Mike,
I did see your post. But I have no idea. Maybe it's just because I'm living in the "California" region :-)
Also, whenever I've trouble with a disk I would try with another player.
My advice, keep the player for karaoke only and spend few $ on a second player for movie (they cost almost as much as a movie), see also:
http://www.nabble.com/Any-midi-VCD-support-here--How-to-get-the-song-list--td16233595.htmlHTH
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