A neighbour's son has pulled out the tray for the integral dvd player on their Daewoo television. There doesn't seem to be any damage apart from a split in the back of the tray.
Is there a method for re engaging the tray with the gears whilst re inserting it?
AJH
Yes,one tooth out and it'll cause problems ie "unsycronising" pushing the tray back into the housing will move the cogs, the tray has to be placed into position basically.
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
Someone at work did that with a CDROM drive -- caught the tray with their chair and it pinged halfway across the office. All that was required in that case was to push it back in, past a click stop which was designed to stop it coming right out.
It depends on the mechanism design. Some can simply be re-inserted as described by Andrew and they'll sort themselves out. Others have to be in perfect sync for the mechanism to lift the laser / motor assembly to engage with the disc hub as it closes, and if out by one cog tooth then it won't work. Potentially just forcing the drawer back in will cause more problems. I would remove the mech from the unit, and have a look at how it works - there are usually sprung catches you need to be in the right place as you insert the drawer. Operate the drawer motor pulley by hand and confirm it fully opens and closes, and that the laser assembly lifts up once "home" - this is usually all done by the one open/close motor. There will be at least one "limit" switch to sense when the drawer is fully open and closed to turn off the motor. Check that this is moving at each end of the travel. (sometimes it's one n.o. centre-off switch which sits under the drawer and is pushed forward and back by lugs on the drawer itself, other times seperate switches for each). Don't touch the laser lens - greasy fingerprints can cause it to mis-focus.
I repaired professional audio CD players for years and got familier with these type of mechs!
Alan.
I 'won' a Sony surround DVD receiver for that very reason.
"I can't get the DVD tray back in .. it's going down the dump .. wannit?"
A quick explore to see how it was supposed to work and my daughter has a nice SS system in her room ;-)
All the best ..
T i m
In my experience, it doesn't work like that. The tray motor doesn't "know" where the tray is, it relies on sensors. Just push it back.
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