Official Panasonic DMP-BD60/80 Owners Thread - Page 254

That sounds like "bunk" that another region DVD would hose the machine. Maybe there is a "reboot" ability somewhere (unplug overnight, special button push, reinstall a firmware, ???). /Dan

As I vaguely recall, that particular error code indicates some kind of HDMI incompatibility - and I have seen it before. Short of buying another player, you might try swapping out the HDMI cable and if that doesn't work, as someone else suggested, a firmware update via the internet connection on the rear of the BD-60. If all that fails, then buy a BD-65. This assumes that you have not had a hardware component change such as an AVR or TV between the times that the BD-60 was working and when it stopped working.

Hey guys have a BD60 attached to my Onkyo TX-SR605 via HDMI. I have realized that the rears in my 7.1 set up have no sound. I get rears from the HD-DVD player, from the cable VIA HDMI...all of it, but not the BD. I have it set to bitstream for the rec to do the decoding. Is there a setting I am missing? I have tried switching HDMI cables, switched to the other HDMI input...nothing seems to change which is why I think I have narrowed it to the player itself and can't imagine what setting the rec could need changed.

I had this set up in my old house and everything seemed fine, but once the BD was unplugged, moved and sat for a while, I have noticed this lack of sound. Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.

Try this. Go into BD-60 SetUp...Audio...Digital Audio Output....check Dolby D-Dolby D+/Dolby True HD DTS/DTS-HD...........BD-Video Secondary Audio and check off..............Exit

I've noticed when watching regular DVD's, my player (I'm guessing) stops sending a signal for a few seconds. The screen goes black, after a few seconds the TV displays the source as it always does when it picks up a signal from nothing, and the movie continues to play.

I'm assuming this is the player, since I never see this when watching the cable. But, I'm running HDMI from the player to my Pioneer receiver, which then outputs the video via HDMI to the TV. So, I guess it's possible it's dropping the signal. The cable runs video directly to the TV and audio separately to the receiver.

I've not seen the problem that I can remember when watching Bluray, but I don't have a lot of movies in that format right now, so DVD's are still getting the bulk of what's watched, and the problem seems to occur about halfway through the movies. But, it doesn't happen every time we watch a movie. Mostly been Redbox movies now that I think about it, if that matters.

In any case, I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this player not just pause, but drop the signal entirely for a few seconds before resuming? I know sometimes these players will pause for a time with blu ray movies. But, I believe it still shows the last image when that happens. I'm just going to a black screen with no signal.

I updated the firmware this past weekend, so unless they released a fix in the last week, I'm up to date.

I just don't get it. It looks awesome when playing a bluray, but grainy and compressed when playing anything else (real dvd and copies...)

i tried everything in the setup and it seems like i'm the only one with that problem over the web. It's connected to my sony hdtv in 1080p with a 1.3 hdmi cable (the same one i use with my other tv and everything is fine)

what could be the problem? i mean it really looks like a prototype dvd from 1990 that was burned and compress 100x. It doesn't seems that bad when the picture ain't moving, but movement seems to kill the overall picture

any clue what could be wrong? i bought this bd player as an open box at futur shop for 100$... i'm pretty sure it was returned because of this.

I've noticed when watching regular DVD's, my player (I'm guessing) stops sending a signal for a few seconds. The screen goes black, after a few seconds the TV displays the source as it always does when it picks up a signal from nothing, and the movie continues to play.

I'm assuming this is the player, since I never see this when watching the cable. But, I'm running HDMI from the player to my Pioneer receiver, which then outputs the video via HDMI to the TV. So, I guess it's possible it's dropping the signal. The cable runs video directly to the TV and audio separately to the receiver.

I've not seen the problem that I can remember when watching Bluray, but I don't have a lot of movies in that format right now, so DVD's are still getting the bulk of what's watched, and the problem seems to occur about halfway through the movies. But, it doesn't happen every time we watch a movie. Mostly been Redbox movies now that I think about it, if that matters.

In any case, I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this player not just pause, but drop the signal entirely for a few seconds before resuming? I know sometimes these players will pause for a time with blu ray movies. But, I believe it still shows the last image when that happens. I'm just going to a black screen with no signal.

I updated the firmware this past weekend, so unless they released a fix in the last week, I'm up to date.

ok, this is getting annoying. For most of the DVDs we own we none of the Menu/Sub-Menu/Whatever operations work. Not at the beginning of the DVD when it's loading, not at the end credits of the last chapter in the movie, etc etc. It's not how the DVD was authored to prevent going to menu. With our old Panasonic DVD player (S27) we could go to the main menu no problem.
Is there some sort of special button or something I'm missing here? I tried both our Harmony One and the BD60 remote...nothing.

this thread is astonishing, I can't go through all pages though,,,
I've just purchased Panasonic 50"S10 plasma with DMP-DB60 as a gift, I have no bluray discs yet, no sound system or receivers, I'm total newbie in this field , my Question is ,can the BD-60 downstream DTS sound into stereo so I could hear it through tv speakers?

Yes, the BD-60 will downconvert the audio formats into stereo for the TV.

It's been awhile since I used it but I think the special button is the Sub Menu button. Try it. There was early discussion of the use of the Sub Menu button to get to the menu of a DVD. Pretty much the same frustation level then as your experiencing now.

It sounds like a layer change that isn't being handle well by either the player or receiver-their losing synch and having difficulty getting it back. There have been reports of people noticing layer changes on DVD's, but it hasn't been widespread. If you can afford to replace your HDMI cables I'd do that.

doh, now I feel stupid . Thanks for the info though! I thought I tried the Sub Menu button, guess not. The earlier posts probably have the same thing, but this is what I found:

for the Harmony remotes, there's no BD60 SubMenu command for some reason. You have to use the Learn Command function to add it. I just added a sequence mapped to the Menu Button to do Sub Menu->down->down->select.

I notice the layer change (if there is one) on every dvd I watch. Picture freezes for a second or two, then plays as normal. Didn't notice this on my previous Denon dvd player. A bit annoying in an otherwise excellent player...

New firmware is available at the global support site.
It is supposed to increase Viera Cast stability, improve BD playability.

The new firmware is version 2.5. If your machine is Internet connected, you will be prompted to download it as of this morning, August 24, 2010.

I hope that Viera Cast stability includes fixing my Amazon streaming. Haven't been able to stream anything in HD with this unit for months, while my Sony 370 streams those exact same Amazon shows in HD with no problem.

I updated it last night. no add to the viera cast.

I was looking forward to this feature and am disappointed in spending money on something that's basically obsolete after one year.

I guess it's time to give this away and get a PS3.

I also thought Panasonic's reason was bogus for not providing Netflix. Tivo was able to add it to their S3 DVR's.

The Panny already supported Amazon VOD so I can't believe that Netflix had stricter DMR requirements. Really made me disappointed in Panasonic.

I would suggest you get a Roku for Netflix streaming and that way you won't have to restrict yourself to players that support Netflix or worry how the player implemented Netflix i.e. can you browse or are you just restricted to viewing items in your instant queue.

Thanks for the heads up. Same ol' CD on a Mac here. Unstuff, rip a 9660 in Toast.

Guess we'll learn more on this Playability update?

Thanks to you too moxie

moxie, all about the $ ... all about the next model.

There's hope that a new firmware could make the BD60 have the same playback information window of the BD80?

I'm talking about the one that can be called up while watching a movie, displaying all the details of the current disc. The information includes the native resolution and frame rate of the source content, the HDMI output format, the video/audio codecs and bitrates used, plus the current HDMI audio settings.

It'll be a great improve in the BD60, don't you think?

The BD60/80 having only Amazon VOD and never Netflix could be due to some contract between Panasonic and Amazon. With the BD65 onward there's no more contract?
Anyways, I'm still waiting it out for a 'netbox'/media stream box like Roku, Seagate FreeAgent, WD tv live...specifically what the Logitech Revue/GoogleTV will offer. To me at least the netbox market isn't quite there yet.

I believe my Panasonic DMP-BD70V is basically the same as a DMP-BD60, only with a VHS player added. In any event, I have never had much luck with streaming Amazon VOD. The unit stops to buffer at least 5-10 times each time I try to watch something. I know my connection is plenty fast, so my ISP can't be the issue.

Today the unit DL'd new firmware, so maybe that'll help. But in the mean time, has anybody else had this issue? What if anything helped you? Looking for suggestions.

Thanks!

I have played Amazon VOD thru my 70V with no problem. I only have a 1.5Mbps DSL connection so I don't get HD but have been watching Battlestar Galactica again starting from the beginning. No problems streaming. That was with firmware 2.4 and now at 2.5.

FYI there is a thread for the 70V here
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1145175
however, if there are any problems with BD playback, etc. they will show up in this thread first.

I have a Panasonic DMP BD80 that i am trying to do do a firmware update via internet but it wont seem to connect. I am running an ethernet cable straight from my cable modem into the back of the player and it wont pick it up for some reason. I just updated my Panasonic G25 so i know its not an issue with the modem? Can anyone tell me what this might be? I have messed around with it for 30 minutes to no avail. Thank you for your time, it is much appreciated.

Amazon VOD HD content has RARELY worked through my 60- and I've tried 6.0Mb DSL *AND* 20Mb Cable.

There's no excuse for it. The stream's only 2-4 MB/s. AVOD HD works fine through Amazon's website, and it works great through a Roku HD. But through the 60- it's been nothing but disappointment.

2 questions regarding the BD 80. 1 - I see under the HDMI connections in the setting menu it has a 16:9 option or a 16:9 Full option. which do i select for watching blu rays??? 2 - Does the BD 80 play burned dvd's off the internet, wmv files etc?? I bought it open box and never received a manual. thanks for your time!