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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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warrenh OP
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I'll give that a try and let you know.
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Didn't work... I also forgot to tell you: when the picture freezes there is a little 1/17 that highlights in the upper left corner of the picture. The picture stays frozen for about 5 seconds and then resumes to the start of the movie. go figure.
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Johnz/Chadnliz, I'll try that tomorrow. Just got home from dinner and I'm beat. I hope I still have the directions as far as getting into the set-up menu. I'll let you know. thank you...warren
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warrenh OP
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You guys were dead on. I don't know how I did it, but there was a button on my hand control that said angle, but no prompts came up on the screen. But, after playing around with it for a while: pay dirt!! Thanks so much

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warrenh OP
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cool...you be da man...
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Well, I spoke too soon. It's not working. The angle thing just doesn't cut it. What appears (momentarily) in the corner is the chapter and section of the movie. Then back to the beginning. It was going a bit longer before the freeze/back to the beginning thing. BTW, why would my DVD player possibly run hot, if it hasn't been doing that for the past 4 years? It's not on long enough to get hot before the freeze.
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I tried a bunch of DVDs. They all feeze than back to the beginning. Sometimes the movie can go as long as 10 minutes, but most of the time we're talking 3. Crazy. Thanks again for trying...
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warrenh OP
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Different spots each time. Could it still be some dirt? Hey, it can't hurt to try. I hate to send this baby in for service when it is problably something simple?
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Well, your air idea did the job. I left a DVD on for an hour and no freeze and back to go. I think that did the trick. After I get a few more DVDs from Netflix, I'll know for sure. Ray my man, nice to see you on the 'gon.
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back to square one. time to find a service center. I know this is going to cost me for an easy fix, but what can I do...
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