Question about Polaroid PDM-0082 Portable DVD Player

Bad Disk I have been horrible in the cleaning of my dvd player and now all I get when i put a disk in is Bad Disk. I have tried cleaning it several times but get no different results. I hear the chirping sound but when i open it, it is never spinning. Even the cleaning disk doesn't work in it.what can I do? I love this player. Thank you

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If you find that the DVD is not spinning it might means that the the "spinner" is not functioning, the sound you hear is the laser moving up and down trying to read your DVD but since is not spinning it can not read it. You will need to replace the small motor that operates the spinner, after extensive use they just give up. I hope this is helpful enough.

Posted on Aug 30, 2007

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