I put in a DVD and it says NO DISC.

I put it in a DVD and it says NO DISC. I don`t know what`s wrong. The dvd's i used are all made in the U.S. So I don`t understand why it isn`t working. Someone help me ASAP. PLease.

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Anonymous Jan 27, 2008

I put a DVD in and i bought the Portable DVD player on Ebay and no tpe of dics work...
dlhank Oct 24, 2008

Everything works, except it does NOT recognize the disk. Poo.

What do you want for such a cheap price, I guess. Never buy another one.
Anonymous Jan 19, 2009

my dvd will not read but it plays my audio cds

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1st, I think the term 'Expert' is used too loosely here, at least for me. LOL. I just had the pleasure of fixing an IDM-1731 with a 'No Disc' error. It just so happens that calibrating the drive helped me out.

For any of you that feel like taking a risk & opening up your player, I urge caution when handling the optical lens. There are 2 pots located above the ribbon on the end that connects to the lens to the left. The 1 on left I touched to the right & that helped me out. I'm thinking that the vibration caused the player to get out of whack as time goes on.

After getting the player to work, I took measurements with my multimeter. The left pot measures 3.06 k ohms & the right measures .965 k ohms. I hope this helps others out as it did for me.

Posted on Nov 15, 2007

Robert M Dec 07, 2007

I want to add that since components vary, your pots may need to be adjusted differently. In short though, your CDM-1731 could need calibration. My measurements might give you ballpark figures to start at & from there you have to play around.
Joseph Woo Dec 29, 2020

This worked for me. Thanks! This worked for me. Thanks!

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