Re: Blinking power light fix for DVP642 DVD Player

Well, thanks for all your comments in the thread. I did see about the crappy cordless solder pens and won't ever use them on electronics.

Its been over 1 year since the repair on my player, and its still going strong. Whether or not the cap i put in will hold up for years to come..only time will tell, but I still love the DVP642.

Re: Blinking power light fix for DVP642 DVD Player

Wow, kc8adu Im glad to told me that. I'll get one and keep it on hand in case of the future failure, and I will update my photos with correct type. What
exact replacement part # from RS? Same spec. as the source one?

ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC, 50V CAPACITORS
Catalog Number: 2729014

I'll also remove the note about the cold heat solder pen. That's odd. Does the
manufacturer of cold heat specifically say in their manual NOT to use it on sensitive electronics?

Re: Blinking power light fix for DVP642 DVD Player

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I've just completed repairing the 642 from the dreaded 'blinking
power light', which is caused of course by a bad 1000u cap on the PS. This was my first cap replacement, and was successful.

I took some photos while I was replacing the dead
cap, with some simple instructions in the photos. The photos
are located in the folder 'Philips DVP642 Repair' in my blog at:

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Unfortunately, yahoo automatically resizes them to about 300x400, so the
text on the pictures is barely legible....