HELP! Put in a rental dvd with out looking at it. Half way thru the movie some colors droped out and red and blues became prominent but in a strange tint. Then everything went to skipping bars. Took out the dvd looked at it and there were half a doz little sticky dots about twice the size of a grain of salt. Kid's sticky fingers no doubt. Now the "DVD" prompt on the TV screen is the distorted color and skips with out a DVD in the player. Tested music CD and I would not play. I tried a DVD cleaner, disc with little brushes, and no difference on playing a dvd or "DVD" tv prompt but music cd's will now play. Any ideas? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Growler
Unplug it and plug it back in. If that doesn't work there is a way to reset players, but it's different depending on manufacterer, you would have to contact them or do a search and see if you can find how. You can open it up and lightly clean the lens with a q-tip wet with alcohol.