On this player, you will undoubtedly only get a still frame on a CAV (standard play) disc. Most movie discs are CLV (extended play). In addition, the "pause" button may not give a still frame. Without a remote control, you should be able to issue the "still frame" command via RS-232, if you know what the command set is.

The other problems you observe seem to me likely to be due to crosstalk thanks to a mis-adjusted playhead. This will result in attempted playback of two adjacent tracks at once, with obviously distorted results.

Basically any player like from Pioneer that has CLD in the beginning of the name and Pal/Ntsc logo on front of the player could do for the majority of discs. I guess simpler ones can be had for a few 10€ I see one at marktplaats for 45€ to pick up locally . Don't bid but email directly that you are interested and to drop by to see and negotiate. (Just a short traintrip i see)

Hehe, yeah, I saw that one. Funny enough that's the same person I got my current one from ^^ I might go for it, but right now I have a couple other priorities, so it's gonna have to wait until I have the money for it again ^^;

Is there any (easy) way to fix that?

On this model, with the right tools, probably not too difficult if you've got experience but internals will most likely differ quite a bit from the usual Pioneer players.

Yeah, I doubt I have the tools/skills for it. I'll just hold out for a while until I can afford/justify buying a better player.

I have an LDP-1500P and the only difference I can think of is that the 1600 has RGB out whereas mine only has composite video. It was part of setup of special interactive discs. Control came via the RS-232 port and video fed to a card where the computer could overlay text. Similar to the Domesday setup, but here the video discs don't contain any data.

I saw 1600s used by a show that the South West Electricity Board ran in the early 90s. They had a bank of 6 players each feeding a Barco video projector. It was quite something. The discs were specially made and were very expensive.

I have the service manuals if you need them.

It should yield a really good picture, but then again these players are knocking on a bit now.

Indeed it will only play PAL analogue Laservision discs which are themselves quite old now. So many of mine are suffering from laser rot