# Help!  Bad DVD player won't eject (rented) DVD!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-bad-dvd-player-wont-eject-rented-dvd/205932>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 6, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-bad-dvd-player-wont-eject-rented-dvd/205932 "2003-10-06T21:15:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-bad-dvd-player-wont-eject-rented-dvd/205932/1 "2003-10-06T21:15:25Z")

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I have a DVD player (RCA RC5215P) that I had not used since I moved last September. I had dropped it during the move and was afraid it would not work, but I hooked it up recently and it was working fine.

Then, the next day, it would not turn on. I have tried discharging the capacitors (leaving it unplugged and holding down the power button a minute), no change.

I don’t care about the DVD player anymore, but I really need to get that disc out. This DVD player does not seem to have any normal screws anywhere on the outside of it, so I can’t disassemble it. I have tried prying the tray open with a knife but I can’t get it out.

Help!!!

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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-bad-dvd-player-wont-eject-rented-dvd/205932/2 "2003-10-06T21:18:06Z")

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Nevermind, I found a well hidden manual release slider on the bottom, I was able to pry the tray open after moving it.