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What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

depglass — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 14:36:26 GMT

We hooked up a DVD player DD gave us and the movies stop and repeat at about 10 minutes in. Our old player did the same thing. Its happened with more than one disc.

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

Somertime — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 14:41:38 GMT

It's old, you need a new one. Same thing happened to me. I chose not to replace mine between Netflix and Amazon Prime, I found I didn't need a DVD anymore. Of course, I don't know what to do with all my old DVD's.

I did try cleaning it with a DVD cleaning disk but it didn't help!

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

gardenman — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 14:47:44 GMT

This is a longshot, but some older CD/DVD players had a repeat function where you'd press a button once to set the start point and a second time to set a stopping point and the player would simply play what was between those two points and nothing else. It's possible that at some point someone has inadvertently hit those two buttons on the remote and the player is doing what it thinks you want it to do. Try unplugging it for five minutes or so and plugging it back in and see if that helps.

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

Etoile308 — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:28:22 GMT

And I also recommend try running a cleaning disc through a couple of times. Especially if using rental DVDs.

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

hckynut — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 16:23:35 GMT

@depglass

I would start with going to the Home Menu and see what options are under "settings". I 1st however would do what gardenman suggested, resetting it. Many devices are fixed by a reset. Then check "settings".

hckynut

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

depglass — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 16:26:44 GMT

These DVD's are mint. Bought them at a local auction and they are in new condition, maybe never played. This estate's CD's were also mint. Those play in the car and my Bose just fine. The excellent condition was what inspired us to give this player another try. I'll go with suggestions given when DH comes home tonight.

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

jackthebear — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 17:53:07 GMT

put your query into your browser and see what comes back

might be cabling to/from your player to the tV

spend some time researching the issue , you will be surprised at the info out there

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

SilleeMee — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 19:17:38 GMT

I would try cleaning the lens. You'll need to buy a cleaning disc designed to do just that. Those cost less than $10.

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

depglass — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 23:16:21 GMT

This is what we finally found goofing around with these suggestions this afternoon. Using a different remote originally got us nowhere so we set it up the old fashioned way, pushing buttons on the TV input and on the DVD player. Then I took the remote and turned down the volume. We suddenly noticed in the upper left corner Repeat Title, Repeat First Chapter, and Off. I swear we didn't see this before. So we moved carefully, making sure the repeat function on the volume switch was on OFF. Thanks for all your help, without reading the suggestions I woldn't have realized there was a repeat function somewhere, even when it stared me in the face.

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

glb613 — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 10:41:19 GMT

@depglass wrote:
This is what we finally found goofing around with these suggestions this afternoon. Using a different remote originally got us nowhere so we set it up the old fashioned way, pushing buttons on the TV input and on the DVD player. Then I took the remote and turned down the volume. We suddenly noticed in the upper left corner Repeat Title, Repeat First Chapter, and Off. I swear we didn't see this before. So we moved carefully, making sure the repeat function on the volume switch was on OFF. Thanks for all your help, without reading the suggestions I woldn't have realized there was a repeat function somewhere, even when it stared me in the face.

Interesting. I still have and use a DVD player and I don't know if mine has that feature or not. I'll need to get into the menu and check it out. I do like having the feature when I stream programs. You start where you left off and don't have to rewatch the part you've seen.

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

gardenman — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 12:23:19 GMT

The repeat function was built in so retailers and businesses could set it to repeat a particular sequence or chapter for their audience. The repeat function keeps the DVD playing whatever section of the DVD the operator wants in an endless loop.

My old ophthalmologist's office had a TV set up in the waiting room with a DVD player endlessly playing a DVD featuring the services their office offered. They had multiple variations of the ad on the DVD in different chapters and could select which one they wanted to have play depending on the season. If you went in mid-summer to early fall they focused on eye health for kids going back to school. Other times it was on custom sunglasses, cataract surgery, etc. These days with cheaper small computers things have evolved more into an all-digital format rather than DVD, but some DVD players still have that function.

Anytime from the nineties until recently you saw a TV or monitor showing a neverending program it was most likely on a DVD and being played using the repeat option on the player.

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

Mz iMac — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:13:24 GMT

@depglass Thank you for providing an update as well as your success in resolving your issue. Hopefully, it will help others having the same issue.

Excellent responses in this thread.

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

hckynut — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 21:17:47 GMT

@depglass

Glad you got this figured out. I have to check your original post before a make 1 comment.

However, if your hardware "TV/DVD" or whatever, has functions on them? It is always better to use those in lieu of a remote to find problems. Remotes, at times, are the problem.

I might add to this after I reread your original post. Now, on to your DVD's!!

ETA: I read your original post and it said what I was thinking but wasn't sure. You said "this also happened on our old player". That is what confused me in your original post.

If it happened on 2 different DVD players? I wouldn't even consider "a setting" being the problem. It would be at the tail in of my long list of locating the problem. 2 DVD discs? Yes! 2 DVD players? No. I'm done, glad it is working correctly now.

hckynut

Re: What are we doing wrong with our DVD player?

4oclocks — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 06:59:53 GMT

We had to call the manufacturer to help us program our new DVD player and they helped us through the manual. It now works fantastic I hope this helps you