My DVD disc not recognized after loading, how can i... (by 42 users)

Which DVD disk are we talking about?
Is it a prerecorded purchased DVD movie or one you have done or your PC?
(See my response to similar postings)
Does the disk play on another machine?
Is the disk surface Scratched or Dirty?
Have you run a laser lens cleaner disk through your player?(Available from most electronics and el-cheapo shops)
Assuming all that does not apply it could be caused by many things. See responses to other postings! Hope this helps - hattonhall

I had this problem on my Sony DVP-NS41P after about 1 year. After loading and after a long wait it would report something like " cannot read disc". After taking top off of player I noticed disc was not spinning and after some debugging I believe the spindle motor has failed. So I think this is one possible failure that might explain your problem. Unfortunately my player was a few months over 1 year old so the warranty had expired (my wife hadn't keep the receipt anyway, but in this case it wouldn't have helped). Sony was running a return and replacement with a refurbished unit program on this model number (for ~$75) so I am considering this but mostly I plan on not buying another sony.

I have model DP 3182. It too started having the problem of "No Disc" when the same disk plays just fine in my other DVD Recorder. When I finally opened it I noticed that the ribbon cable which goes from the board to the read head, was cracked near the connector at the read head.
In my opinion this is a design flaw as this cable should have had a lot of play to prevent just this problem. I am now in the market for this cable. I wonder if any one knows where I can purchase this part (22 conductors - 7.5" long and 0.5 " wide part number seems to be - P-TWO AWM 20696 E221612 80c 30v vw-1 - I am not sure which out of this is the part number and which are just specs).
Unfortunately other than replacing this cable, there is no other solution. All the symptoms like motor not spinning up etc are related to this as this cable sends the DVD/MP3/DiVX data back to the board.

Take the cover off and clean the lens with a lens cloth.

Get a different unit.

I got the Amphion Mediaworks m280 Portable CD as a gift. After 6 months, it stops reading any CD/DVD I put in the player. It seems I have the same issues as the 17 users in this site. What can you do to help?

take the outside cover off .and then remove the 4 screws from the inside drive cover.then slide the drive back some to clear front cover.then lift the drive out. then find the little white gear ont he bottom side and turn the gear so the disk tray slides out as far as it can go .check both ribbon cables on both ends. then with the disk tray still out plug in the unit to the ac outlet and hit the power button on the front. the drive should return closed after it boots you should the drive spin .then turn it off with power button on the front. then unplug unit from wall.then put drive back in unit.then place the inside cover over the drive and check to make sure not to pinch any wiers the hard drive power wiers is aginst the case.then tighten down 4 screws.then check if every thing works wright.if every thing works put cover back on . I did this to fix the drive the screen just said open and locked up before the fix

laser is dirty,or ribbon cable as cracked

hi i had similar problem,removed lower covers and inspected drive motor-ok,put back together and working fine

MY DVD PLYER IS NOT DISPLAY DVD DISK ON MY TV.IN DVD PLYER POWER IS OK,DIK MOVING IS OK.