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January 6, 2024 1:53 PM Subscribe
My DvD player will, say 3x times a month, just start fast forwarding by itself, why?
It's a inexpensive GPX unit. I had an exact model that did this also but only a few times and was set up in the same place. Batteries and button are good as is the buttons on the unit. Only explanation factor I have is that it might possibly do this at scene changes but have not noticed it.
It's a inexpensive GPX unit. I had an exact model that did this also but only a few times and was set up in the same place. Batteries and button are good as is the buttons on the unit. Only explanation factor I have is that it might possibly do this at scene changes but have not noticed it.
In the absence of better explanations....
There's a neighborhood kid outside with their own remote, fast-forwarding though the window, just to mess with you.
posted by hovey at 7:57 PM on January 6
There's a neighborhood kid outside with their own remote, fast-forwarding though the window, just to mess with you.
posted by hovey at 7:57 PM on January 6
If not a malicious kid, it could just be stray IR from somewhere that happens to tickle it the right way.
posted by jeffamaphone at 10:07 PM on January 6 [1 favorite]
posted by jeffamaphone at 10:07 PM on January 6 [1 favorite]
Is it actually displaying on the on screen display that it's in fast forward mode, or is it just jumping forward on the disc _like_it's in fast forward mode? The latter could just be a sign of mistracking the disc for a variety of reasons.
posted by Larry David Syndrome at 5:44 AM on January 7 [1 favorite]
posted by Larry David Syndrome at 5:44 AM on January 7 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: stray IR is most likely. I noticed once it did it at a scene change.
LDS, I'd say the latter. I had an exact same model that did the same but only a few times. slight power surge is interesting.
posted by clavdivs at 1:03 PM on January 7
LDS, I'd say the latter. I had an exact same model that did the same but only a few times. slight power surge is interesting.
posted by clavdivs at 1:03 PM on January 7
OK, so if the on screen display isn't acting like it would if you pressed the fast forward button (or forward track skip) on the remote when the problem happens, it can't be stray IR. So, most likely mistracking. Causes: Discs in poor condition- scratched/smudged, binding/too much friction in the feed motor/rods that the laser slides back and forth on/ too much vibration in the environment (player isn't resting on a subwoofer or something like that?)
posted by Larry David Syndrome at 3:50 PM on January 7
posted by Larry David Syndrome at 3:50 PM on January 7
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