When i tryt to play a dvd in my philips DVP3144 it keeps flashing load and wont play

Try to play music and if working keep playing, until dvd can be played.

"Root" is part of the Menu screen, press Menu on the remote to clear it.

Try using a cleaning disk to remove dirt etc from the laser eye These disks cost about $20 and are invaluable to keep the player in good condition. If you use a lot of hire dvd's they often have a lot of dirt and residue on them from other peoples dirt units. 99% of errors lo0ading or insert disk into player are from a dirty iris.


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Put a cd in the dvd player if it is marked that it plays cds... if it plays the cd your dvd laser is shot... cheaper to get a new unit. if it doesn't play a cd try cleaning the laser. and last but not the last thing try unplugging it for a short time then plug it back in... if nothing works get the one tool that fixs most everything...... take it to office depot and they can recycle the stuff inside and help keep the earth green...then onto wally world.

It's not operating perfectly. It doesn't always load the DVD on the first try. But once it's loaded, it plays through okay. I just kept moving the laser unit back and forth and cleaned the lens as recommended. I got the unit to where it would keep trying to load the disc and finally it recognized the DVD and started playing.

Try this. Wait for the "no disc" sign to appear, and only after that load the dvd. The 3020 I have works alright when I use this method.

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Unplug/replug unit, try commercial dvd's again. If fails - call Philips- find out about replacement options

cuse it aint hd dvd ready or blue ray ready ok al it is is a upconvertoing player makes reg dvd look good ok

Open it up, look for a loading belt (black rubber band about 2 cm diameter) and replace it.