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HELP I HAVE A PHILIPS DVD 703 AND WHEN I INSERT A DISC IT COMES UP READING THEN EJECTS THE DISC AND GIVES ME THE MESSAGE BLOCKED HAS ANYBODY HAD THIS PROBLEM AND BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT PLEASE ANYBODY HELP MY KIDS ARE SCREAMING

Is it a region 1 Disc?,
Is your player a multi-region, i.e. do you know if it plays discs from the USA?

Just a thought.

Cracking toast, Gromit!

Have a look here: http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/forums/thread.asp?Forum=211&Thread=417911

Not the same model but sounds like yours may have the same fault.

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Not the same model but sounds like yours may have the same fault.

How many more times, this is not a fault of the player, even tho it it not known why it goes into this mode, it is known as a delear lock and can be unlocked by powering down the machine, the pressing the eject, stop and play buttons whilst plugging the machine back into the power. I`ve had this happen to my Phillips DVD recorder and managed to unblock it by myself so I know its possible to do.

(It might just be the eject button you need to hold down, can`t remember which now, just one of the combinations works.)

Sorry to sound blunt at the beging and hope all goes well, let us know how you get on.
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Regards, John72.

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even tho it it not known why it goes into this mode

I would have thought that the reason it goes into that mode is because it has a fault....i.e. it is not behaving in the manner which it should.

thanks for your reply i will try this and let you know how i go, thank you to everybody for your help let you know soon

No need it wont work.

hey, i tried it and it came up with DLA .. .. which i guess might mean dealer lock activated, but i think i might mean a code to unlock now, any ideals ?????

Yes DLA means "Dont Learn Again" a reference to all the mugs that keep buying Philips DVD recorders, the machine will probaly have to be fixed by Philips but dont bother because it will go wrong again,take it back and get a Pioneer or Panasonic machine instead.

Hi All,

I`ve just got hold of a Philips DVD751 from my brother in law with exactly the same problem as being described here. This IS a hardware problem. I haven`t completely located the fix for it yet, but I have narrowed it down....

With the cover off It`s possible to see exactly whats happening. When you insert a disc, it spins up but is ejecting before it reaches full spin speed (before the laser comes on). However, if you reset the player by unplugging it, once turned back on, close the draw without a disc in. The motor spins up to full spin speed almost imediately and the laser springs into life looking for a disc. It does not eject!!. The problem can be replecated whilst there is no disc in the draw, by touching the top of the spindle and stopping it going round, the disc draw ejects!

This leads me to believe the fault is located to either the drive motor that spins the disc, the power supply supplying the power to the drive circuit, or the sensor which senses the speed of the drive motor (or disc spin speed).

I`ve yet to do more experimenting, but I will post the solution here once I`ve found it. Hopefully it won`t be too long, but with a new baby, and new house it may be longer than I hope..... If there are any other repair engineers out there who want to carry on with the fault finding, hopefully the above is helpful!

Nik