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i have a mico a980 that plays perfect for 1 hour or so then starts to flash green lines that get worse the longer it plays tried cleaning lens no good
have tried to get in touch with person i bought it of he wont answer or return any phone calls that i have made anybody have any suggestions as this is driving me crazy be warned i bought it from a guy at computer market thanks .

I had one that chewed DVD`s a truelly aweful player if I must say so.

It`s a pitty as it promises so much.......but delivers little.

Well I have to say that my MiCo has behaved itself perfectly over the past 8 months. It has never failed to play a DVD, and plays all the home-brew SVCDs (on CDRW) i`ve thrown at it.

However when the little chap first arrived it was as dead as a door mouse. The case is secured by a couple of PC-Case type screws so i decided to lift the lid and look for obvious problems. Straight away I noticed that one of the PCB connectors was hanging half off. If this sounds technical - it isn`t really. The DVD compromises of three off-the-shelf boards connected by ribbon cables, and linked to a PC DVD-ROM style `loader` (the coffee-mug holder / disk spinner). These ribbons simply push into sockets on each board. Whomsoever assemled my Mico didn`t push these connectors all the way in. After making sure all the connectors are pushed home securely the system worked fine. So quality control is clearly an issue with the MiCOs - but you do get a lot of player for your money so I`m not complaining.

I have noticed that the remote control can act very erratically when the batteries are running very low but this is an all too common complaint with IR remotes.

Thanks Rumplestiltskin,

I think after my embarrassment of buying an Hitachi 505, the mico will be my next buy.

Should be interesting to see how they match up!

Mico vs Hitachi? Gold vs Silver. China vs Japan. Unknown Quantity X vs s***.

I hope I`m not left with doo-doos on my face!

To Mod:- NO FLAME WAR INTENDED. HONEST!

clayts, dan if you cant see this funboy is a plant, then I wold pass the mod badge on!

the username, hitachi, mico, the attitude its obvious.

lol

Time to show your steel mods!

This item was edited on Thursday, 3rd May 2001, 19:33

Wrong. Guess again!

Here we go again!!!!!!!!

no we dont Tricky I shall leave it in the hands of the mods for now, without engaging in a lustful firestorm.

but only for now.

Right, time to put our feet down here...

ExHitachiowner - You are welcome on these forums as long as you make a contribution. Slagging the Hitachi, the Beatles, or anything else off at every opportunity doesn`t count.

Ironduke - Give the guy a bit of slack - he`s either having a laugh, or has had a bad Hitachi experience - don`t take it personally in favour of the brand !

Now children, behave. If your threads are unconstructive, they`ll start disappearing.

Back to work now... Please move on... Nothing to see here people...


DanB
Moderator, DVD Reviewer

I had a friend who bought a Mico that did this, it`s not the person who sold it to you thought because he sent his back and got a new one. Did you buy it second hand or was it new? It sounds like he knew it was faulty when he sold it to you - then again, he could just be away for a while. I would keep trying to get hold of him. If he said it was it working order before you bought it you can demand a refund under Trade Descriptions, "Goods Not as Described", I think????