Official Panasonic DMP-BD35/55 Owners Thread - Page 401

Originally Posted by jsmiddleton4

You have a hair up you back side Gary? Sure seems like it.

Originally Posted by yasdaz

Hi, I programed in my 35 into my Harmony 550 and found that the codes for top menu, pop up menu, sub menu, status and set up are not there. Before I call Logitech, does anyone know why they are missing? I tried searching but could not find anything. Much thanks!

Originally Posted by BIslander

As others have noted, you can't get multichannel lossless from a BD35 without HDMI. But, the legacy DTS core and embedded DD 5.1 tracks on BD are less compressed than the versions on DVD and sound great, often as good as lossless. So, you'll still get excellent sound using an optical connection to your receiver.

Originally Posted by dsskid

I have a BD55, and have it hooked up via analogs as well as coax. My wife was always yelling at me because before watching a movie, I'd always go into setup and turn HDMI off, to get lossless through my non HDMI receiver. Keeping HDMI off fulltime is not an option, because the kids watch movies without the AVR on.

So, on occasion, I'd listen to the high bit lossy (and hitting mute on the TV), and to be quite honest, I don't hear much difference, most likely because my stuff is middle of the road, and not ultra-expensive. Lately, I haven't even bothered using analog. I wish I'd heard the difference for myself prior to my purchase, I could have saved myself a few bucks.

Originally Posted by dlbsyst

Does anyone know if these players have problems with the seamless branching of the new Star Trek S1 Blu-ray set?

Originally Posted by jwebb1970

Just for conversation sake, I'm using a Harmony 670 (one of the "cheap" ones). The database stuff for the BD35 is all there & all BD35 functions are present on the 670. Did not have to do anything beyond the normal PC/online setup.

Originally Posted by jcalabria

Same here, BUT... I found a few commands in the database that did not function correctly and needed to be learned from the OE remote... "Top Menu/Direct Navigator" and "Pop-Up Menu" in particular come to mind. PIP, Secondary Audio and BD/SD were either missing or didn't function correctly as well.

Originally Posted by yasdaz

Hi, I programed in my 35 into my Harmony 550 and found that the codes for top menu, pop up menu, sub menu, status and set up are not there. Before I call Logitech, does anyone know why they are missing? I tried searching but could not find anything. Much thanks!

Originally Posted by yasdaz

Well, I had to "learn" about 5 codes and that was with the 55 codes, the 35 was even worse. And, you can no longer talk to Logitec, they only have 60 days before they cut off phone contact. Without the phone contact, I can't get the codes I want programmed into their database. I have emailed them so we shall see. I am just so angry that they no longer provide customer support (anyone who thinks emails work in these situations, hasn't had to write email after email trying to explain something complicated). I will certainly never buy one of their remotes again unless they change that. Anyone else have any ideas why some remotes have complete codes while others don't? Just to give one example already mentioned, does everyone who had complete codes have pip right off the bat? Much thanks

Originally Posted by jcalabria

The only real disappointment I have had, and I really do not know if this is a limitation of the Panasonic alternate code sets or a deficiency in the Harmony database, but I have not been able to get discrete power codes for the alternate code sets. The discrete power codes can obviously not be learned from the OE remote. This has been an annoyance for me because I have had at least two Panny DVD/DVR/BD units in my system for some time, but shouldn't be an issue for anyone with just one Panasonic disc player.

Originally Posted by Brian A

Without going into the gory details too much, there are utilities over at RemoteCentral.com that allow one to analyze and generate hex codes. I had the same problem as you described (a Panasonic DVD-S97 and a Panasonic DMP-BD55 in the same system), so I changed the code set on the BD55 to "2" and generated new discrete on/off hex codes for my Pronto. Again, these are for code set #2:

Discrete Power On:
0000 0070 0000 0032 0080 0040 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0ace

Discrete Power Off:
0000 0070 0000 0032 0080 0040 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0030 0010 0010 0010 0010 0010 0030 0010 0ace

These codes are easily added to a Pronto configuration, but since the Logitech software is so restrictive and does not allow direct hex code entry I'm not sure how you will be able to add these. Maybe if you email the codes to Logitech support they will add them to their database.

Brian

Originally Posted by yasdaz

Hi, well, thanks, that gives me hope that maybe email won't be as bad as it has been in other places . Yes, I am referring to 35/55 and, as I said, I had to input about 5 codes from the original remote. The weird part is that some of you are reporting that the codes were there so it is a mystery. I also am perplexed that Harmony does not have these codes even after the 35/55 is no longer available for sale; I believe they are usually much more efficient at organizing their database. Well, I will report back when they get back to me by email. By the way, how do you email codes to Logitech? Are you talking about the long string of numbers that I have sometimes seen, hex codes, I believe? If so, how do you get those numbers (I would love to email them to Logitech)? Much thanks

Originally Posted by Rudy81

I recently discovered a shortcut to get the BD55 to come on and open the tray with only one command. I have a programmable remote that turns on the entire HT for a movie. Since the BD55 takes so long to boot, it is a long time before the player is ready to accept a second command, such as "open tray". I found that I only have to hit "open tray" and that will turn on the player and then open the tray without further coaxing.

I wish Panny could do something to speed up the boot time.

Originally Posted by Wannabe Actuary

keep in mind it boots up a lot faster with no disc in the player...

I make sure to always remove the disc at the end of a viewing session so that next time it powers/boots up faster

Originally Posted by jcalabria

I would just email those codes to Logitech and they take care of it... but I had some that I pulled from Remote Central in the past and they did not work. I will compare these to the ones I tried... if different I will give them a whirl. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Rudy81

I found that I only have to hit "open tray" and that will turn on the player and then open the tray without further coaxing.

Originally Posted by bweissman

My BD35 is behind a glass door in my component cabinet. No remote opening allowed!