Ways to fix "No Disc" errors?

qprfact · 26-03-2007, 13:10

My sons have got a Coby portable DVD player, about 15 months old now. It has been working fine (all types of disks played) but now when you put the disk in a "No Disc" message comes up. Doesn't matter what type of disk.

It doesn't sound like the disk is even spinning.

Is there anything I can try with it?

Thanks!

Nigel Goodwin · 26-03-2007, 13:19

It's usually the laser that's duff - probably not worth repairing.

mattyl149 · 26-03-2007, 17:51

While we're on a similar subject. I bought the Le Plein Soleil DVD off an EBay shop and it plays fine on my PC, but on my JVC DVD player it comes up as cannot play this type of disc. Any ideas why? It is only 8 months old, and all my other DVDs play with no problem

pault2006 · 26-03-2007, 18:17

It may be a problem with the disc itself.

Is it a region 2 DVD?

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattyl149

While we're on a similar subject. I bought the Le Plein Soleil DVD off an EBay shop and it plays fine on my PC, but on my JVC DVD player it comes up as cannot play this type of disc. Any ideas why? It is only 8 months old, and all my other DVDs play with no problem

Catbed · 26-03-2007, 19:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by qprfact

My sons have got a Coby portable DVD player, about 15 months old now. It has been working fine (all types of disks played) but now when you put the disk in a "No Disc" message comes up. Doesn't matter what type of disk.

It doesn't sound like the disk is even spinning.

Is there anything I can try with it?

Thanks!

We have a music centre thing with a CD player which has this problem about once a year. The laser head which moves back and forth across the disc is attached electrically by a flexible flat ribbon cable, like a very thin pcb with about 10 tracks on it. This (literally the end of the cable) plugs into a socket on the main pcb.

Unfortunately it could do with being a few mm longer and a little tension is applied at one end of the travel. Gradually it works the 'plug' end out of contact and we then get a 'No disc' message. So I then remove about 50 screws to get inside, wiggle the ribbon back into the socket, replace about 60 screws (there always seem to be more to put back than I take out) and wait for the next time

mattyl149 · 26-03-2007, 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by pault2006

It may be a problem with the disc itself.

Is it a region 2 DVD?

It is a region 2 DVD as it says so on the back. It is not a copy or an import

I would have returned it, but by the time I had taken the postage into account and my Paypal fees, I wouldn't have been left with much

qprfact · 29-03-2007, 20:46

Catbed - that sounds very familiar to our setup, so I will give it a try!!!

qprfact · 01-04-2007, 16:22

Well, we played around with the flat cable and I think that was definitely part of the problem, as the disks now spin up and I get the message "Wrong disc" instead of "No disc", and it plays CDs now (which it didn't before)

Any other ideas please?!

Thanks!

John Currie · 01-04-2007, 20:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by qprfact

Any other ideas please?!

Duff laser.

qprfact · 02-04-2007, 13:24

Time for a new one then, I reckon!

raymogy · 02-04-2007, 14:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattyl149

While we're on a similar subject. I bought the Le Plein Soleil DVD off an EBay shop and it plays fine on my PC, but on my JVC DVD player it comes up as cannot play this type of disc. Any ideas why? It is only 8 months old, and all my other DVDs play with no problem

probably a region conflict, dvd player is one region and the computer is set to another.

26-03-2007, 13:10	#1
qprfact Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 71	Ways to fix "No Disc" errors? My sons have got a Coby portable DVD player, about 15 months old now. It has been working fine (all types of disks played) but now when you put the disk in a "No Disc" message comes up. Doesn't matter what type of disk. It doesn't sound like the disk is even spinning. Is there anything I can try with it? Thanks!

26-03-2007, 13:19	#2
Nigel Goodwin Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Derbyshire Posts: 41,789	It's usually the laser that's duff - probably not worth repairing.

26-03-2007, 17:51	#3
mattyl149 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Old Hill, West Midlands Posts: 2,082	While we're on a similar subject. I bought the Le Plein Soleil DVD off an EBay shop and it plays fine on my PC, but on my JVC DVD player it comes up as cannot play this type of disc. Any ideas why? It is only 8 months old, and all my other DVDs play with no problem

26-03-2007, 18:17	#4
pault2006 Banned User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cambridge Posts: 7,634	It may be a problem with the disc itself. Is it a region 2 DVD? Quote: Originally Posted by mattyl149 While we're on a similar subject. I bought the Le Plein Soleil DVD off an EBay shop and it plays fine on my PC, but on my JVC DVD player it comes up as cannot play this type of disc. Any ideas why? It is only 8 months old, and all my other DVDs play with no problem

26-03-2007, 19:02	#5
Catbed Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cheshire, Winter Hill TX Posts: 339	Quote: Originally Posted by qprfact My sons have got a Coby portable DVD player, about 15 months old now. It has been working fine (all types of disks played) but now when you put the disk in a "No Disc" message comes up. Doesn't matter what type of disk. It doesn't sound like the disk is even spinning. Is there anything I can try with it? Thanks! We have a music centre thing with a CD player which has this problem about once a year. The laser head which moves back and forth across the disc is attached electrically by a flexible flat ribbon cable, like a very thin pcb with about 10 tracks on it. This (literally the end of the cable) plugs into a socket on the main pcb. Unfortunately it could do with being a few mm longer and a little tension is applied at one end of the travel. Gradually it works the 'plug' end out of contact and we then get a 'No disc' message. So I then remove about 50 screws to get inside, wiggle the ribbon back into the socket, replace about 60 screws (there always seem to be more to put back than I take out) and wait for the next time

26-03-2007, 19:57	#6
mattyl149 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Old Hill, West Midlands Posts: 2,082	Quote: Originally Posted by pault2006 It may be a problem with the disc itself. Is it a region 2 DVD? It is a region 2 DVD as it says so on the back. It is not a copy or an import I would have returned it, but by the time I had taken the postage into account and my Paypal fees, I wouldn't have been left with much

29-03-2007, 20:46	#7
qprfact Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 71	Catbed - that sounds very familiar to our setup, so I will give it a try!!!

01-04-2007, 16:22	#8
qprfact Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 71	Well, we played around with the flat cable and I think that was definitely part of the problem, as the disks now spin up and I get the message "Wrong disc" instead of "No disc", and it plays CDs now (which it didn't before) Any other ideas please?! Thanks!

01-04-2007, 20:48	#9
John Currie Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: South Lanarkshire. Scotland Posts: 2,005	Quote: Originally Posted by qprfact Any other ideas please?! Duff laser.

02-04-2007, 13:24	#10
qprfact Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 71	Time for a new one then, I reckon!

02-04-2007, 14:06	#11
raymogy Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grimsby, N.E.Lincs Posts: 3,949	Quote: Originally Posted by mattyl149 While we're on a similar subject. I bought the Le Plein Soleil DVD off an EBay shop and it plays fine on my PC, but on my JVC DVD player it comes up as cannot play this type of disc. Any ideas why? It is only 8 months old, and all my other DVDs play with no problem probably a region conflict, dvd player is one region and the computer is set to another.

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