Official Panasonic DMP-BD35/55 Owners Thread - Page 111

Originally Posted by SUPERMANROB

Ok guys I think I found how to turn on the 24P option at least for the BD35 is concerned. The Manual tells you to go thru the Display button but that didn't work for me.
If you go to the "set up " button then go to the "TV/device connection" button then to the "HDMI connection" button then you will find a "24P" option and you turn it to on. Once you do that if you follow the Manual and go to the "display" button you will get the option under "video" to "turn on" the 24P option.

Originally Posted by Lee Bailey

When using the analog outs, the player has to mix the redirected bass information with the .1 channel LFE information. There is no way to extract the true LFE channel at the AVR to process the 10db boost when it is processed in analog form. Boosting the subwoofer channel at the player just results in all bass/LFE information being boosted, which results in improper playback levels of the re-directed bass information.

If your AVR can process the analog inputs through its own bass management, such as what the Outlaw 990 pre/pro provides, you can leave all your speaker settings as large. This way the 'subwoofer' channel in the player should only contain the LFE information, the AVR or pre/pro should then be able to remix the bass/LFE information in its digital processing, using the crossover settings in the AVR or pre/pro.

Other than that, there are other device out there you can connect between your player and AVR that provide the bass management into the analog inputs. The one device I know of was the Outlaw ICBM device, which unfortunately has been discontinued.

Originally Posted by rfischer4073

Hi folks, have read hundreds of posts, but this is my first one.

Following all the advice given here regarding enabling 24p, I can still not do it on my BD55. The button in the HDMI connection menu is grayed out. There's no way to turn it on.

I tried using 1080i instead of 1080P, with no luck. The funny thing is, that it 24P worked perfectly when I had my Toshiba HD-DVD A20 connected to the same system.

For reference, have the HDMI cable connected directly from the 55 to the TV which is a 61" Samsung 1080P DLP set.

Thanks for any advice,

Rick

Originally Posted by tu_ezguy

Hi Folks, good to find a forum of users! I bought the Panny DMP-BD35 a couple of weeks ago and watched Sipderman3, Cars, Casino Royale, Intercontenental & a few others. Love the player EXCEPT for 2 things. When I hit the stop button (to get the phone, popcorn, whatever) and want to resume the movie it usually starts FROM the very start of the disk, like I just loaded it. The player doesn't remember where it left off and resume the movie. Also the Bond flick ran thru all of the trailers and wouldn't let me skip to the top menu. Any ideas fellow owners?

Originally Posted by dneily

Where is the Bookmark button on the remote? I know that the "Green button" is often used to Bookmark certain Blu-Ray disks. However, many disks require clicking a separate "Marker" button on the remote. The BD55 remote doesn't have a Marker button.

Originally Posted by tu_ezguy

Hi Folks, good to find a forum of users! I bought the Panny DMP-BD35 a couple of weeks ago and watched Sipderman3, Cars, Casino Royale, Intercontenental & a few others. Love the player EXCEPT for 2 things. When I hit the stop button (to get the phone, popcorn, whatever) and want to resume the movie it usually starts FROM the very start of the disk, like I just loaded it. The player doesn't remember where it left off and resume the movie. Also the Bond flick ran thru all of the trailers and wouldn't let me skip to the top menu. Any ideas fellow owners?

Originally Posted by Longballsd

Mark,

Do you have "sound effects" turned on? If so, turn it off.

OK, one problem solved which was no sound coming out of the surrounds or the center channel which was fixed by turning the "sound effects" off.

Now there is no sound coming from the bass but I'm sure it has to do with my speaker settings which I should be able to handle at this point.

In all of the excitement yesterday I started messing around with the BD55 menu BEFORE I read the manual. NOT a good idea. I guess I chenged the sound effects to "on" thinking THAT would be better. I guess there's a reason it is set to "off" in the default menu?? LMAO......

Originally Posted by chripuck

Which Sammy DLP? I have the 61 A750 LED and it works fine. If its the same I'll check my settings tonight and get back with you. I too have my 55 connected directly to the TV but it goes to 24p mode and stays.

What firmware are you using on the 55k and the TV?

Originally Posted by rfischer4073

Darn, I can't remember the TV model number (am not at home). Got it last year at a Circuit City.

Either way, I am using the 1.5 firmware on the player. There is no setting in the TV for 24P, that I do know.


Thanks!

Rick

Originally Posted by chripuck

If you bought it last year its not Sammy's latest model. Last years 61 inch LED DLP was 24p capable as well as the non LED DLP, but you had to download the latest firmware as it wasn't 24p capable out of the box. That might be your problem. Last years main models were 6176 (BULB), 6187 (LED) and 6189 (LED)

Originally Posted by mark754

Yes, I discovered the same solution, as I mentioned in an earlier post. For those who have a center speaker in place, the three "V.surround" special effects should not be used, as they will shut off your center channel. However the other special effects (remaster, night surround) can be, if desired.

It's always wise to read the manual beforehand, but like everyone, I just hook things up and worry about the settings later. Or waste peoples' time by posting questions that are answered in the manual . However, it would be nice if they could make these things more "plug and play", or at least use a more user friendly setup routine. I'm sure lots of people don't have their systems set up correctly.

Another problem I discovered is that I hadn't changed the audio setting on my Onkyo receiver to "multichannel", which is appropriate when using individual surround channel analog inputs to connect to the BD55. This may or may not apply to different brands of receivers. I finally got everything set right and blu-ray looks and sounds amazing with the BD55.

Originally Posted by Longballsd

You got your sub to work also? How did you get that to work?

I have the BD55 hooked up to my receiver through the 5.1 audio inputs. On my Yamaha RX-V995 it was futured proofed by these inputs but I need to switch the receiver to "external decoder" in order to get the sound to work.

So everytime I watch a blu ray I'll have to hit this button and then turn it off for everything else. It makes sense that the receiver would have to "know" when you want to use these inputs and when you don't.

Originally Posted by jayridescarbon

It will only stay set on 24p for blu-ray. For dvd, if you want 24p you have to set it each and every time you play a dvd by using the display button.

Originally Posted by izub

I was about to purchase the 55, my first bluray...My tv is the Pioneer 150. On another comparison thread, it said one of the cons against this player was it doesn't force 24hz...Is that a problem? Is that true? Seems it can't be selected?? My tv has 24 playback as well as 60 I believe (what do those mean anyway?)...(I am lost as a newbie here with bluray)...When I put a disc in does it automatically go to a setting or do I select one? (Is 24 better or preferred over 60?) Thanks for helping me out here

Originally Posted by tu_ezguy

Thanks for the assurance re the stop/pause function. New to Bluray and my search of this forum musta been misleading as I found nothing related. Will adjust for the Java "advancement" in an otherwise wonderful home theatrical experience!
=)

Originally Posted by Longballsd

So everytime I watch a blu ray I'll have to hit this button and then turn it off for everything else. It makes sense that the receiver would have to "know" when you want to use these inputs and when you don't.

Originally Posted by mark754

If your receiver is an older one, like mine, that does not decode HD-audio, then yes, you'll probably need to switch the input mode when watching blu-rays to get HD-audio. However, I believe that you should still get (lossy) audio even if you don't switch it to external decoder.

The newer receivers w/HDMI and HD audio decoding probably switch to the best settings automatically.

Originally Posted by wstanko


Once the BD completely loads and begins, I always check two things.
1. My TV info button, that tells me the resolution to be 1080p @ 24
2. My BD audio output (looking for lossless if on the disk)

That check tells me that all is right. BTW, these two settings have never been wrong, and they default there without intervention.

Originally Posted by Josh's HT

So I've listened to a few blu-ray movies on my BD55 so far and I've noticed that DTS MA is about 10DB louder than DD True HD. Has anyone else noticed this? I understand that DTS has quite a bit more information in it over DD, but wanted to see if anyone else here has noticed this as well or if it's perhaps just my Denon 4306 AVR that I LPCM out via HDMI from the BD55.

Originally Posted by Longballsd

I made sure that the HDMI audio was off and it is off. When I get home from work today I will check all the cable connections and do all of the usual troubleshooting things.

I still have my Oppo 981 hooked up and it is DVD 1 in my Harmony 880 and everything works fine when I switch to that player which I'll use for standard DVD's.

It's only the BD55 that I have set on DVD2 that gets the sound only from the mains. Weird.

Also, I should be using the 2+5.1 setting and not the 7.1 setting right? I tried both settings but the result was the same. I have a 5.1 system. Thanks

Originally Posted by JonHan

Is there a downside to just turning 24p on and leaving it on?
Will it adversely affect playing normal DVD's ?
My TV supports 24p.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by BIslander

Dolby uses "dialnorm", which may reduce the overall volume level. The quality is the same. You just have to increase the volume a bit with Dolby to get the same output levels.

As for DTS having more information, that is not the case with lossless. TrueHD and dts-MA both use variable bit rates, taking whatever bandwidth they need at any given moment. Because they are lossless, the output of each is identical. Volume may different, though, as noted above.