# What's wrong with my DVD player?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-dvd-player/336544
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 21, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-dvd-player/336544 "2005-12-21T00:29:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-dvd-player/336544/1 "2005-12-21T00:29:49Z")
I have an RCA DVD player, model RC5220P. When I try to play DVDs I get a message saying; Player: Problem #9 detected, Disc: Unknown Disc Type, and ROM Version: AT1.6. The same message comes up when I run a test. I no longr have the owner’s manuel and the RCA website is no help. Can someone please tell me what’s wrong?
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-dvd-player/336544/2 "2005-12-21T00:39:56Z")
What kind of disc are you trying to play? Do you have a way to play the same disc in another player?
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### Author:  [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-dvd-player/336544/3 "2005-12-21T00:53:38Z")
All of my DVDs have stoped working (along with a rented Blockbuster one). They’re all Region 1 NTSC.
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-dvd-player/336544/4 "2005-12-21T01:03:19Z")
I’d say it’s time to buy a new DVD player. They’re really not worth repairing in 99% of cases, since they’re so cheap to buy. Barring someone coming in here with a magic Reset Code, there’s one thing you can try before tossing it. Unplug the player and let it sit for a few hours, then plug it back in and try it. Sometimes this works to recover from a bad mode. Sometimes it doesn’t. But it never hurts to try.
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### Author:  [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-dvd-player/336544/5 "2005-12-21T02:47:55Z")
Thanks Q.E.D., it worked!