Taking that drive apart was like solving a puzzle.

@countzero1136

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Sony used to make stuff that was fairly easy to service but not anymore :( This is a damned expensive repair if you're charging an hourly rate!

It's comforting to see that even an experienced repair man like you needs some time to figure out how to take apart an unfamiliar model number. I sometimes feel dumb when I discover I was going to wrong route, but maybe I'm too harsh on myself.

@12voltvids

Жыл бұрын

If only you knew. Remember I edit. There is a bunch of stuff you don't see unless I am doing a live presentation which i do from time to time.

You always amaze me how you NEVER lose a screw or nut! How do you do that?

During lockdown earlier this year I found my Sony DVD/HDD recorder, which is in regular use recording TV still, was letting discs slip. It would spin them up just fine but when it needed to apply the brakes I could tell the disc wasnt clamped properly thanks to the loud "bbbzzzzz" vibrating noise it made :D Opening it up to extract the drive, simply to clean the felt pad on the drive spindle that helps clamp the disc, was hell. You opened one, a similar model and had much the same experience. That drive was locked into position in various ways, the most annoying of which was a PCB actually fixed onto the drive that slid in and out at a weird angle if you needed to insert the drive. The designers never intended the drive to come out so this weird angle was harder to achieve when removing it. All of that just to remove the layer of dust that had become stuck to the felt pad on the spindle. I swear Sony build these to survive a plane crash or something.

@catsbyondrepair

2 жыл бұрын

Yea and their bloody reliable I have four Sony players. One Sony dvd player I have had for sixteen years still works .

It is amazing how the device is able to read the very bad treated DVD and all the unit problem was caused by a broken pulley. All the mechanisms and electronics needed for disc reading and information processing to get such a great quality image is way way bigger than the complexity of a belt and pulley that finally puts all the unit out of work !! Great job by the way!

Wow a Bluray player with composite and component outputs.... Players i've only seen have HDMI only..

@countzero1136

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I have a Philips bluray player with HDMI only although I have a friend who has a bunch of earlier Philips blurays with composite and component but no HDMI - I guess 1st gen bluray units. Can't remember the model number but they're well built and reliable unlike my cheaper one which has the delightful habit of holding on to the disc when you open the tray, forcing you to remove the cover to get the damn thing out again :(

@DK640OBrianYT

2 жыл бұрын

From the same production year (2009) as this BDP-S350, came the BDP-S550. Apart from Digital Coax and Toslink Optical, it has analogue 7.1 output. Analogue video outputs: composite, S-video, component on top of HDMI. The back is pretty crowded with sockets for everything on the BDP-S550. I guess what's missing is a SCART-socket....hmmm

@bugsyjonesband

2 жыл бұрын

How do you remember where every screw goes? Aside that you have this video to reference?

PERFECT !!! THE MOST DIFFICULT MECHANISM YOU OPENED !!!

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

Not even close.

From experience I'd have to say *most* discs stand up well over the years. Some, however, can have the slightest surface imperfection and won't play at all, or will stick/freeze or stutter. Other times a brand new disc won't play (it's been loose in the case?). Yet it's amazing how some heavily scratched (sometimes deeply) and (rarely but occasionally) warped/bent discs will play perfectly; with no issues! Different players may not play them or will have different issues, of course.

that JBL Weld is good stuff it bonded a meltal motor shaff on my full size Remtoe control DALEK

I bought the Sony BDP-S550 back in very early 2009, because it also had analogue 7.1 outputs in the back. It still ejects and pull the tray in with no problems, but have instead developed this phenomenon of "Not recognizing the disc". Most of the time, if the disc is inserted during the first seconds after a cold start, it will work. (Apart from untried hardware interference, this has proved to be the most succesful approach so far) Other times you'll have to hit open/close several times before it finally gives in and play the darn thing. And then again, at other times it doesn't matter what you do, it simply will not recognize the disc, even if it has played perfectly well a couple of years ago. But oddly enough, if inserting another BR, it might play fine. Sometimes, when the machine has this problem it won't even play CD's or DVD's. Listening to the difference between a succesful and unsuccesful loading of a BR, it's obvious, that it tries to read the TOC (Or equivalent to the BR-format), before giving some faint but healthy whirring noises (pick-up assembly going back/forth), spinning up and play. When unsuccesful, it stops before all these actions, so the problem must be with reading some initial stuff and therefore it could be a matter of a dirty lens. There's also a procedure for a factory resetting, that could be helpful. I tried it. However to no effect. Maybe reseating the cables could be recommended, or maybe not. Hmmm...better take this beast up and on the table to find out.

Great video

I like to watch the procedures. I have a Sony BD player but it's very compact. Not wide like that one.

I have a bio-s550. With a “no disc” error. And I watched your video and learned how to remove the player ( awesome video) bdp-200 and cleaned it. And reassemble it. But still get the error, tried 5 BR, different reg dvds, music cds. Nothing works. Have you ever come across this??? Any thoughts Thanks Love watching your stuff very down to earth and interesting

That is one solid player. How do I know? I have one I bought brand new on Black Friday 2008 at Best Buy, and still use it to this day. It's a solid performer and also doesn't detect Cinavia, if anyone out there even knows what that is. Also, it is a BDP-S350, not BPD.

Parabéns por tanta paciência 👏👏👏 estou com um igualzinho não injetando ! Tô me preparando meu psicológico KKK fazer o mesmo 🤦🏼‍♂️ Vc fez excelente trabalho 🤦🏼‍♂️ espero q aqui seja só a Correa 😅 obrigado pelas instruções 🖐️

I still have a sony cdp cx70es thats 23 years old still plays

اشكرك جهد مشكور اتمنى لك التوفيق دائما

Sorry for another text but both of mine, the displays are very dim, is there a way to recharge those florescent displays?

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

probably not

On a playstation 3 console I had never opened laser would not read I swopped the flat ribbon cable and it worked fine the old one just would not work yet it had never been opened .

Gone are the days when quality brass pulleys and two grub screws were common. Plastic craptastic i hate.

@kyoudaiken

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. If I was a politician, I would ban plastics where it is not mandatory to use it. Every company misusing it will be divestitured.

You will need a BLU - Ray covid play passport soon. Canadas Covid Tech over watch committee. Good repair JB weld

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

Went out for lunch today. Some goof ball was going to give the girl a bad time regarding his cv19 passport. She just waved her hand and this guy about 6ft 7 walked up and told the shit disturber to leave. The guy left yelling obscenities and threatened never to come back. Everyone seated gave a round of applause.

What model is your power micro driver? How much did it cost you, and where did you get it?

@12voltvids

8 ай бұрын

It's a sequre and you can get it direct from their web site. Don't remember what it cost.

@michaelpetrik334

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, I hadn't got that far in the video when you showed the make. I will check them out.

I was very lucky yesterday and scared a very funny 32 inch Philips LCD its a really heavy tv but does have Freeview and 2 HDMI on its got 2 lights on the back and they change with the picture never seen this before it's a unique tv will be a video on it but behind by quite a bit.

Dumped the plasma ??

I have an old Panasonic Omnivision VHS VCR Top-Loader. When I press the play button, the reels move for a few seconds and then it just stops. Do you have any idea what may be causing this malfunction?

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

rotation sensor

@erikkennedy1271

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Where's the rotation sensor located? Also, do I need to replace it or is it possible to fix myself? Thanks for your quick response!

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

@@erikkennedy1271 Well it is monitoring the take up spool and they had several different versions. Some had it hooked to the tape counter if a mechanical tape counter. Usually connected by belt to the take up reel between the reel and tape counter. Could be optical or magnetic. Don't ask me what type as i don't know. I don't know what model you have and even if you gave me the model number I would not know without finding a service manual of seeing pictures of the mechanism.

@erikkennedy1271

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Thanks!

Even at the time of this video, I'm surprised the owner didn't just upgrade. This model is slow and doesn't play well with "newer" Blu-rays (it's not BD-J Profile 2.0). Some don't even load at all. See and buy newer Sony BD models without such issues at thrifts for less than $20 often. See this model and the S550 too for practically nothing nowadays.

@12voltvids

Жыл бұрын

It was given to me and I gave it away.

I have 2 of those damn things.

This video takes me back to when I was asked to repair my friends Xbox for him, after one of his Sisters kids broke the tray mechanism by playing with the disc tray.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

kids break tons of stuff. Glad there are no kids here anymore.

@SavageGame1998

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids I bet they even broke TV VCR combo units. Speaking of, I just repaired one recently.

@darinb.3273

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard of children attempting to play their peanutbutter and jelly sandwich in the front load machines or perhaps, they figured the VCR was hungry too.

@SavageGame1998

2 жыл бұрын

@@darinb.3273 Really? But what I have had to do was relatch the cassette carrier, and clean the mode switch, because the rewind and fast forward were pretty finicky, and at times when you go to eject the tape, it would just kick back and rewind the tape all the way to the clear leader.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

@@darinb.3273 That problem started with the stupid marketing by American Express. They showed a little kid feeding the VCR and the parents using their American express card to pay for the repair because American Express offered free extended warranty. It never ended well though, because we didn't accept american express, and no repair shop I know of (none of the guys that knew that operated shops in my area) accepted american express due to the high merchant fees they charged. It was over double Visa and 3X mastercard. So the parent comes in with their VCR all fuxed up because little johnny or suzie stuck a sandwich or chicken bones in and then a tape went in after and made a real mess. Those folks got an extra charge because usually by the time it came in the food was moldy, or rotting. It was absolutely gross. Then they would whip out their AMX card and an argument would ensure at the service counter because we wouldn't take AMX. Then we became the bad guys. I didn't deal with the customer at the counter but I sure heard all the yelling, and the F bombs and how they were never coming back, and they were going to tell everyone not to come in because we were ripping them off.

I HAVE THE SAME MODEL. READS DVD Ο.Κ - DOES NOT READ BLURAY ! WHAT HAPPENS?

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

Laser

They should really kept making adjustable optical outputs on the newer players so u dont have to replace them

That suspiciously look like PS3 laser KEM 410 ACA same position lansis and shield

@countzero1136

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the same laser assy in this unit

I have these 2 and when there's a disk that's messed up that it won't read, it won't eject the disk , and I have to hold down on the power button until the thing resets and then I can open it

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

my 350 has been flawless as have my older 300s I really don't use them much these days.

@MW-sw7so

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids hmm,🤔 weird that both of mine have the "freezing up" problem though.😄👍

Why don't you make German translation for your German followes, can you make that !

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

I don't speak German.

I bet easy fix

sony made ok players for early bluray players. but god there 4k bluray players are hot garbage. if the disc even has a spec of dust on it the player will have trouble reading it and the players will randomly lock up there is tons of bad reviews with complaints of the issue and sony don't bother to fix it it don't matter if get the entry level $200 model or the top of the line $700 one they all use the same broken firmware only dif is features and build quality being better on the higher end one they also cheaped out and only put the counter display on the $700 model. panasonic is pretty much the only way to go for a standalone 4k bluray player unless u want spend a fortune for a bouquet brand fancy one.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

Have never used a 4k player. I understand that most of the problems stem from hollywoods attempt to keep ahead of the pirates so they keep upgrading the encryption which you need to update on the players. I am sure the old acient firmware on my oldest player would have problems with new disks, but I haven't bought a bluray or dvd in probably 20 years. I just use them for my own content that has no encryption on them.

@mraaron1584

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids sony still updates the firmware for them its just that the firmware is poorly wrote i guess and buggy. even the previous to current models had complaints of the players locking up and then u have to go unplug it and let the player reboot before it will work again. yet u buy the panasnoic one and it works perfectly with the same discs the sony one had issues with. i had the UBP-X700 for 2 days took it back upgraded to the sony ubp-x800 and both players had the same issues after looking into even the highest end ubp-x1100es has the same complaints about the player locking up well playing movies so ended up returning it and getting a DP-UB820 from panasnoic and it works so much better even was abe to get an unlocked firmware for it that lets me play blurays or dvds from any region.

@dlarge6502

2 жыл бұрын

> randomly lock up Yep mine does that. However I got that thing for £30 from a charity shop that thought it was a blu-ray player so I'm not complaining. The most annoying thing is when it locks up, I need to pull the power. But the power cord is permanently fixed resulting in me switching everything off and on just because of that one device and I cant be bothered to rummage around at the back to try and identify which plug is for the 4K player. I dont hear a fan in this thing either. I have considered opening it to see if I can add one in case it is heat causing the lockups. This sony 4K player goes into some kind of standby state instead of shutting down fully. When it locks up, that takes out the power button as well, no matter how long you hold it, it will never force a restart as on other devices.

@mraaron1584

2 жыл бұрын

@@dlarge6502 ya i got annoyed with it after 3 movies when u pay like $400 cad for a blu ray player u expect it to work and not lock up. i complained to sony and they didn't seem all that interested didn't even want to admit there was a problem even though reviews of all 3 current and the previous models over multiplier retailers had complaints of the issues why sony would sell such trash is beyond me. another issues that is stupid if your watching a disc with dolby vision u have to manually go though several menus just to turn it on and then if u are watching one with HDR u have to manually go though to shut it back off. all other brands of players that support dobly vision can auto detect if u put a dv disc in and turn it on for u again poor programming on sonys part.