DVD player sound

Hi all,

When playing a DVD with my pioneer dvd player i can hear the disc
spinning from a 9 ft. distance. It's not really loud, but loud enough
to hear when the movie contains almost no sound. For some strange
reason it seems to be worse in the +/- first 15 minutes of the movie.
So it might have something to do with reading certain parts of the
disc which have to be accessed with a higher (or lower) spin speed ?!?

My questions are:

1) Is this normal, or is my player broken.
2) Is there any way to remove the noise.
3) If i decide to buy a new one: Which one should i pick to get a
decent player with almost no internal sound?

Thanks for any information!

John

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 10:47:51 +0200, John <> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>When playing a DVD with my pioneer dvd player i can hear the disc
>spinning from a 9 ft. distance. It's not really loud, but loud enough
>to hear when the movie contains almost no sound. For some strange
>reason it seems to be worse in the +/- first 15 minutes of the movie.
>So it might have something to do with reading certain parts of the
>disc which have to be accessed with a higher (or lower) spin speed ?!?
>
>My questions are:
>
>1) Is this normal, or is my player broken.
>2) Is there any way to remove the noise.
>3) If i decide to buy a new one: Which one should i pick to get a
>decent player with almost no internal sound?
>
>Thanks for any information!

Reading starts on the inside of the disc which has to of course spin
faster to maintain the same information density as at the outer part
of the disc where it can spin more slowly. What you're hearing is a
bad hub motor bearing.

... Steve .

Steve(JazzHunter)

"John" <> wrote

> When playing a DVD with my pioneer dvd player i can hear the disc
> spinning from a 9 ft. distance. It's not really loud, but loud enough
> to hear when the movie contains almost no sound.

I just checked my Pioneer 360 player, and with the TV muted and a DVD
playing normally I can just hear a barely audible whirring noise from 6
inches away. By two feet away I have to be dead in line in front of it to
hear it (moving my head up just a few inches is enough to cut the noise). By
four feet away I can hear nothing. I suspect your particular player is at
fault.

John Howells

John Howells

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:10:00 +0000 (UTC), "John Howells"
<> wrote:

>
>"John" <> wrote
>
>> When playing a DVD with my pioneer dvd player i can hear the disc
>> spinning from a 9 ft. distance. It's not really loud, but loud enough
>> to hear when the movie contains almost no sound.
>
>I just checked my Pioneer 360 player, and with the TV muted and a DVD
>playing normally I can just hear a barely audible whirring noise from 6
>inches away. By two feet away I have to be dead in line in front of it to
>hear it (moving my head up just a few inches is enough to cut the noise). By
>four feet away I can hear nothing. I suspect your particular player is at
>fault.

Thanks @everyone for your replies. Looks like i have to buy a new
player. But i wonder if i can use this one (and just accept the extra
noise) until i have a new one without damaging my discs. Or can a bad
motor and irregular/wrong spin speeds, damage the disc itself?

John

John <> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>When playing a DVD with my pioneer dvd player i can hear the disc
>spinning from a 9 ft. distance. It's not really loud, but loud enough
>to hear when the movie contains almost no sound. For some strange
>reason it seems to be worse in the +/- first 15 minutes of the movie.
>So it might have something to do with reading certain parts of the
>disc which have to be accessed with a higher (or lower) spin speed ?!?
>
>My questions are:
>
>1) Is this normal, or is my player broken.
>2) Is there any way to remove the noise.
>3) If i decide to buy a new one: Which one should i pick to get a
>decent player with almost no internal sound?
>
>Thanks for any information!

Most DVD players make some noise, in most cases it's the stepping
motor you can hear when the laser moves to a track on the DVD.

To remove the noise buy a cabinet with a front glass door and put your
DVD player inside the cabinet.

It's best to take a DVD movie with you when you go shopping and try it
on different brands of DVD players.

Regards Brian

Brian

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 10:47:51 +0200, John <> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>When playing a DVD with my pioneer dvd player i can hear the disc
>spinning from a 9 ft. distance. It's not really loud, but loud enough
>to hear when the movie contains almost no sound. For some strange
>reason it seems to be worse in the +/- first 15 minutes of the movie.
>So it might have something to do with reading certain parts of the
>disc which have to be accessed with a higher (or lower) spin speed ?!?
>
>My questions are:
>
>1) Is this normal, or is my player broken.
>2) Is there any way to remove the noise.
>3) If i decide to buy a new one: Which one should i pick to get a
>decent player with almost no internal sound?
>
>Thanks for any information!

What you are hearing is Satan calling you. He is screaming into the
silence of your mind, and cursing you to join him. You see, Satan
wants you to watch those DVDs and sell your soul to him for an
eternity in hell.

Destroy those DVDs and the DVD machine too. Then go outside and
listen to the birds chirping and instead of that Satanic noise that is
driving your mind toward insanity. Outside you will hear God's choir
of birds singing in the trees. If you listen real carefully, you may
even hear the angels singing in heaven.

I am sure there is also a church near you that could use another voice
in the choir, and you could be that voice.


Jesus Loves You *** Jesus Hates DVDs

sister-margaret@holychristians.org