Have a Philips DVP642. When we put a store bought DVD in the player it palys normal color a few seconds then everything turns red. Few seconds later back to normal, then red again
How do I correct this?
From the last 2 days, an hour or so into using my DVP642K, the colors start flickering kind of, and in a few seconds they get completely inverted (like the skin becoming green, the sky yellow, etc.). The unit had been playing perfectly well for the past 2yrs, in the same place as it is now (if heating or adequate air-circulation was involved). I need to turn it off and unplug from the mains, and let it cool. Then the next day, it starts off with proper colors, and lasts that way for about an hour only. When its acting up, even the welcome screen has off colors, which implies it isn't the DVD/CD (or the video file on it) being played that's causing the issue. Any help on this will be highly appreciated
From the last 2 days, an hour or so into using my DVP642K, the colors start flickering kind of, and in a few seconds they get completely inverted (like the skin becoming green, the sky yellow, etc.). The unit had been playing perfectly well for the past 2yrs, in the same place as it is now (if heating or adequate air-circulation was involved). I need to turn it off and unplug from the mains, and let it cool. Then the next day, it starts off with proper colors, and lasts that way for about an hour only. When its acting up, even the welcome screen has off colors, which implies it isn't the DVD/CD (or the video file on it) being played that's causing the issue. Any help on this will be highly appreciated
IS the dvd player plugged in through the VCR or any other device other than the TVIS the dvd player plugged in through the VCR or any other device other than the TV
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When passing the video signal thru a VCR on the way to the TV, you are activating the DVD's "Macrovision" copy protection. You need to hook it directly to the TV.
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The DVD you're using is probably from elsewhere than the region you live in. It is almost certainly possible to temporarily change the region by using a trick which will not damage your machine in any way. Google "Philips DVP642 region hack" and there will be an answer.
First try a soft reset... unplug for 20 minutes. Otherwise - the laser is dirty or misaligned. A Repair shop can clean and align for about $50. It takes specialized equipment and templates to align the laser - not something you can do on your own.
Lens cleaner discs don't work.
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Just had the same problem with mine. It would not play DVD's in color, but the TV's color was great. I put in a DVD and started playing it. I unpugged and replugged the S-video cord while the DVD player was playing a movie. This was an instant fix for mine. The color is back while watching DVD's. Hope this will work for you too!
Player goes back to standby because the power supply still has a problem.Run checks on semiconducters in primary cct. of chopper transformer.If ok, replace the pulse width modulator.That should fixya.
Mine does the same. Cannot get a picture using the Yellow RCA output. Use an S-video cable if you can - it should still work. If you get a black and white picture using the S-video output, go to MENU > VIDEO page and change the output from PyBywhateveritis to S-video and the color will come back. I only found out mine was broken when I needed to use the s-video cable for something else and tried switching to the Composite Video (RCA) to no avail no matter how many cables or TV inputs I tried.
To open the tray this is not a perfect fix, but it will allow to use it.
After the unit is powered on:
1)Hit the "Open/Close" button
2)Wait a while (you will get the timing down with practice)
3)Tap gently, yet briskly with fingertips at area in the attached pic, that the red arrow points to
I think the problem is that the tray becomes unbalanced somehow. Because when a DVD is in, the drive opens fine, only when there is no disc do you have to tap on the unit.
have you tried to record in sp then playback on same machine if this works then your drum for recording in lp or if yours has ep mode may need replacing as pre recordings are ok you need to get it serviced.
hope this goes well
Its plugged into a VCR
From the last 2 days, an hour or so into using my DVP642K, the colors start flickering kind of, and in a few seconds they get completely inverted (like the skin becoming green, the sky yellow, etc.). The unit had been playing perfectly well for the past 2yrs, in the same place as it is now (if heating or adequate air-circulation was involved). I need to turn it off and unplug from the mains, and let it cool. Then the next day, it starts off with proper colors, and lasts that way for about an hour only. When its acting up, even the welcome screen has off colors, which implies it isn't the DVD/CD (or the video file on it) being played that's causing the issue. Any help on this will be highly appreciated
IS the dvd player plugged in through the VCR or any other device other than the TV
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