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What's wrong with my DVD player?

I own a Denon 2910 DVD player. It has worked flawlessly since I purchased (new) it. The hours on it are very low. The other day while watching (it's not the DVDs, cleaned them, happens in different parts of the DVD etc) a movie the picture freezes and then goes back to the beginning. Happens over and over again. The picture quality, however, is excellent. The longest playing time before a picture freeze, has been 10 minutes, but it happens more like every three or four minutes. Is there anybody who has had this experience with the 2910 or any other player? Thanks in advance. warren
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john_z
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Try going into the setup menu in your Denon and turn the multiple angle feature "off". The picture is freezing at the parts of the movie where there is a flag for multiple camera angle and it is tripping up your display if using a digital HDMI connection to your display. You should be able to see the camera icon at the point where the picture is freezing when using an analog video connection. Let me know if this works. -jz
john_z
178 posts
 
That's awesome. Glad that did the trick.. the same thing happened on my brother's Denon player and he got lucky in figuring it out and passed the fix on to me. -jz
john_z
178 posts
 
Doh! Not sure what else to suggest in your case, other than your laser pickup may need cleaning or the disc(s) may be defective. Have you tried the disc that freezes in a different player? I'm having an issue with a 96/24 DAD title not playing in my Sony DVD player. I have tried two copies of the same album and both skip and freeze badly. I have a hunch there was a problem in the manufacturing run for that title. All my other DVD's/cd's work fine..Still awaiting word from the dealer on a refund. Bummer.. -jz
john_z
178 posts
 
You know what, I wonder if there could be a bit of grit or dirt stuck in the mechanism that moves the laser. If the player stops at the same place on different discs.. It might not hurt to try opening the unit and vaccuming/cleaning the track that moves the laser. Worth a try? -jz
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