polaroid pdv-0700?

i have a polaroid pvd-0700. i have had it for close to a year, and it has had ZERO problems.

it has suddenly started having a problem palying movies. i believe the issue is the player is having a problem spinning the movie.

witht he lid closed it sounds like its spinning up, but when i leave the lid open, but hold down the 'im closed' button, i can watch whats really happening.

the dvd does not spin, the sound i hear is the laser moving back and forth trying to get a read.

i did notice that the player was trying to move the dvd, so i decided to help it a bit by spinning it myself.

that does the trick most of the time. but that only works until i let go of the 'im closed' button.

the issue is that even after i help it get going... there is no gaurantee that it will make it through the movie.

so my guess is that what ever mechanism spins the dvd is having an issue.

does anyone know how much that is to fix? or is it something i can attempt to fix myself?

if it is a spin motor issue, that would mean the brushes need replaced maybe?

this is my first portable DVD player and i dont know squat about fixing them.

as a side note i recomended this dvd player to a co-worker, she bought it and had this issue occur with her dvd player after just a few days, she took it back got a replacement, and it happened to the replacement in about a month.

so i am guessing this issue is common with this player?