Toshiba sd-p1400 dvd player not detecting discs

My Dvd player won't read discs, I tried running a cleaner disc to clean the lens, but it still won't read. I found out that if I open the disc lid and hold down on the disc lid button- such that the player thinks the lid is closed- I can watch as the reader tries to read the disc. When it tries to read, the disc doesn't hardly spin, but acts like it is trying to. I took my finger and spun the disc fairly fast and then held down on the disc lid button, and then I took off and spun the disc and read and played it. Is the motor bad or something? Thanks

cookie1021 Oct 21, 2008

i have the same problem...no matter how much i clean the discs the dvdplayer just keeps trying to read it...it says loading for about 3 minutes and then says" no disc" or "cannot read disc". what is the solution. this dvd player is only 3 weeks old...this so should not be happening!

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I think the motor is bad since its nt spining u can change the motor

Posted on May 24, 2008

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