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Hi folks,

Has anyone else had problems with DVDs jumping/skipping in the Wharefdale M5?

Ihad an M5 (serial no 128xxx). Although generally very good, I found it wouldn`t play some of my DVDs; it would just start skipping all over the place part way into the film. (These discs play fine on my PS2 and PC and another Wharefdale-750 though.)

I recently exchanged this M5 for another because of this fault (127xxx this time). I found that the discs that were skipping in the old M5 played OK in this one. However, just last night another disc started jumping in my new player.

Have i just been incredibly unlucky or are Wharefdale`s really this bad?

The M5, in common with other Sampo players, can be a bit fussy with dirty or scratched discs.

Is it happening at the same time on all discs (say after an hour) or is it fairly random ?

Either way, sounds like a suspect DVD-loader. Generally the second generation M5 players (as opposed to the skipping, freezing, jumping 122xxxx players which were just poor, poor quality) have been fine, but then there`s always the requisite failure rate of about 4% on any electrical product.

Either you`ve been incredibly unlucky or you`ve been playing football with your player.

The other thing to note is heat and other electrical components - don`t rest anything on top of the M5 (it`s only a standard PC DVD-ROM drive underneath all the shiny silver), and ensure it has room to breathe.