DVD light stays constant dim red (orange). (by 5 users)

this happened to my player recently. I switched electrical plugs and it started working again

It's probably dead. Had same thing happen to Spectroniq PD-3000 DVD upconverter right out of the box. Spectroniq support gave me warrenty return number. Sent it to them, it got returned undeliverable. Called again confirmed address I sent it to was correct. Resent it. 4 months later, called support, they gave me run around refused to help. Bottom line, don't waste ANY money sending it back to Spectroniq ... just take the hit and toss it.

I have a unit with the same problem on SONY SLV-D261P the entire unit (DVD & VCR & clock). The "progressive" light slowly blinks orange when the unit is plugged in, other than that ...nothing. I've tried the unlpug for a few days & try again now several times to no avail.

One usefull thing to try is the reset button that should be on the back of the player(that's where it is on another player I know of).

It's likely that your problem started already with the stuck DVD, and that the manual eject wasn't the cause of it. Don't miss on the warranty if still valid.

I also found something interesting, this is probably a known problem, and cyberhome is somewhat shirking responsibility...
following the directions on the cyberhome support pages site on how to manualy eject a disc, it says "If the unit is an orange or flashing light then you may need to send it in for service.

If the unit was purchased after 3 months but within 1 year you will have to pay a fee of $14.95 with proof of purchase.

If the unit is past 1 year or no proof of purchase then you will have to pay $34.95.

If you are still under the return policy with the retailer you purchased the unit from try returning it for an exchange."

which to me means that they expect this to happen often, and that it's a 100% design flaw.

So go make some noise, and tell them you know what's going on, and you'll start a website trashing them if they don't fix it free of charge etc etc ;]

Good luck, let us know how it turned out, comment back!