XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.design   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2023-07-16 16:41, micky wrote:   
   > In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 16 Jul 2023 14:17:53 +0200, "Carlos E.R."   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2023-07-16 01:37, micky wrote:   
   >>> In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 15 Jul 2023 14:02:53 -0500, Jim Joyce   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:31:51 -0400, micky    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Jul 2023 14:30:28 -0400, micky   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> DVD can't be read, what to do?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Toyota car radio/map.   
   >>   
   >> ...   
   >>   
   >>>>> Maybe I could have made a copy when I got it but it's too late for that   
   >>>>> now. :-(   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Why is it too late? Is the DVD stuck inside the unit somehow? If not,   
   >>>   
   >>> I was thinking that, if the current problem is that age or heat had   
   >>> damaged the DVD already.  But last night I went out and tried it   
   >>> somemore and the GPS works, it just keeps flashing that message ever 3   
   >>> or 4 minutes, but in between it does keep track of where I am and what   
   >>> direction I'm going.   In fact that clock I post about that changed time   
   >>> was actually the arrow showing which direction the car was pointed.   
   >>>   
   >>> So I will copy the DVD.   
   >>>   
   >>> I ordered a DVD cleaning disk.   
   >>   
   >> Don't.   
   >   
   > Do you think the cleaning disk can make the situation worse?   
      
   Yes. The lenses could be scratched, a hair could be let loose..   
      
   >   
   >> Just try to read, or better image, the thing on a computer.   
   >   
   > Do you think the problem is in the DVD disk and not the laser sensor?   
      
   It is a very simple test.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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