Broken Denon 1920 dvd player

Farmboy8

I need advice on what to do with or how to fix my denon 1920 dvd player. I use this dvd player almost every night to watch movies or listen to music. I used it one night last week to watch a movie it worked flawlessly. The next night i go up to my room to go to bed. I turn on the dvd player and the tv the little reading disc icon comes on the screen for about 10 seconds and then the dvd player shuts off :mad::mad:! I tried it again with a different disk and it did the same thing. So i left it alone for a couple days and just watched movies on another player in the house. I tried it again after a few days of inactivity and it does the same thing.
I am just wondering if anyone that has a denon dvd player has had a similar problem. or if there is a quick fix for this. Any info is appriciated.
Sincerely,
Kevin

Amherst

The one I had lasted 2 years and some months then just quit one day. It would no longer output video. Last denon anything I've purchased since.

skrol

Does it completely shut OFF? More commonly they will stop reading disks and display all "0's".

Mine was doing this and getting worse. I read that it was likely the optical pickup and that it would cost more to repair than what I paid for the thing. I tried cleaning it with one of those cleaning disks with no success. Having nothing to loose, I opened it up and very, very gently physically cleaned the optic with a micro-fiber cloth for cleaning camera lenses. I said a prayer, reassembled and it works fantastic. It reads everything but the worst scratched disks that I throw at it. Must have been the prayer.
Stan

Farmboy8

It was completly shutting off but after I posted this last night I tried it again last night and it stayed on but would not read any discs. I will try taking it apart:eek: and cleaning it with a lens cleaning cloth and see if this works. Thank you for the advice and I will let you know if it works.
Thanks,
Kevin

skrol

If you do attempt to clean the lens, be very careful. I had formed the cleaning cloth to make a kind of bubble and used only enough force to slightly compress the bubble. I then followed with a gentle spray of compressed air.

Laser diodes tend to be very Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) sensitive. Therefore, try the cleaning procedure as a last resort.

Let us know how it works. So far, mine is the only case that I am aware of that this has been attempted. Most folks send it out to have the mechanism/optics replaced or chuck the unit.

Farmboy8

I will try to clean the lens when I get a chance as I dont have the money to have the player fixed at this time nor do I want to spend any money on it at this time. I will take all said precautions and be as careful as possible as to not damage the diode. Thank you again for the advice.
Kevin

Farmboy8

Thanks for the links. I have not had a chance to try to clean up the lens on this player but if that is not the problem I will look at the other players to replace it. I would really hate to have to replace the Denon as it has been a great player in both playing movies and the sound quality in both cds and sacds.
Kevin

Farmboy8

I just got the player put back together and its doing the same thing it has been doing:mad::mad:! So I guess its time to find a new DVD player!!

skrol

Dang. Well it was worth a try.

Farmboy8

Yeah. Thanks for the help! Mabey ill upgrade and get a blue ray player!!!