.

Cheers, Wizard

[willawake]

Re: intermittent starting DVD player in here?

i wonder if i could post some pictures of the insides of this DVD player/Cd recorder..
someone could say...theres a 89% chance that its this lil start up thing..

u can try

[mikesmith]

Re: intermittent starting DVD player in here?

hey wizzard!!..

your silly...
you gota stop drinking before ya read fourms..lol..
aint the object of this fourm is to try and mess it up yourself??..

i thought today the cheap labor of communist china..
was the cure to electronic problems..
like...
if it stops working..
just buy another one for 20 dollars..
and help support comm-U-NIZ-um..
and don't bother spending $87.43 to have your $20 DVD player fixed..
just buy another one from those 25 cents a hour workers..

is there still electronic shops???..that do repairs..
i been trying to find a Good VCR repair shop for 2 years now..
their not in the Phone book no more

get it??...yeah i wana solder my own $1.57 part in..
just gota find it first..

dont cut the blue wire!!...

BUT THERE ALL BLUE!!!..
which blue one you talking about!

[Wizard]

Re: intermittent starting DVD player in here?

Hehehe.

What you need is ESR capacitor meter and take the power supply out, check these electroylitc caps. And check soldering quality as well.

When it is acting up, dont keep plugging to get it going, Instead with top open, direct heated air (hair dryer etc) at capacitors on the power supply or something else for a minute or two, and attempt to start player up. If it comes up normally, it's the problem.

Electrolytic capacitors when marginal is 'temporily working' when warmed.

Cheers, Wizard