Bose Lifestyle 28 not playing DVD

My brother i am not familiar with that model but due to my electroincs experience all dvd players are make up of the the same principle.there is a flat strip that leads from the lens of your dvd player kindly remove it and replace it this strip is probably broken after doing this get a dvd lens cleaner and clean your dvd lens and your on if you cannot do it your self take it to a tech os that they can handle it.this job should cost about $75.00 US. enjoy Henry Thomas from Belize

I just saw Nuck suggestion, here is my experience with Bose Lifestyle 25 system: I was able to pry open the top panel that is held in with four plastic "Christmas-Tree" type retainers used to hold car interior panels to the doors. I inserted a small flat blade and little by little I got each side up and off. There was a piece of double sided sticky tape near the front just behind the display panel also holding down the top cover. I removed the four screws holding down the CD mechanism and lifted it out, which was resting on four springs. I found a little delrin gear that had slid to the end of the motor shaft, not meshing with it's mate gear. I slid the gear back down the shaft to mesh with the other gear, but noticed the gear slid very easily. Closer look found the gear had a tiny slpit from one end to the other along the shaft. Since no parts are available, I used some epoxy to not only glue the gear to the shaft, but also put epoxy around the hub of the gear to help hold it together. Delrin is a very sturdy material and I expect this to last for quite a while. I cleaned the rubber rollers and blew out all of the dust. I found the manual magazine release hole just under and to the left of the eject button. I drilled a small hole in the front of the unit housing to allow a paper clip to access the release with the unit assembled. All works great and once again enjoying my Bose Lifestyle 25 system. Charles Harwell

Hi Capt Gene, Cleaning the laser lens is a good idea. Try to clean it with a 70% alcohol dipped Q-tip carefully. Or with specific repair kit, something like: http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Alera-Technologies-Aleratec-Disc-Repair-Plus-Cleaning-Refill Now about opening it, I could only tell my experience with my Lifestyle 20 system: I took the entire case off of my Lifestyle 20 system as the CD Changer Manual Release would not work. I removed all silver covers by carefully prying (glued on). Removed the there Phillips head screws in-line from left to right. Then I used a slot screw driver to pop the tabs under the end silver covers. Now I had an access to the motor and you can genteelly clean or grease Hops it help. Nuck. P.S All Bose could do was offer the $200 repair, which I refused