Panasonic portable player will not play, just sits there and clicks..any ideas

No, your machine will have a Region Code shown on the box or in the manual. You're trying to play a DVD with a different Region Code. There may be an unofficial modification, but you'd need to search the dark corners of the internet to find it.

You can buy a DVD cleaning kit and follow instructions, or get a Q-Tip and rubbing alcohol, gently clean the lens and allow several minutes to dry before testing, if this fails the whole laser pickup assembly will need to be replaced, cheaper to buy a new player.

The clicking noise is caused by the pladder disc the dvd sits on, you can attempt to take the lid off and see if you can adjust the pladder disc a notch up, if that does not work it indicates a bad pladder motor.

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Is it the Panasonic Portable DVD player

Did you turn on the input of the tv to receive 'external' input.? Did you plug the DVD into the right input?

Hi,

On most Panasonic, error code HO3 indicates a mechanical problem, more specifically, the cradle that supports the laser eye could not traverse along its path. Corrective action requires opening the unit, cleaning the slider bar, plastic cogs, worm gear/drive. It may help to use a can of compressed air and re-lubricate appropriate parts. Since the unit is open and expectantly dust would be swirling after the use of the compressed air, it may be to your advantage to swab/clean the lens itself prior to closing.

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caribjim were you able to fix the problem

Some suggestions assuming you know you're using good discs, and have this problem with more then 1 disc. In anything that requires you to open the player and play around in it, I also assume you're not too akward with electronics, and out of warranty: spindle motor problems - you could either fix that by changing the motor, or occasionaly by dropping a little bit of 3 in 1 oil on the shaft. Just dont start it as a hobby if you can still go complain at the store... Good luck