bloke wrote:' finally found a 5-dvd changer w/remote for duh right price...
...another (just like THIS computer) blokian curb treasure
It works, but the colors - every few seconds - go from perfect to too-green/too-red...and then back to perfect.
Does this thing need to have high-pressure air jetted in to the laser reader, or does it need to go into the ol' burn pit?
It sounds like a cable issue. I am betting you are using component cables to send the signal to the TV, correct?
If so, its probably the cable. A low quality, or defective cable will do this. Reason being is a component cable splits the signal into its component colors (reg, blue, green, one for each of the three cables). When any one (or two) of those signals is degraded, it will manifest with the color issues you mentioned.
If you have another component cable laying around, I recommend you try it as a diagnosis. I had this very same issue a few months back.
If you are using some other cable, then I have no idea what the problem is.
Dean is on to something. Also, those RCA cable connections sometimes come loose, so that could be the problem instead of the cables. Just pull the cover off the unit, and resolder where the RCA female jacks attach to the circuit board in back. Be sure to take static precautions. I have had to do this on TV's in the past (from kids plugging and replugging connections for video games until the jacks pull out.) Have you ever done any soldering before?
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There are several types of cable for use on non-HD DVD players. They include "composite" video, which includes three wires that have RCA phono plugs: red and white for audio and yellow for video. Another option is "S-video", which uses a DIN round connector with several conductors, plus the red and white audio cables with RCA plugs. Still another option is "component" video, which includes five wires: red and white for audio, and red, green, and blue for video. I doubt a DVD player old enough to have found its way to the curb has an HDMI digital output, and even if it, I doubt you have anything to plug it into.
If you are using S-Video or Component video, a cable problem can cause the problem you describe. The problem can also be in the plugs of the DVD player or the TV. I have a problem with the TV in our bedroom which has a faulty plug for one of the colors. Most TV's and players that have S-video and component video connections also have one or two composite video connections. Try switching to one of those and see if you still have the problem. Composite video won't display this problem as a result of a faulty connection or cable. If you still have the problem, then it isn't the cable and it's time for the landfill.
Dirt on the laser would cause digital artifacts, dropouts, and skipping, not the intermittent loss of just one color. The colors are built into the digital stream.
If the problem goes away when you switch to composite video, try a different cable if you really want to use the S-video or component video you were using before (such as when you want to reserve the composite video for a VCR). If the problem is still there after switching cables, then it's probably in the plugs on either the DVD player or the TV.
Rick "unimpressed with the quality of RCA receptacles on modern cheap TV's" Denney
bloke wrote: but the colors - every few seconds - go from perfect to too-green/too-red...and then back to perfect.
This happened to me with our first DVD player, I thought it was the discs that were faulty because some worked fine and others blinked in and out from color to black and white and back again... turns out it was because I was running my DVD player through my VCR before going into my TV. (Old tv only had one set of inputs.) Are you running direct into your TV, or through some other AV gear?
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All those are good things to check, bloke...emphasis on the cabling and the jack. Take some air into the thing, but don't be surprised if nothing makes a difference. If it's not cables, I'd bet it's in the reader circuitry. Trash pile.
besides, who really needs 5 DVDs loaded at a time, anyway?
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Hi MikeMason,
Here it is Monday morning, the 31st and I just now read your post.
Yes we played at Cosmo's in Orange Beach last night 6-9P.M.
Were you down this way on the weekend? If so I'm sorry I missed you.
Dennis
