Surround sound units

liam_h

Hi all

I have a Panasonic surround sound system, but the DVD drive in the main unit sounds as if it's about to break. It won't stay closed and I think it's the laser unit at fault.

So I'm looking at replacing the system as one of the options if it's quite expensive to have the DVD drive fixed/replaced but can't find anywhere that just sells the unit. Anyone know?

Ta

custardy

if you are going to replace it then I would be opening it up to see if the drive is fixable

liam_h

Would it not be a case of just buying a replacement drive?

custardy

liam_h wrote: »

Would it not be a case of just buying a replacement drive?

probably
but you will need to open it up and see what drive it is
plus it could be as simple as small piece of platicastray in the drive mechanism
a free fix

liam_h

I had it open earlier and the drive open a d closes fine. It's when you close it, what I think is the laser is having the issues. I can't see it properly to see if it's caught on anything, or if anything has snapped off and broke

Lil306

liam_h wrote: »

I had it open earlier and the drive open a d closes fine. It's when you close it, what I think is the laser is having the issues. I can't see it properly to see if it's caught on anything, or if anything has snapped off and broke

Does it play a music CD?

liam_h

No it's not loading anything. Even with nothing in the same sequence happens