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February 19, 2007
Feeling like an idiot
A year and a half ago or so, I bought one of those two screen portable DVD players. We really only break it out for long trips, so it doesn't get used often, but when I do get it out, it's been a lifesaver. Like on the three day trip from Maryland to Texas.
I think the last time it worked was on our recon trip to Dallas, sometime in October. When we tried to hook it up for another trip, the port for screen 1 wasn't transmitting anything. I had Rex to try to return it to Target, but it had been too long. They gave us the phone number for the company that made it, and I've been meaning to call them since, oh, November.
Tonight, I finally found my can of compressed air and tried blowing out the port. It was a last ditch effort that I've been meaning to try for months and knew wasn't going to work. Then I hooked the whole system up, plugged it in, and hit what I thought was the power switch. Nothing happened, even on the good screen, so I looked at the "power" switch and discovered it was and audio/DVD switch, and there were two of them. I flicked both of them to DVD and POOF, it all works.
So I feel stupid that I didn't find the switch, but I'm thrilled that the damn thing works, and we'll be able to use it for the three long trips we have planned for this month.
Posted by me at February 19, 2007 8:01 PM