Apex AD-1500 DVD Player
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Let's just say that you want a DVD player with all the bells and whistles? Ok get this one! <BR>Let's say you want one that will last awhile? Don't get this one!<br />I have had my player for a year now and it works when it wants to. Like many other users I discovered the warranty cost to send it and it really is not worth it seeing how you can buy another one for about the same price...<br />I opened mine up and checked all the pin connectors and sprayed<BR>a [lot] of electical cleaner on the boards and tightend the screws which hold the loading mechanism, then checked how it functions. I would sit and watch it load and see how the laser lined up with the disk and so on. Right now TODAY! it is working and reading DVD/SVCD/MP3 disk... <BR>The Video chip seems to be getting hot. I put my finger on it and it is very hot at times? Then sometimes it is not...<BR>But tonight could be a different story. I got a new one for Xmas so the apex is now an electrical experiment. <BR>I can now tear it apart and try to figure it out. <BR>(If you are very bored it can be quite entertaining!) <br />I wish I had an answer for this thing? But I know everyone has different issues with it.<BR>All I can say is? Get a new one and then Be a ... mad scientist with the apex. You never know? Maybe you can tweak it in to working for another day or so?<br />GOODLUCK