Panasonic DVD-RV26 DVD Player
The H03 Error Has Struck Again
Bought this baby about 18 months ago. It always played DVDs fine. The only problem I ever had until tonight was the MP3 playback. If I stuck in a CD filled with MP3s, then the first 10 or so would play fine, then all subsequent tracks would skip and play distorted. This happened with multiple tests with different brands of CDRs, all containing 600MB or so of MP3s.    However, tonight, while playing a rental, it suddenly stopped playback towards the end of the movie. Now it will not play, read, or even open it's door to render the rental back to me. It displays a lovely \\"H03\\" message. I've been through power cycles, unplugging, etc., nothing works. I'm very disappointed in this DVD player...I'm a bit angry right now, but I feel strongly that a piece of electronic equipment such as this should have a longer lifespan, especially if one has taken excellent care of it, as I have. I've had plenty of other consumer electronic equipment such as stereo components, televisions, camcorders, VCRs, etc. that have lasted many many years.      *** 4/19/2007 UPDATE ***  For all those who have given up hope...I did end up getting this DVD player working again, and it STILL works 3 years later!!! The way I did it was by removing the outer case, by taking out the necessary screws. There is a white plastic circular \\"thing\\" in there. I spun it around a bunch (but gently) with my finger. Then I re-attached the case, and I have NEVER had any more problems. You might want to search around on the web for a better technical description before attempting this. BTW, I'm pretty sure I updated this the same night 3 years ago with this information, but perhaps Amazon didn't approve of it? Best of luck!