DVD player "freezes" at certain point with ANY dvd disk

[evedawn]

OUr dvd player is around 3 years old. lately it seems to "freeze" around 3/4 of the way into any disk we put it. It is so frustrating and we cannot go backwards, forwards, or anything. IT just STICKS on a particular scene. Tried switching it off and starting again but...it freezes in the same spot. It happens to any disk we put in. How frustrating!!!! Any ideas as to what the problem is and how we can fix it?

[Mattk]

maybe try a lense cleaner if that doesnt work, buy a new one im afraid.

[evedawn]

thanks for that matt...:-)

[nightmare]

I am intrigued by Mattk's suggestion to try a lense (sic) cleaner -how would that help ?
More likely, the track rails which the read head slides along are dirty. Unfortunately, it means taking the machine apart to access and clean them effectively . Do not attempt this unless you are confident you know what you are doing.
I had this problem with my player, and successfully rectified it, but it was not easy.

[evedawn]

Ta for your advice nightmare.

[phylkat]

We had this problem too, v/frustrating. Asked in shop about it and they reccomended a 'lens head Cleaner'
I bought one �4.99...... Yep, it did the job. everything is fine now no probs.
pk

[evedawn]

thanks philkat...my hub has ordered a lense head cleanerr off ebay so will hopefully work...oin another note ...when i told my hib about nightmares suggestion...he seemd to think that was very plausable too. so will try lense cleaner first and if that doesn't work it's up to my hub to try take it apart...nothing ventured nothing gained eh?

[compostheap]

Don't waste your money on a lens cleaner ! The previous answer was correct . Try cleaning the two rails that the laser runs along . A new DVD player is less than �20 now !