DVD Player Turning Itself Off
Twice already today my DVD player has turned itself off for no reason, then is slow to react to turning it back on. Its a rather cheap Philips from Wal-Mart unlocked to be region free. Anyone have an idea to what it can be doing?
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If it does not have a timer with a sleep feature it sounds like it is either defective or it is a heat buildup issue. Either way you might want to return it if possible or trash it before something bad happens.
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I'm pretty sure it is a heat issue, so i'm going to look into it. Thanks for the reply
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Maybe it's protecting you from bad movies. What were you trying to play?
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Double feature of Gigli and Showgirls. :)
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Originally Posted by Spiky
(Post 9800402)
Maybe it's protecting you from bad movies. What were you trying to play?
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Hmm....proof for my theory is accruing at an alarming rate.
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Sounds like you've got Paranormal Activity.
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Is this a change from how it originally behaved?
I have a Philips DVP5990, and it is slow to "boot up" compared to other brands I have owned. 10-ish seconds is normal. Also it has sleep feature and auto-standby feature if left idle for too long. These features can be tweaked or disabled using the setup menu. |
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Originally Posted by Spiky
(Post 9800858)
Hmm....proof for my theory is accruing at an alarming rate.
Originally Posted by jonnyquest
(Post 9801845)
Is this a change from how it originally behaved?
I have a Philips DVP5990, and it is slow to "boot up" compared to other brands I have owned. 10-ish seconds is normal. Also it has sleep feature and auto-standby feature if left idle for too long. These features can be tweaked or disabled using the setup menu. |
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I'm a big fan of ROTLD 2 myself. Still pop it in the movie box every now and then for some laughs.
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i have a Phillips 727 set to region free and it automatically shuts itself off after 15 minutes as a power save feature that you can't turn off, but never had the other problems after it turns off.
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Yea, this one has shut itself off after 15 minutes on pause or stop but never in the middle of playing, and would boot up normally when I was ready to return to watching.
This one (philips 3962) just had its last strike earlier today, as I was trying to play a disc and it froze playing twice in the first 3 minutes then turned itself off and took forever to respond. I'll just have to deal with not watching my other region stuff for a month or so |
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If it's not eligible for warranty return or WalMart return/replace then you just have to experiment. Try leaving it unplugged for a long time, like overnight, to force a hard reset. You could also try updating the firmware; check out Philips website to see if they have something for your model. (Click on 'software and drivers' once you get to your model number page.) If neither works, it's a hardware problem which likely isn't worth the cost of having diagnosed.
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Re: DVD Player Turning Itself Off
Originally Posted by jonnyquest
(Post 9802247)
If it's not eligible for warranty return or WalMart return/replace then you just have to experiment. Try leaving it unplugged for a long time, like overnight, to force a hard reset. You could also try updating the firmware; check out Philips website to see if they have something for your model. (Click on 'software and drivers' once you get to your model number page. If neither works, it's a hardware problem which likely isn't worth the cost of having diagnosed.
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