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post #1081 of 1161
4/26/11 at 11:35am
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Originally Posted by mike171979 View Post

I've had this player for months now, after buying it on clearance at BB.

And the last couple of times I've played a Bluray, the audio started to crackle and pop out of the left two channels.

It only did it after about an hour into the film.

I cleared the cache, and hoped that fixed the problem.

But tonight I tried to play another movie in it, and at 1:20:00, it did it again, started to crackle and pop.

I noticed the first time this happened the Bluray had a DTS HD MA track, and tonight it happened on a PCM Uncompressed soundtrack, so that doesn't seem to effect it.

Any thoughts?????

What really makes me mad is I can't find the receipt, and I never registered it on sony.com, partly because I got it so cheap and I figured it was a Sony ES player, what could go wrong? LOL

The only problem I had was when I first got it, the audio would drop out and I had to turn my reciever off and on. Once I read the manual throughly and with firmware upgrades it is good. I do not need 3D as I will wait until they do not need glasses. I do not want to put on glasses everytime I want to watch a film, let alone regular 3D TV shows!
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post #1082 of 1161
4/26/11 at 4:34pm
mike171979,
Just call Sony and see what happens. I think Sony will take care of you. I think BB can get you a copy of the receipt talk to manager to see if they can pull up your history of purchases at that store. I see others have given you the info already good luck.
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post #1083 of 1161
4/27/11 at 5:53am
mike171979, before you go to all of the trouble of returning it for a repair, what source are you using for the audio? Does it drop out on all sources, ie. hdmi, optical, analog?

Hate to see you go to all of the trouble if it is, say just a bad hdmi cable.
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post #1084 of 1161
4/28/11 at 11:52pm
Indeed, I did some checking.

I hooked up my PS3 through the same source, and it too crackled and popped. So its not the Sony Bluray player, my accusation was hasty, and I apologize.

I switched out HDMI cables as well, no difference.

The problem apparently lies in my Denon 788. No matter what HDMI input or which player or cable, it all does the same thing, the left front and left rear channels crackle randomly.

I did some research and its a common problem on the early HDMI capable Denons, and theres nothing to be done but send it in for repair and pay the quoted 150 to 250.

Well thats not going to happen. So I guess I'm in the market for a new Receiver. And it won't be a DENON!!!!!!
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post #1085 of 1161
4/29/11 at 11:11pm
Pity about the Denon, but I wouldn't be too hasty in not getting another, they are great amps IMO.
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post #1086 of 1161
4/30/11 at 6:30am
Sorry to hear about the Denon, but at least you know what is now wrong.
Will it accept multichannel analog in? You could use that or the optical in - the Sony outputs both.
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post #1087 of 1161
4/30/11 at 2:38pm
Thats a nice thought about the multichannel in. It does have multichannel ins, and the Sony does have multichannel out doesn't it. Hmmmm, I might have to buy some cables and give it a shot. I can just hook the PS3 up via the Optical cable and that would solve the popping sounds altogether, at least it should if its just the HDMI board causing the problem, which from what I've read, is the case.
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post #1088 of 1161
5/1/11 at 6:10am
You can try it using almost any RCA cables, even the cheap red and white and yellow ones if you have any laying around. They seem to work fine for me.

Unless you REALLY want to buy a new AVR
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post #1089 of 1161
5/1/11 at 11:33am
Well, I hooked it up with 2 component cables I had lieing around and played Top Gun, and what do you know, no popping and it sounded Fantastic, just as good as though HDMI.

But one thing though, Audyssey is basically useless now. I have to set up the distance, level, and speaker size all in the Sony Bluray Player.

So I did that in the 1000ES and then played Top Gun, and for some reason I had to turn the volume up a little more than I did when I had it hooked up through HDMI.

To get it at a good loud level I like, I had to set the volume to practically Reference level. Which was wayyy to loud before.

Is this a common occurance when using the Analog Multichannel.
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post #1090 of 1161
5/1/11 at 3:08pm
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Originally Posted by mike171979 View Post

Well, I hooked it up with 2 component cables I had lieing around and played Top Gun, and what do you know, no popping and it sounded Fantastic, just as good as though HDMI.

But one thing though, Audyssey is basically useless now. I have to set up the distance, level, and speaker size all in the Sony Bluray Player.

So I did that in the 1000ES and then played Top Gun, and for some reason I had to turn the volume up a little more than I did when I had it hooked up through HDMI.

To get it at a good loud level I like, I had to set the volume to practically Reference level. Which was wayyy to loud before.

Is this a common occurance when using the Analog Multichannel.

You may want to check your LFE channel level as blu-ray players output the LFE channel at around 10db down over analog connections - requiring you to amplify it to compensate. Hopefully your receiver permits you to increase the level on the LFE channel. I'm thinking maybe the LFE channel is low, making it seem like the overall volume is too low? Just an idea.
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post #1091 of 1161
5/1/11 at 5:26pm
Thanks for the tip, I guess in the 1000ES menu, which by the way starts all the channel levels as their max. The easy way to boost the LFE is to lower all the other channels a little bit and just leave the Sub at max. That would work the same as trying to figure it out in the Denon menus, which are a pain.
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post #1092 of 1161
5/1/11 at 10:47pm
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Originally Posted by mike171979 View Post

Thanks for the tip, I guess in the 1000ES menu, which by the way starts all the channel levels as their max. The easy way to boost the LFE is to lower all the other channels a little bit and just leave the Sub at max. That would work the same as trying to figure it out in the Denon menus, which are a pain.

Yes - you are correct - of course that means you have to run your receiver at a higher level overall for your blu-ray player, amplifying noise as well as the channels from the player. You should experiment and decide what you like best. Maybe you will end up with a quality hdmi/lossless audio capable receiver like I did.
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post #1093 of 1161
5/2/11 at 12:09am
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Originally Posted by mike171979 View Post

Well, I hooked it up with 2 component cables I had lieing around and played Top Gun, and what do you know, no popping and it sounded Fantastic, just as good as though HDMI.

But one thing though, Audyssey is basically useless now. I have to set up the distance, level, and speaker size all in the Sony Bluray Player.

So I did that in the 1000ES and then played Top Gun, and for some reason I had to turn the volume up a little more than I did when I had it hooked up through HDMI.

To get it at a good loud level I like, I had to set the volume to practically Reference level. Which was wayyy to loud before.

Is this a common occurance when using the Analog Multichannel.

Yes.
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post #1094 of 1161
5/2/11 at 8:01am
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Originally Posted by mike171979 View Post

Thanks for the tip, I guess in the 1000ES menu, which by the way starts all the channel levels as their max. The easy way to boost the LFE is to lower all the other channels a little bit and just leave the Sub at max. That would work the same as trying to figure it out in the Denon menus, which are a pain.

Any chance there's a volume control on your sub?!
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post #1095 of 1161
5/2/11 at 3:01pm
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Originally Posted by LastButNotLeast View Post
Any chance there's a volume control on your sub?!
Yes there is.

But if I increase the LFE that way, then the sub will be too loud when I want to listen to music from a different source.

Anyway, I leveled the audio in the Bluray player and all is well, I'm still getting the high-def codecs and I didn't have to buy a new receiver. so....
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post #1096 of 1161
5/2/11 at 3:08pm
Then that idea worked out well Glad it all worked out ok.
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post #1097 of 1161
5/9/11 at 5:10am
Anyone besides me having trouble with the Predators Blu-ray disc? I have tried 2 from Netflix, both straight out of the envelope and after cleaning and neither will play. The ES1000 has the latest update applied to it.

Any ideas? Thanks.
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post #1098 of 1161
5/9/11 at 6:30pm
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Originally Posted by jvernon View Post

Any ideas? Thanks.

I have a disc that doesn't play unless BD Audio is set to Mix, not Direct. Receiver display shows PCM, which, I presume, means the BDP is doing the decoding, not the receiver, but I honestly don't know and can't explain why it works, but it's worth a try.
Mix, BTW, is the default.
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post #1099 of 1161
5/10/11 at 1:27pm
Thanks, but that already was my setting. Guess I'll have to settle for a dvd for my third try.
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post #1100 of 1161
5/21/11 at 1:10am
One other note about the using the multichannel outs. I can set the speakers to large or small but I can't set or even see the crossover frequency for each speaker!!!

Is the default crossover frequency 80hz????
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post #1101 of 1161
5/21/11 at 6:50am
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Originally Posted by mike171979 View Post

One other note about the using the multichannel outs. I can set the speakers to large or small but I can't set or even see the crossover frequency for each speaker!!!

Is the default crossover frequency 80hz????

I believe so. Even the s5000es does not allow you to set it.
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post #1102 of 1161
5/21/11 at 7:06pm
My question is pretty basic.Are you able to record items saved to items such as a cable recorder or from any other source?
There's no info in the brochure that came with this DVD machine in regards to making a recording. I'm just assuming that you're not able to record using this machine.
Please let me know if I'm wrong.

Thank you,
Brentski
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post #1103 of 1161
5/21/11 at 7:15pm
No, the 1000 is a player only. To record to DVDs you'll want to check out this forum. Note they only record to DVDs and in SD. To record to BRs or in HD you'll need to use a PC.
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post #1104 of 1161
6/8/11 at 2:23pm
I'm having trouble (either making or) playing AVCHD discs. I've tried multiAVCHD and popBD, TsMuxeR and ImgBurn. I've used 4x DVD-RWs and 16x DVDs. I get, at best, choppy playback, which becomes unwatchable after a few minutes. I'm willing to concede that it may be me, but the procedure seems straightforward. Would someone be willing to point me in the right direction? Thanks.
Michael
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post #1105 of 1161
7/2/11 at 10:37am
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Originally Posted by gbaby View Post

I can understand anyone's reluctance to pay $1,499.00 for the BDP-S5000ES. But, you should understand that if you do not have the capabilities of playing sound over HDMI, the sony or other flagship blu-ray player may be your only choice. Using the S1000ES for sound would seriously compromise your sound. If I could sell my S1000ES, I would do so, and save for the S5000ES.


That's exactly what I did I had a es1000 and sold it to a friend and bought the es5000 and the is a huge difference first off the picture is a lot shaper brings the movies more to life and the sound make feel you are more into the movie and brings more life in my speakers. This is a great high end player only for those that have the system to do so it was worth every penny and more for it I have had the bdps 350, n460 and the 1000 and this tops them all.
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post #1106 of 1161
7/2/11 at 1:22pm
The 5000es is known to have inferior picture quality than the 1000es, because sony implemented the Qdeo chip differently in the 5000es.
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post #1107 of 1161
7/2/11 at 9:53pm
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Originally Posted by tn001d View Post

The 5000es is known to have inferior picture quality than the 1000es, because sony implemented the Qdeo chip differently in the 5000es.

Regardless of the video chip used on the BDP-S5000ES, I did not find this to be the case. I own the S1000ES as well as the S5000ES, and I find the picture quality to be better than the 1000 as described by Phish in his post.
I am using a Sony KDL-46xbr8 as my viewing source.
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post #1108 of 1161
7/3/11 at 12:11pm
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Originally Posted by gbaby View Post

Regardless of the video chip used on the BDP-S5000ES, I did not find this to be the case. I own the S1000ES as well as the S5000ES, and I find the picture quality to be better than the 1000 as described by Phish in his post.
I am using a Sony KDL-46xbr8 as my viewing source.



I am using a KDL 55NX810 3D t.v. for mine and it's night and day I had some friends over yesterday we were watching The Patriot and they couldn't take there eyes off the picture it was so clear they felt like it was as good as going to the movies and then I put in Armageddon and Saving Private Ryan it was just awesome. The 5000 is superior in every way you get what you pay for I did enjoy the video on the 1000 but if you want sound the 5000 is the way to go it brought more life into your speakers trust me. Selling my 1000 and getting the 5000 was the best choice I have made for my system and I use my ps3 for 3D movies.
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post #1109 of 1161
7/3/11 at 2:20pm
Everything I have read about the S1000es vs. the S5000es focuses on the significant improvement in the analog output audio section of the 5000. Most of the reports I have read suggest there is no improvement in the video via hdmi. Since I stream audio codecs to my full functioned audio equipment over hdmi, the S1000 serves my needs absolutely superbly. For those using high end audio equipment that does not accept hdmi bitstreamed lossless audio codecs, the 5000 is a great choice as long as you have an effective way to elevate the LFE channel correctly without adding noise to your system (my old analog gear would not balance the LFE correctly, except by lowering all the non-LFE channels, and playing the whole system at higher gains for blu-ray).
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post #1110 of 1161
7/13/11 at 1:21am
Hi' everyone !

I'm a bit late on this topic but whatever.

I'm from France and have the equivalent of this player in Europe, the S760.

I'd like to have the same from Region A to read some Blu-Ray which are only available in USA.


So, if someone is thinking about sell his player and ready to ship to France, please contact me

Have a good day.
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