DVD Whislting solution.
My DVD player has been playing up for a long time. I have a KiSS DP-450. Which cost a lot when I bought it. It is fairly nifty with XVid and DivX support.
Although I've been having problems with the buttons on the device not responding, the LCD display flickering. The whole thing crashing etc. The most annoying thing though, was the whistling.
A massively high pitched squeel or whistle came from it from time-to-time. This soon became all it did. The source? A transformer on the PSU.
After a bit of hunting around the net, it looked like this wasn't an isolated occurance of this problem. Low and behold, I have been putting up with an annoyingly bad DVD player for the past few months when I could have fixed it all so easily.
Armed with a new capacitor I replaced one on the PSU and all the problems have gone away. Apparently it is something to do with the capacitor going naff, which creates a resinance in the flow of electricity, which inturn causes the transformer to create a mechanical whistle.
So if anybody is wanting to fix theirs. What you need to do is this.
1. Rip the top off your DVD player.
2. Disconnect the PSU on the left hand side and take it out.
3. Remove capacitor C12.
4. Replace with a 2200uF 16v (at least 16v, can be more if you want) Electrolytic Capacitor.
5. Bolt back together
6. Enjoy.
** Please note that capacitors store electricity, if you get too close and short them (with your hand or a screw driver), you'll give yourself a nasty shock.
I accept no repsonsibility. For anything.
Although I've been having problems with the buttons on the device not responding, the LCD display flickering. The whole thing crashing etc. The most annoying thing though, was the whistling.
A massively high pitched squeel or whistle came from it from time-to-time. This soon became all it did. The source? A transformer on the PSU.
After a bit of hunting around the net, it looked like this wasn't an isolated occurance of this problem. Low and behold, I have been putting up with an annoyingly bad DVD player for the past few months when I could have fixed it all so easily.
Armed with a new capacitor I replaced one on the PSU and all the problems have gone away. Apparently it is something to do with the capacitor going naff, which creates a resinance in the flow of electricity, which inturn causes the transformer to create a mechanical whistle.
So if anybody is wanting to fix theirs. What you need to do is this.
1. Rip the top off your DVD player.
2. Disconnect the PSU on the left hand side and take it out.
3. Remove capacitor C12.
4. Replace with a 2200uF 16v (at least 16v, can be more if you want) Electrolytic Capacitor.
5. Bolt back together
6. Enjoy.
** Please note that capacitors store electricity, if you get too close and short them (with your hand or a screw driver), you'll give yourself a nasty shock.
I accept no repsonsibility. For anything.