Magnavox DVD player not powering up.

stevphens · Joined: 22 Apr 2011 Posts: 1

Have a 2-year old Magnavox DVD player/recorder that was working fine. Then one day would not turn on. So I bought another Magnavox VCR/DVD combo player/recorder machine. Within a year, same issue. Worked fine, then suddenly would not power up (not manually or with remote). I looked for fuses or reset buttons and found nothing, not even inside the case. Anyone know what the problem is with these machines?

jts1957 · Joined: 24 Nov 2008 Posts: 2476 Location: Far, Far Away

Planned obsolescence, Cheaply manufactured using the cheapest parts they can acquire so they can make largest profit possible, you know, "the usual reasons."
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Guest · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:09 am Post subject: Yep!

Yep! I suspected as much...
Just hoped there was a way to bypass the off/on switch?

jts1957 · Joined: 24 Nov 2008 Posts: 2476 Location: Far, Far Away

Put a jumper wire across switch.

Probably won't change anything. Most likely a power supply failure.
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Guest · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:22 am Post subject: thanks!

Thank you for the suggestion! I'll give it a try...