Toshiba SD-900e (same as SD-9200).
I've had this player for about ten years. It is obsolete as a dvd player but I have been using it as a DVD-A player, a role in which it excels.
For a while now it had been occasionally skipping on many disks (bought and burned), so I opened it up and did the usual checks, oiled the tracks, cleaned the laser etc. Still the same. Interestingly, it seemed to settle down and play normally once it had warmed up for an hour or so.
Then, out of frustration, I did something stupid (you probably know what's coming) and started tweaking the pots on the laser circuit board. None of them were labelled so I was making minute adjustments.
Long story short. I ended up over-tweaking and eventually the unit wouldn't read any disks at all. Player just says "Insert Disk"
I figured I had fried the laser so I ordered a replacement. Arrived, installed. Same!!!
When either a CD or DVD is inserted, the disk will spn up for a few seconds then the dreaded message appears. The laser moves freely on its tracks, the laser is visibly working and it tries to focus, it just won't read anything!
Normally I would just ditch it but it was very expensive and dvd-audio players are not that common (at least good ones).
I guess I must have fried something on one of the logic boards? Nothing else was done prior to the error message appearing other that the laser tweak.
If anyone has any advice, I would be eternally grateful!!
Glenn
Adelaide, Australia
I've had this player for about ten years. It is obsolete as a dvd player but I have been using it as a DVD-A player, a role in which it excels.
For a while now it had been occasionally skipping on many disks (bought and burned), so I opened it up and did the usual checks, oiled the tracks, cleaned the laser etc. Still the same. Interestingly, it seemed to settle down and play normally once it had warmed up for an hour or so.
Then, out of frustration, I did something stupid (you probably know what's coming) and started tweaking the pots on the laser circuit board. None of them were labelled so I was making minute adjustments.
Long story short. I ended up over-tweaking and eventually the unit wouldn't read any disks at all. Player just says "Insert Disk"
I figured I had fried the laser so I ordered a replacement. Arrived, installed. Same!!!
When either a CD or DVD is inserted, the disk will spn up for a few seconds then the dreaded message appears. The laser moves freely on its tracks, the laser is visibly working and it tries to focus, it just won't read anything!
Normally I would just ditch it but it was very expensive and dvd-audio players are not that common (at least good ones).
I guess I must have fried something on one of the logic boards? Nothing else was done prior to the error message appearing other that the laser tweak.
If anyone has any advice, I would be eternally grateful!!
Glenn
Adelaide, Australia
