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I have a Pioneer DV-563A that has been wonderful for the last year or so. Howevever, last Thursday evening I turned it on to listen to a CD and it tells me "NO DISC". So, I reseat the disc, close the door... same thing. I try another CD. I try a burned CD. I try a DVD. I try several of each. Same thing over and over. These are all discs that this player has played in the past. Now, I can get into the DVD player's menu fine. It outputs video, but just will not recognize that it has a disc in the tray.

Ideas? I really cannot afford to replace this player right now. I just spent the weekend snowboarding in Tahoe and am flying to Seattle in 2 weeks to visit a friend for a week. My funds are tied up, but losing my ability to listen to my CDs via my Axioms is really bumming me out!

-james

James, no deep thoughts, but for a start, have you unplugged the player and then replugged it to reset, repeating several times if no results?

Check the manual. There should be some provision for "resetting" the player, which might solve the problem (might not). Sometimes there is a reset button, or you may just have to unplug it and leave it unplugged for a specified length of time. Doing this will change all your settings back to the factory default settings, so, if you're able, you might want to make note of all your current settings before "resetting."

Day late and a dollar short as usual. While composing my post, I paused to watch the end of the 1936 movie San Francisco, and John sneaked in there while I wasn't looking. . He who hesitates is lost!

Yes, Jack, I deduced that you were about to suggest unplugging to reset, and decided to punish you for your dilatory tactics. Just hope that it's that simple!

You're a very sneaky guy, John. And yes, let's hope resetting solves the problem.

Well, as justification, I was outraged to detect that you were watching Turner Classic Movies(now to analyze the rage). The earlier Eddy-McDonald program was very nostalgiac and worth a tear or two.

Worst case scenario, you can always grab the cheapest player you can at Future Shop (hell, they have a Kaco ?!? for $35CDN here) for now... bought Lisa's mom a Daytek one for about $50 a few Christmases ago - no component outputs, but has S-video, and it's outlasted my two Toshibas, despite them watching 20x the number of discs we do, and the primary user being a 12 year old.

Bren R.

Have you tried a cleaning disc? I looked up the specs of your player and it has a twin-laser pickup (two lasers using a sing pickup), so a dust bunny or other obstacle could be obscuring the lens.

Heh Heh. I "live" at Turner Classic Movies. I was weaned on the movies of the 30s and 40s. And, NO, I wasn't around to see them in the theaters. But, in the 50s and 60s, when our 3 TV channels showed a movie, it was from the 30s and 40s because they were old enough to be out of copyright and in the public domain, meaning TV didn't have to pay for them (or, at least, didn't have to pay much).

I've become an old movie buff, and love them to this day. I'm particularly hooked on the many character actors that populated those movies, always giving a wonderful performance. The list is infinite.

The earthquake scene in San Fransisco was pretty darned impressive considering it was done in 1936, and without computers.

Is Turner Classic Movie "rage" anything like road "rage"?

Apologies for the hijack, but I can talk old movies for days (and often do, much to the displeasure of those around me ).

I love the old movies also, anything with Jimmy Stewart were always some of my favorites.