Official Samsung BD-P3600 Owners/Master thread - Page 4

Originally Posted by kcmurphy88

It's beginning to sound like the WiFi receiver in the dongle isn't very good. Try moving the router closer if possible, or reorienting it or adjusting the antennae. Perhaps a newer G router with MIMO. Me, I'm a big fan of wired Ethernet....

Originally Posted by gmb2428

Do you mean a wireless N router? That is the newest thing out, mine is a G router. My manual says this G router is capable of 58Mbps speeds, I don't know if I need an N router, they run at 5.8Ghz instead of 2.4. Maybe trying a different router is an idea, I don't know.

Also my dvd player is maybe 10' from my router so I can't see a problem there.

Originally Posted by gmb2428

UPDATE,
Well today I got an idea, why not replace my cables that im using for the 7.1 analog output with hi qual monster cables. BINGO!!!! Now my LFE is bringing the roof down, it about blew up my infinity ps12 when i started a movie with the LFE gain turned up to +10db! So I watched a movie with dolby truehd and set all the gains back to 0, still mind blowing bass. So one problem solved, now i need to figure out how to manualy configure the wireless networking instead of using auto dectect for my settings and see if that helps my networking problem.
Sorry for all the complaining, hope I didn't piss or run anybody off complaining about this unit!

Originally Posted by Category 5

Anyone know if the 3600 is as fast as the 1600? I was getting bit by the "i didn't get the best" bug when i saw on engadget that the 3600 shone with high marks, except the 40 second load time was a bear. Is that a mistake? My 1600 loads and is playing in like 10 seconds. It's almost as fast as my PS3. It's one of the things I love about the 1600.

Did Engadget just get a dud or play a dirty disc or something?

Originally Posted by andrewdale

Well, I'm glad to hear about this! What cables were you using before?

Category 5 Anyone know if the 3600 is as fast as the 1600? I was getting bit by the "i didn't get the best" bug when i saw on engadget that the 3600 shone with high marks, except the 40 second load time was a bear. Is that a mistake? My 1600 loads and is playing in like 10 seconds. It's almost as fast as my PS3. It's one of the things I love about the 1600.

Did Engadget just get a dud or play a dirty disc or something?

Originally Posted by gmb2428

I had this porblem to, no network or shared pc found, then i disabled the firewall in the router and then it started working.

Originally Posted by kcmurphy88

If you mean that you allow Wired <-> WiFi internal communication, fine. But I'm *sure* you don't mean to kill the router's internet firewall -- that would open your whole network to the entire internet, which is probably not a good idea.

Originally Posted by Doug S79

If anyone has purchased the 3600, or has seen it in action you are heartily encouraged to post your findings here! Especially concerning its SD upconversion in comparison to the 25X0, as I think the supposed lack of the HQV chip this time around may seriously limit this player's appeal (at least in Canada, where the wi-fi is about the only thing worth counting as an "upgrade").

Thanks in advance!

Doug

Originally Posted by seenett

Well, this has been bugging me all night now. I moved the TV and Blu Ray player into my office and connected directly to the modem (Time Capsule) via ethernet cable. No problems - passed network connection test, can watch streamed movies from Netflix. There do not appear to be firewall or ISP issues - I just can't do it wirelessly!

I'm not a huge computer guy, but when I can connect 2 laptops, iPhone, Blackberry, Wii, DishNetwork VIP622, and a network printer - all wirelessly with just my network name and WPA2 - why can't this Blu Ray player work the same way?

Originally Posted by mightyprops

Hey there folks. I just purchased a P3600 from Best Buy, but the only one they had was the display model. As such, I just got the unit, and the remote. No owners manual, or any other hardware. I'm trying to connect this wirelessly to my AirPort Express, and having zero luck. Do I need to attach any hardware to this unit to get wireless access. Additionally, I've connected my unit directly to the modem, and it still did not get an internet signal. Am I missing something? I've been able to connect 1 Mac, 2 PC's and an iPhone to this router with no issues, so something is amiss. Can anyone find an electronic version of the owners manual on line? It does not appear to be on the Samsung website either.

Any help would be great. Thanks!

BTW, the picture and 7.1 analog out sound is great!

Originally Posted by gmb2428

Well I did mean that, but I enabled windows xp built in firewall, which im sure isn't as good! I even had to disable my AVG internet security firewall, it was blocking my dvd player from connecting to the network for pc streaming, and I couldnt figure out why. So when im done watching a movie via netflix streaming I then enable the routers firewall, I really don't know what else to do.

Originally Posted by jnaks

do you have the usb wireless dongle? Should be black and a right-angle adapter should also be included in the package. a wireless card is NOT BUILT DIRECTLY WITHIN THIS DEVICE (ala sony 360/560). this wireless usb dongle (that should have been in the box) needs to be attached in order to get wireless access. march back to bb and demand it or return it. that adapter is required or you're basically stuck with a 1600 with onboard memory. dongle sells for $82 if you order it separately and is currently backordered. run, don't walk back to bb!

Originally Posted by mightyprops

Thanks. It seemed too easy to walk out of BB with just two things! Hopefully they have this thing floating around somewhere. Additionally, I've tried plugging this directly to my Comcast modem, but never pass the Gateway check. Will the P3600 not work if it's connected directly to a modem. That is to say, will it only work connected to a router?

Originally Posted by mightyprops

Thanks. It seemed too easy to walk out of BB with just two things! Hopefully they have this thing floating around somewhere. Additionally, I've tried plugging this directly to my Comcast modem, but never pass the Gateway check. Will the P3600 not work if it's connected directly to a modem. That is to say, will it only work connected to a router?

Originally Posted by dehab

I've been playing around with my 3600 for a couple of days now and very impressed with both picture and sound in sd and hd. the wireless set up went fast and easy.
I love to be able to stream audio from the computer to the 3600 to my home theater I ran a few songs then it stopped working I redid the connection and it worked for a bit and same thing it stopped again connection dropped I thought it could be interference with the wireless I disabled the wireless and connected up the cable to the lan it was fast to set up as well but I had the same problem ran a few songs and lost connection to the router or it froze
I can understand the wireless giveing me grief but a wired connection?
all in all I love the 3600 but since I bought it for the networking and streaming this problem is confusing I don't want to keep the 3600 and hope Samsung come out with a fix month's from now but if anyone has a work around?

Originally Posted by gmb2428

Well I did mean that, but I enabled windows xp built in firewall, which im sure isn't as good! I even had to disable my AVG internet security firewall, it was blocking my dvd player from connecting to the network for pc streaming, and I couldnt figure out why. So when im done watching a movie via netflix streaming I then enable the routers firewall, I really don't know what else to do.

Originally Posted by mightyprops

Thanks. It seemed too easy to walk out of BB with just two things! Hopefully they have this thing floating around somewhere. Additionally, I've tried plugging this directly to my Comcast modem, but never pass the Gateway check. Will the P3600 not work if it's connected directly to a modem. That is to say, will it only work connected to a router?

Originally Posted by kcmurphy88

Take it back. They will have BD-P3600s coming out of their ears in a few days. Check the web site's local-store stocking page. Your investment of money and years of use is too much to accept missing parts and no manual.

Originally Posted by kcmurphy88

The hardware router itself should not be an issue as far as internal information flow is concerned, except that it needs to have uPnP turned on. The Netflix traffic should be OK, since it starts with a request from inside the firewall. Most router firewalls are MUCH more concerned with traffic originating from the outside.

With the hardware firewall in place you can turn off the Windows firewall completely and then set the AVG firewall to allow the local traffic, which is, I think, uPnP and Windows filesharing.

Having said that, however, I'll admit that there seems to be problems with the BD-P3600's detection of Windows computers, so the whole router/firewall issue might be a red herring. The Samsung firmware seems to have problems. Rushed out the door?

Originally Posted by kcmurphy88

Has anyone got this thing to find more than one PC or other filesharing device using the auto scan function?

Has anyone used the manual scan mode and got the info they put in to persist past power down?

Originally Posted by jsil

I just got back from BB. The manufacturer of HQV chip was at BB last week and had a list of players that had the HQV chip. The 3600 was on the list as having the HQV chip. Thats what the guy at BB told me.