portable dvd player kaput !

cynicalmiss_2

Hi,

Maybe someone out there can help me......

I have a Panasonic portable dvd player model LS55. It won't play any discs...I get an error code H03. Does anyone out there now what that means and where I can get it fixed ? I'm loathed to 'dump' and buy new one cos this player has a wonderful 10hr battery and multi regional. Any replacement will probably have a 3-4hr battery and probably not multi regional.....any help from u guys would be greatly appreciated....

Zahc

I don't know if any of you are aware, but with my LS5 model of the panasonic portable dvd player the error codes could be solved by turning on your device, taking out any disk, closing the tray and pushing the back skip, pause, and play buttons at the same time. Hold for about 4 seconds and the screen will go blank then "initializing" will appear and your player will read your disks again. Hope this is helpful to someone

Pulled from this site/thread

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/archive/index.php/t-217731.html

Little_John

and to save you reading the thread

is very simple but needs some courrage and small philips screw driver.
the problem arrise from the laser lamb which moves up and down the disk through a mechanical shaft
I do believe when we press the back space for long time it will take the laser lamb beyond its limit and get stuck at the end of the rotating shaft so the servo motor gets difficulty and resistance to get it back to tract
all you have to do is open the back of the LS50 " 12 small screws"
:mad: when you remove the back cover be carful not to damage the cables :mad: .
you will find the servo motor and laser lamb on one metal structure hanged to the body by three rubber suspensions
remove the whole structre and turn it upside down slowly
move the small black rotating joints up or down you will notice the the mechanical shaft will start rotating and the laser lamb will start to move away from the servo motor relasing it from where it get stuck
and it will work perfect after that
return the back cover and screw the 12 screws and you are done

cynicalmiss_2

Yikes.....not sure if I'm confident to do that.

Little_John

The thing is you have nothing to loose, it doesnt work grab a screw driver and have a play if it results in it working great if it still doesnt work keep playing with the screwdriver. if you break a cable then its screwed but it wasnt working before so it isnt really any worse?