proline 1000 (dont laugh)

[Maxipad]

...anyway
my bro got this player a few months back as a spare one (no idea why) but when he got it, it ran RCE and stuff like Matrix and things like that which gave it its bad reputation for not playing.

but now i just got it from him and it hasnt been used for quite a while. but every dvd i put into it freezes. even the old no extra's dvd's!!!
it seems to freeze on the menu or any chapter in any film. about 5-15 seconds trough it.

any ideas whats happening?

[kippa2k1]

Yeah they do that if they havnt been used for a while
Your best bet is to leave it switched on for a while before trying to play a film

[Maxipad]

i left it plugged in all night and switched on for about 40 mins, but still nothing

so i have switched it on now and i am gonna keep it on till later tonight too see if anything happens

cheers for the tip:

any others?

[yaffle]

Ruin the planet and just leave it in standby all the time. It's the only way to be sure. And this player seems to be very scratch/smudge sensitive, so clean those discs too.