Yamakawa Answered Questions & Fixed Issues

It is already here on Fixya :>D https://www.fixya.com/support/p415772-yamakawa_dvd_218_dvd_player/manual-53061 And the only place where it exists online. https://www.google.com/search?q=Yamakawa+DVD+218+manual .. ..

you will need air in a can and open the unit and remove the laser screen cover that supports the disc when in and blow out the dust in the laser do this a few times.

Either the disc or the player is not set to the correct "region code". Make sure you purchased the correct disc or player for your area. REGION CODE INFORMATION

What universal remote do you have?

Hello,

First, the service manual for your Coby DVD 218 is not available. The manufacturer of the player did not produce a service/repair manual for it.

The problem might be from the audio cord of the player. Use another audio wire and observe the sound. Also, there are more that one audio out put at the back of the player, you could test other audio outputs on the player.

I just hope it is not an audio output problem as you guessed, because fixing is not as easy as you think.

Good luck.

Don't know the exact code for your STB, but you can download the manual from http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/productdetail.html?CNTID=5027893&CTID=5000300&RLTID=1505&DETYP=RELATION ,
There you can find the list of all codes and also how to program them into the remote.

YOUR DVD IS DIRTY OR THE OPTICAL BLOCK IS FINISHED

Since I patiently didn't hear anything in two months(!), I fixed the problem by purchasing another unit.

You may have to go into the Menu options and select a diff. region

REQUEST WITHDRAWN - we have this one too, but by using the instructions, I got the wrong model number

What type of problem? Are you hearing anything?

Buy one

I can't say 100% but it sounds similar to the problem I had with the same model . The sleep mode in the on/off switch had gone bad and a new switch fixed the problem. It was about $42 to rtepair at my local electronics repair shop. Hope this helps.

Sounds like you did hit a button on your remote. More than likely it's an audio button on the remote. This button typically selects an audio track on the dvd itself. It's either this or somehow during setup you've selected (depending on the rest of your audio setup) either the bitstream or PCM output for sound. I would just try hitting the audio button until you get something, or go into your dvd setup and try changing from either bitstream or PCM to the other choice.

Here is the link for the 8300 user manual if you need it; http://www.cox.com/support/digitalcable/dvr/pdf/SA8300HD%20connects.pdf here is manual for the dvd player http://www.yamakawa.it/dload/2xxenglish.pdf Not sure but try 438 or 445 as a code for your dvd, 445 most likely to work. (here is the link i got that from); http://dogbytecomputer.com/codes.htm#DVD%20CODES if this doesn't work then find a universal remote that you can get hold of easily near you and tell us the model number, we could probably tell you if it will be compatible with both machines and what the codes are. Hope this helps :)

My husband pressed the P-Scan button on the remote control a couple of times or something, and lo and behold we got the video back. Please try that on your set as well.
Hope that helps.

my yamakawa is not wwork at all why?

ordenalo del manual.
En las ultimas paginas del manual, hay un numero donde puedes llamar y preguntar si te pueden mandar un control.

Power On the player
Be sure there is no disk in the player
Press the SETUP key on the remote control
Go to the General Preference Group Setup
(press right key 3 times)
Press the keys "1379" slowly one after the
Other.
A new window (Overlay) will show the
current region code
Select the desired region code with the
“up” or “down” key ( ZERO =CODE FREE)
Press PLAY to confirm your selection
Press SETUP key to exit.

Possibly in the wrong output mode. (i.e. in PAL-60 when NSTC is needed)
On the remote, press the PAL/NSTC button to cycle through the output modes.   Choices are: NSTC, PAL, PAL-60 and AUTO.  
Also make sure the correct TV type is selected in the System Setup menu.