crasher Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 Hi Anyone suffering from an unreadable DVD in the RNS-E. This morning, shortly after setting off (and shortly after having scrapped the ice off the car) the RNS-E screen came up with the red warning message "DVD Unreadable". By the time I got to work everything seemed okay. Just wondering if its (a) just the cold in the mornings that is causing problems, or (b) the DVD is dirty and could do with a clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 i had that happen to me the disc was damp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadwhitey Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 ive had this problem with in car dvd players think its the cold affecting the laser reading the disc , It says in the dvd player manual to let the unit heat up and dry up the condensation .Im sure it must be the same with these units but i could be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 It'll be condensation on the laser Crasher. Better to let the car warm up a bit before trying to use it. Should only take 5 mins or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjgreen4 Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 i get that problem when the RNS-E is too warm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5to1 Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 [ QUOTE ] It'll be condensation on the laser Crasher. Better to let the car warm up a bit before trying to use it. Should only take 5 mins or so [/ QUOTE ] Or he's using the DVD to scrape the ice of the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crasher Posted November 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] It'll be condensation on the laser Crasher. Better to let the car warm up a bit before trying to use it. Should only take 5 mins or so [/ QUOTE ] Or he's using the DVD to scrape the ice of the car [/ QUOTE ] Damm, i've been rumbled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5to1 Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] It'll be condensation on the laser Crasher. Better to let the car warm up a bit before trying to use it. Should only take 5 mins or so [/ QUOTE ] Or he's using the DVD to scrape the ice of the car [/ QUOTE ] Damm, i've been rumbled [/ QUOTE ] How stupid!!!!! Didn't anyone tell you, you have to put it over the exhaust for 5 mins afterwards to dry it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappadon Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 As said above, it'll be the laser has burned. Often from using a backup disc. I can supply replacement lasers and also have them up on eBay if anyone needs any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cockney Boy Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Before replacing the Laser, open up the RNS-E (very easy) and clean the head with some alcohol swabs. Chances are if the unit is quite old it will have contamination on the laser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 HiAnyone suffering from an unreadable DVD in the RNS-E. This morning, shortly after setting off (and shortly after having scrapped the ice off the car) the RNS-E screen came up with the red warning message "DVD Unreadable". By the time I got to work everything seemed okay. Just wondering if its (a) just the cold in the mornings that is causing problems, or (b) the DVD is dirty and could do with a clean. Is it a genuine Audi DVD or a copy? Copies are more likely to suffer from read problems, and more likely to burn out the laser quicker. First step is to clean the laser lens with a cleaning disc, second is to clean by hand (as Cockney Boy suggests) and only if both those don't solve it do you need to replace the laser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackeron Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Had this problem for a while - for me it was intermittent, it would suddenly say unreadable, I would eject the DVD, push it back in, it would work again. A few weeks back it stopped working almost completely: if I tried to enter an address, it would freeze my unit for minutes, then ask me to insert a DVD navigation disk - it would still however work if I selected destinations from memory - well, some times. I just went through my old CD collection and found a CD titled: "CD Laser Lens Cleaner With Voice & Music Instructions - City Disk CD 2002 - It's Music" The CD has a little brush and when you play it says to play track 7 - 2 minutes later, my RMS-E is back to normal! -- A quick google search shows a few of these cleaner CDs with a brush for as little as a couple of quid - try it! - much easier than taking the unit out and trying to get to the laser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTEC_Killer Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Mine was doing this on warm days too. What I did was to use a DVD-ROM cleaner (CD with a small brush on it) this worked for a while until the laser fell on it's legs. Bought a new DVD drive and installed it myself - all running smoothly. Replacing the laser was more a fanny job than replacing the DVD drive; so for an extra £20 I replaced the whole drive. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZA6 Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Hi guys! I wanna buy from eBay RNS-E unit but I'm confused about A6 and A4. Is they are the same or difference? Please help me with this. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Hi guys! I wanna buy from eBay RNS-E unit but I'm confused about A6 and A4. Is they are the same or difference? Please help me with this. Cheers! Off-topic, double post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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