Pioneer Elite DV-37 dvd player tray closes by itself........

[Fatguy]

Hi, have this Pioneer Elite DV-37 dvd player.....press the open/close button
& disc tray will open all the way, pause for a fraction of a second and close by itself.
Maybe one time in a dozen tries it'll stay open. Would like to fix this & use as a CD transport.
Have cover open, what am i looking for?....some sort of 'micro switch' contact that needs cleaning?
I can't really see anything....the disc tray is all exposed in the open, all plastic, you can see the
steel laser tracking array inside/below & everyting is mounted on a steel substructure with a steel bearing
plate over head. Any help is appreciated.

thx

 

[Samuel M. Goldwasser]

Fatguy <fatguy@ilikepie.org> writes:

Hi, have this Pioneer Elite DV-37 dvd player.....press the open/close button
& disc tray will open all the way, pause for a fraction of a second and close by itself.
Maybe one time in a dozen tries it'll stay open. Would like to fix this & use as a CD transport.
Have cover open, what am i looking for?....some sort of 'micro switch' contact that needs cleaning?
I can't really see anything....the disc tray is all exposed in the open, all plastic, you can see the
steel laser tracking array inside/below & everyting is mounted on a steel substructure with a steel bearing
plate over head. Any help is appreciated.

Haven't seen that one but usually, it's a leaf switch whose contacts need
cleaning.

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[hr(bob) hofmann@att.net]

On Nov 29, 5:17 pm, Fatguy <fat...@ilikepie.org> wrote:

Hi, have this Pioneer Elite DV-37 dvd player.....press the open/close button
& disc tray will open all the way, pause for a fraction of a second and close by itself.
Maybe one time in a dozen tries it'll stay open. Would like to fix this & use as a CD transport.
Have cover open, what am i looking for?....some sort of 'micro switch' contact that needs cleaning?
I can't really see anything....the disc tray is all exposed in the open, all plastic, you can see the
steel laser tracking array inside/below & everyting is mounted on a steel substructure with a steel bearing
plate over head. Any help is appreciated.

thx

Sounds like the "close" function is always on, or else the comon
button for open and close is intermittently/mostly making contact.

 

[Fatguy]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:58:56 -0800, hr(bob) hofmann@att.net wrote:

On Nov 29, 5:17 pm, Fatguy <fat...@ilikepie.org> wrote:
Hi, have this Pioneer Elite DV-37 dvd player.....press the open/close
button & disc tray will open all the way, pause for a fraction of a
second and close by itself. Maybe one time in a dozen tries it'll stay
open. Would like to fix this & use as a CD transport. Have cover open,
what am i looking for?....some sort of 'micro switch' contact that
needs cleaning? I can't really see anything....the disc tray is all
exposed in the open, all plastic, you can see the steel laser tracking
array inside/below & everyting is mounted on a steel substructure with
a steel bearing plate over head. Any help is appreciated.

thx

Sounds like the "close" function is always on, or else the comon button
for open and close is intermittently/mostly making contact.

...thx for taking the time guys...on the microswitch, typically where might that
be located?...underneath toward the front of drive or?.....how do you get at it, i don't see anything obvious
....perhaps the front panel needs come off? & Bob, there's an open/close push button...are you saying the switch
itself is wearing out?....to be frank, the button has seen very little use, the machine has in general, but 99.9%
via remote. I have an older gen ELite DV-05 that does the same thing. Also behaved the same via remote or front panel.

Since i've posted this i gave the tray rails and gear drive that i could see a very liberal blast of contact cleaner
& let it dry out.....now it seems to work w/o issue.....maybe i blasted the micro-switch w/o knowing it?

thx&rgds

 

[Mark D. Zacharias]

"Fatguy" <fatguy@ilikepie.org> wrote in message
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Hi, have this Pioneer Elite DV-37 dvd player.....press the open/close
button
& disc tray will open all the way, pause for a fraction of a second and
close by itself.
Maybe one time in a dozen tries it'll stay open. Would like to fix this &
use as a CD transport.
Have cover open, what am i looking for?....some sort of 'micro switch'
contact that needs cleaning?
I can't really see anything....the disc tray is all exposed in the open,
all plastic, you can see the
steel laser tracking array inside/below & everyting is mounted on a steel
substructure with a steel bearing
plate over head. Any help is appreciated.

thx

Sent a pic of the load mech including the switch to your email address.

Mark Z.

 

[Mark D. Zacharias]

"Mark D. Zacharias" <nonsense@nonsense.net> wrote in message
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"Fatguy" <fatguy@ilikepie.org> wrote in message
newsan.2008.11.29.23.16.23@ilikepie.org...
Hi, have this Pioneer Elite DV-37 dvd player.....press the open/close
button
& disc tray will open all the way, pause for a fraction of a second and
close by itself.
Maybe one time in a dozen tries it'll stay open. Would like to fix this &
use as a CD transport.
Have cover open, what am i looking for?....some sort of 'micro switch'
contact that needs cleaning?
I can't really see anything....the disc tray is all exposed in the open,
all plastic, you can see the
steel laser tracking array inside/below & everyting is mounted on a steel
substructure with a steel bearing
plate over head. Any help is appreciated.

thx

Sent a pic of the load mech including the switch to your email address.

Mark Z.

Well that is I tried to send it. It bounced. You can e-mail me direct at:

mark_zacharias@labolgcbs.net

and reverse the domain to read "sbcglobal" also notice there is an
underscore _ between my first and last name.

Mark Z.