I have the Pioneer version of this unit I bought as a floor model at the retail store I used to work at. The all had issues. My unit has the problem of turning itself off in the middle of the movie randomly. Sometimes it works great, other times it just turns off.
I gave up on laser disc the moment I hooked it up to my new HD Hitachi TV. The picture quality was AWFUL in comparison to just about everything, including S-VHS. I toyed around with it to see if I could tweak the picture, but no... that's just the way it looked.
The issue with your unit not "flipping over" is purely a mechanical one. It is most likely a problem with the track or guides being dirty or seized up. One unit that had this problem actually had the ribbon cable get caught on the track when it tried to "flip" to the other side.
Open the unit up and see if just cleaning the guides and rail will do the trick! Avoid using lubes. They only attract dirt eventually and cause it to get sticky.
I gave up on laser disc the moment I hooked it up to my new HD Hitachi TV. The picture quality was AWFUL in comparison to just about everything, including S-VHS. I toyed around with it to see if I could tweak the picture, but no... that's just the way it looked.
The issue with your unit not "flipping over" is purely a mechanical one. It is most likely a problem with the track or guides being dirty or seized up. One unit that had this problem actually had the ribbon cable get caught on the track when it tried to "flip" to the other side.
Open the unit up and see if just cleaning the guides and rail will do the trick! Avoid using lubes. They only attract dirt eventually and cause it to get sticky.