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Repair Of Blu-Ray Disc/Dvd Player

By Jestine Yong on July 20, 2026

This Philip blu ray disc player was brought with complaint of disc tray not opening, l haven’t repair this type of device before, so I was curious about it,

infact I thought I was going to see surprising kind of boards different from what we see in conventional dvd player, but alas i was proven wrong.Having removed case cover I can see it’s no different from normal dvd player except its mainboard has LAN(local area network) which can be used for live streaming, also I understand conventional dvd player can’t play blu ray discs,while blu ray can play both.

So what I first did was to pull out the tray to check the sliding mechanism and grease the area,test opening and closing switch for shot or open…switch is good,assemble tray back and power device, press open/ close button….tray slide open & close sloggishly

Then I tested tray sliding motor with analog meter,it did roll(turn)presumably pass test, then replace the rubber belt, power device again,tray slide out sloggishly again.

This time I now suspected motor not running at expected RPM,

so I did replace it,then power device again….wow tray slide open & close at normal slow speed, open it again,slot in a dvd disc which play perfectly, below pictures explain more

This the finished repair work.

This article was prepared for you by Imoudu Onwumah from Nigeria. He is 62 years old and has just 3 years experience in electronics repairs. I started career in hotel industry as a chef, but then I was doing repairs only in electrical repairs as a hobbyist. In 2018, I decided to learn about electronics which through Jestine’s electronics e-books and holding my hand, am an electronics techie today.

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Blue Ray Player Repair

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Parasuraman S

July 20, 2026 at 8:59 pm

Yes, blue ray works with a lot of extra arrangement to play high resolution (1080P) DVDs with better clarity. But rest is same. Many thanks for sharing this interesting fix!

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Albert van Bemmelen

July 20, 2026 at 9:33 pm

I understand that only the tray motor and the belt were faulty. So the laser unit before this replacement was originally still fine and would have played any disc perfectly if a dvd or bluray was inserted manually without using the failing tray. These tray motors probably have no type marking label on them, but it would have been nice to know what its specs are. Anyway nice job Imoudu!

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Mark J

July 21, 2026 at 2:06 am

Good job on the repair Imoudu.

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Jim

July 21, 2026 at 4:56 am

Great Job!

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Yogesh Panchal

July 21, 2026 at 5:08 pm

Good Fix!Imoudu
It is really enjoyable to work when replacement parts are available.

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Philip

July 22, 2026 at 7:54 am

Thanks Imoudu for a good article. I once faced such a problem in a dvd player. All but one effort failed to restore the dvd player to full functionanility. Missing, was the cd tray slide-out ability, a needful operation indeed. I, as the last resort, dismantled the hard to open tray switch. My multimeter wasnt registering any reading from the faulty switch hence necessitating the switch overhaul. Coming across spare parts for this now rare dvd players is close to impossible in my area. I cleaned and adjusted the switch contacts to make the dvd player regain its intended feature of responding with ease; tray slide in, tray slide out, as designed and desired. I'm always filled with wonder when watching an opened dvd player magic-like moves. Superb machines suprisingly gone too soon, its a pity.

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Philip

July 22, 2026 at 4:34 pm

sorry for the mistake. It should have been functionality and not the wrongly written 'functionaninality'.

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Imoudu.O

July 23, 2026 at 8:57 pm

Philips
I never knew such switch can be adjusted as u claimed in ur repair,I thought same tray switch has some kind of thinny copper winding in its thinny box that put on/off of open/close of tray. Good u were able to fix it
Well, obsolete technology is giving way for new technology, giving birth to new advanced devices.

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