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Snowy screen playing dvd's

I have an Emerson dvd--vcr combo player which is approximately six years old. Suddenly playing a dvd, the screen became snowy with fine dashes filling the entire screen and the picture was still visible.
I tried other dvd's and got the same result.

Could this mean the player needs to be demagnetized?

thank you for any advice

John Nolan

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I cleaned the laser lens with a dvd cleaning disc. This solved the problem.

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1.Check audio/video RCA jack cables
2.check S-video(if you use S-video cables)
3.check with another dvd player to get normal picture on your tv system. if picture is normal in this process. then problem with your old dvd player.
4.if same problem occurs in other dvd player. then problem with your television. external audio/video processing circuits
5.if the tv is ok. then the problem with your old Dvd player audio.video converting circuits
6. if can be rectified by authorised service engineers
7.Contact service engineer. as there is no recitification process from user part

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