Strange fault.
 

HI ALL!

I picked up a Sanyo HV-DX2 DVD/VCR combo at the weekend. The VCR deck is OK, but not so for the DVD/CD drive. It seems to play DVD's fine, then you insert a CD or MP3 CD and the drive goes bonkers. It spins clockwise for the couple of times, then starts spinning anti-clockwise and at high speed!

The laser seems to be working....so what is wrong here?

Over to you guys! :) All suggestions welcomed.

Store bought or burned CD?
Can you try both?

HI!

Both have same results! :(

CDs and DVDs use different color lasers, so it's possible the CD laser is bad or out of adjustment while the DVD one is fine.

Yeah, sounds like a laser problem. Oh well. these things happen!

I had no idea those drives could even spin in both directions.

Some DVD or CD players have used standard computer-type drives and connections. If this one does, you can certainly try a different drive without too much trouble.

It's not an actual computer drive, but watching it try to play a CD is really funny! :)