3DO not working... request help.

rookie3001 · Post by **rookie3001** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:48 pm

Greetings -

Many apologies for being the newbie registrant with a self-involved question.

As for myself, I just turned 30... I am a vintage gamer and have started collecting the systems from my childhood. It is a joy! While I may be a Nintendo fanboy... I appreciate all the consoles and systems that have shaped the gaming world into what it is today. (altho I personally never liked the jump from 2D to 3D) ;-)

So, I purchased a Panasonic 3DO from craigslist, fairly cheap. He said it was working, but had no games or controllers to go with it. An eBay purchase or two later, the CD I try on the system will not read.

I have made a video of what is happening with my system. It is only a minute long. Please take a look! Any advice on what you think is the problem would be greatly appreciated!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsghvdtGfvc

Notes about the video:
- from :04-:09, there is a "tick tick tick" sound that my camera sound does not pick up clearly comes from that thing (I'm guessing is the laser) that is bobbing up and down.
- the first attempt at putting a disc in (:15) the disc does not spin.
- the second attempt at putting a disc in (:38) the disc does spin, but does not read.
- every time the drawer closed, there was that same "tick tick tick" noise from the laser bobbing up and down.

Thank you again for your time.

Vance · Post by **Vance** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:28 am

Hmm. Tricky one. At first I thought the CD motor was burned out, but everything is TRYING to read.

Have you tried a music CD in the unit? Testing different items is important, and you don't note whether or not you've done that here. Also, knowing the condition of your disc would be a good start.

Assuming a music CD doesn't start the music program, you can have any number of problems. We'd need to try a few things to determine what it is.

rookie3001 · Post by **rookie3001** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:53 am

Thanks Vance...

...unfortunately another game and audio cds have not worked.

Vance · Post by **Vance** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:35 am

That narrows it down, at least. The hell of it is, I had a Goldstar with the same issues and I can't remember how I fixed it right now. I'll sit on it for a bit.