Left on DVD Too long ? sad mistake ?

I just got off the phone with the panasonic teck and trouble shooter . we tried unplugging it and resetting by pressing ch-up & down at the same time for 10 sec then, stop button & ch - up 10 sec . press and hold power button , It shuts off it shuts on it shows the correct time and it all ends in " PLEASE WAIT '' . and that is all wont's to do .
What am I not doing write ? the unit is make in march 04 but is like new I used it 6 times .

Alex

Alex,

The unit is five years old and dead, accept and move on.

Thank you every one !

I will try the 24h unplug . Panasonic said they would service it for $130 no shipping charge .

should I service & fix it ??? It's hardly used .

Alex

No, move on.
Newer/better technology can be bought for far less money than 5 years ago.

The answer is- are you nuts?- absolutely do not try to refurbish a fried DVD player that is five years old.
I agree that you should use all your coping skills and move on.
This is not a very expensive item to buy right now in view of the obvious conversion to blu-ray. You can buy one that cost $250 when first marketed a year or so ago for $60 at your local big box store or internet "electronics" vendor.
It is no where new BTW you had current in the circuit for ?how many hours? Even if unplayed, you have thought you could have burned something out.

With regard to leaving things on I used to do that, but now I don't . The reason is most of my stuff is tube and I use pretty good (read cost too much) tubes. A respected tube dealer and Citation restorer/modder Jim McShane on tube asylum thinks it is a sin to consume great old tubes by leaving them on idle. The downside is that of all things tube equipment takes the longest to "warm up". On average it takes an hour minimally to be in the best playing condition.