20 Most Recent Philips DVP642 DVD Player Questions & Answers

Apparently this is a known issue. Some dvp642 players have compatibility issues with some of the Disney DVD's. A firmware update might help. There is a discussion of this at: http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/t317193.html

Please follow the below procedure to set the regional settings of your choice on your Philips DVD player: Step 1: Turn on your DVD player (without disk) Step 2: Press "Setup" from the remote Step 3: Go to the "Preferences" Step 4: Enter "138931" and the current zone will displayed Step 5: Use the Up and Down arrows to change area (0 = multi-zone) Step 6: Press "¨Play" on the remote. Or you can use Leawo Blu-ray Copy to make the Blu-ray/DVD disc to region-free, so that you can play it with any Blu-ray player or computer. It is one of the best Blu-ray copy software to copy and back up Blu-ray/DVD/ISO files to hard drive or blank Blu-ray/DVD disc. This Blu-ray Copy software could help preserve your Blu-ray/DVD discs and keep them away from damages. It could copy and back up Blu-ray/DVD disc to computer in folder and/or as an ISO file, or back up Blu-ray/DVD disc to blank discs in 1:1 rate. Source: https://ccm.net/faq/3767-how-remove-regional-lock-on-a-philips-dvd-player

try to clean or change the laser

The DVD you're using is probably from elsewhere than the region you live in. It is almost certainly possible to temporarily change the region by using a trick which will not damage your machine in any way. Google "Philips DVP642 region hack" and there will be an answer.

Try searching the net for 'region code hack' for your model number. You can try on Fixya too, this time just put the above. If anyone knows it you should get a reply.

Optical pickup problem It should be replaced. Contact any service technician. http://schematicscom.blogspot.com/ http://elektrotricks.blogspot.com/ http://electrotechnician.blogspot.com/ http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ http://homenol.blogspot.com/ http://remotesearch.blogspot.com/ Please visit these sites to get some details.

Those blinks [flashes] are fault indication (Error Codes). From the number of blinks occur at one time switch ON, you can get an idea about the faulty circuit section inside it. This will make repair easy. These are called blinking codes. Make sure about the exact number of blinking of the standby/power LED, by switching On & OFF the set, for at least two times. Count it carefully. If you wish to get some details, check the site linked here. It has details about blinking codes, and fault locating procedure, to many popular brand TVs and other devices. http://electro-medical.blogspot.com/ http://homenol.blogspot.com/ http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ If blinks continue without any pause, the main board is faulty.

my dvd player is stand on the red light when i insert the dvd the dvd will hand after few seconds what is the problem please solved my problem

Hi, you should use a capacitor with same capacitance of 1000uF, but you don't have to stick to the original voltage spec. 1000uF 10V means it can withstand 10V load. 1000uF 50V means it can hold 50V for the same capacitance. Today I fixed my friend's and for that I used 1000uF 35V from RadioShack. It perfectly works - and it's better. But you shouldn't use 1000uF 5V - by now you already know that :)

have you tried to record in sp then playback on same machine if this works then your drum for recording in lp or if yours has ep mode may need replacing as pre recordings are ok you need to get it serviced. hope this goes well

Check that you have the right input on DVD

Sounds like the laser head to me.