The mechanism to hold the spare pickup and flip the laser pickup for side b is located at the back. Take the cover off the turn mechanism (6 screws on the back panel) and there is a motor with a belt on it. Make sure it is all the way in one direction. If the power cord was pulled without first powering off the unit, the pickups may not be in the correct orientation. If the turn mechanism is out of alignment, the slider motor won't do what it's supposed to.
Does the red power light come on when you plug the unit in?
There should be one pickup up against the spindle motor (it SHOULD be the DVD pickup if the player was turned off correctly) and the Laserdisc pickup should be upside down in the top of the turn mechanism. Make sure it is not sticking out of the mechanism and part way on the upper rail. The player typically can correct itself, but not if both pickups are not where they are supposed to be (only one should be ever un-parked at a time) it will be confused.
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Now that I've looked at the picture blown up, that exactly what the problem is. The laser pickup has come out of the carrier. You should be able to GENTLY push that pickup back into the turn mechanism (with the power off of course). Once it is pushed all the way back, turn on the unit. If that doesn't clear up, then there will be something ELSE wrong too.
Inspect the slider rails very carefully to make sure they are not broken. I've had at least 4 players that use this pickup mechanism where the slider motor has sheered off of the pickup, and one where the pickup bar broke from the mounting post on the platform.
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