My Sylvania portable dvd player is havving issues where when I plug it in and put a movie in it will say loading and start blinking in and out but if I take the movie out it stays on the main screen no blinking and my toddler uses this at home and in car please help

This is a low-end DVD made in China as Larry (Anonymous) says.

90 day warranty on it was the first clue not to buy. Just buy another, a better make If you are using it in a car, you need one MADE for a car.

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The back light, inverter or screen is bad or unplugged. Take it back.

Try putting an audio CD in, if it works fine thats a very good indicator that the laser is going/is bad. A audio CD has much less data to read so it's able to keep up, but not with the DVD.

Hi Arlene,

I checked Amazon for this player and looked at the questions and reviews. As luck would have it, I found this:

Q: dvd player: Does the Sylvania SDVD8791 dvd player remember where the movie stopped?

A: No, It's starts the movie over everytime the player is turned off.

So it appears that at least one other person is having the same experience as you are having. At first, I thought if you had it wired wrong it would "forget" but since it is portable and lacks batteries - that wouldn't be the case. For these same reasons, I can't imagine how a player can remember the location on a disk if power is removed from it. In any case, I doubt there is anything wrong with the player, it simply doesn't function as you were erroneously told or as hoped. When in the car, you should probably tell those watching to note the location on the disk before shutting off the car.

The Amazon link I used for my reply can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-SDVD8791-7-Inch-Mobile-Portable/dp/B004QGXWS6

Good luck!

dvd players are a touchy thing and when they start doing this its time to get a new one or have it repaired.

Check DVD discs for cracks,big scratches,dirts and grims?All DVD dics are original discs like comercial movies or materials discs?Most DVD players have problems,reading and playing copy discs,because of it finaling codes of the DVD copy recoders players used it to coping it.

have you tried a cleaning disk and make sure the movie disks have no finger prints on them that will stop it from loading.