:?: I just got a 2nd hand TR1 that looks brand new, while everything seems to work fine after I installed all the softwares, I discovered that I cannot play any DVDs on the DVD drive, VCDs/Audio CDs are fine but when I inserted a DVD disk, it seems to lock up the drive and the message “no disk on drive e” appears.  I checked the DVD region code and is set correctly.  Did I miss anything else on the TR1 to play DVD?  I’ve tried PowerDVD and also the WinDVD.  Help and hints are greatly appreciated!

click control panel/system/hardware/device manager/(DVD/CD-ROM Drives) and inspect for Matshita UJDA755.  that will tell us u are on the same playing field as the rest of us.

with that said, and the drive is playing music but not READING dvd disks, well, i have not seen that one. try eliminating players by using Windows Media Player and opening up the DVD video file directally. Does it play video files at all?

most problems i have had with TRs and DVD is autoplay, but that does not seem to be the problem with u….

good luck,
jigs

ps. how much did u pay?  i am trying to sell one now on EBAY but i have no idea if its working or not.  See http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80213&item=6703619796&rd=1 

I had a problem with a Toshiba laptop that would read and write DVD’s but not CD’s. Turns out the laser for the cd part went bad and the drive had to be replaced. I think you are looking at the same problem.

Good Luck!

My TR2 had this same problem. After jumping through oodles of hoops with Sony support, I finally got them to agree with me… it was a bad drive.

I sent it in under warranty and now that its back it works great. In fact I just watched Oceans 11 on the plane ride back from NY.

I’m betting it’s the hardware.

-Ben