Samsung DVD player Model DVD-D530 hit by high voltage

A friend of mine called me to pass by his place to check on his DVD player which he suspected was hit by high voltage.

I passed by his place and the DVD was brought to me, I opened it and my first stop was the power supply since power surge usually affect the power supply especially the primary side.

The good thing with power surge problems are usually catastrophic and therefore in most cases you can easily identify the problem without using expensive test equipment and therefore your eyes are good enough to locate the faulty component(s).

DVD power supply dead now repaired.

Hello Humphrey! Your book on DVD player repair guide has made me to learn new hints how to solve problems related to DVD switch mode power supply (S.M.P.S).

Now I received a DVD from my friend which had power problem .When I opened the casing I noticed the fuse 2A/250V was dark inside. I removed it and connected a 100W bulb across the fuse and it was too bright and no voltage across the main capacitor 10uf/400v.

do it yourself ESR meter

Hi Marcus

This file is still too big, 57mb!

Also noted you did not use stripe board and therefore I will not be able to check any errors because you have used a different board.

Which country are you from?

Regards Humphrey

Sorry to hear that. I'm here in the Philippines

Hi Marcus,

No problem, actually the reason I asked your country is because I wanted to see if I can send you mine which I did as do it yourself project.

Go video DVD VR5940 ejects disk with read error now repaired.

Hi Humphrey

Need repair advice to fix a Go Video VR5940. DVD laser head moves in/out, up/down, red light briefly on, disk begins to spin slow, then stops and ejects DVD, displays C02. Also, there’s a tiny red light lit up on PCB at D301. Thank you.