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post #211 of 923
7/22/10 at 5:44am
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Originally Posted by fayazaga View Post

These are the only movies you had issues with , Is it ??

what i am hearing its the Onkyo series ending with '5' having issues like 805, 875 etc.....but I may be wrong?

I am almost in the process of getting the whole set as in VT-20 and the BDT-300 ...dont wanna go wrong with the audio issue !!

It does have a minor issue with my Onkyo 905. When using the Netflix streaming capability, the audio has a garbled sound where I have to turn off the 905 and then turn it back on before it works correctly. It might be a HDMI handshaking issue. I haven't had any problems watching BD movies with the 300 together with the 905.
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post #212 of 923
7/22/10 at 8:06pm
Just got through setting up my ebay BDT-300, hooked up the wireless adapter, manually inputed the info. Let the player update to 1.4 and played a disc no issues so far. Now I just need to wait on my TV it won't be here till Tuesday at the latest. 6ave is using a shipping company Trans World so it takes longer than UPS. I also picked up an extra pair of glasses for a buck twenty nine so with the player and the TV 50"VT25 I'm at twenty three forty seven. Not bad for a budget 3d system using Google, 6ave and ebay.
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post #213 of 923
7/23/10 at 6:32am
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Originally Posted by fayazaga View Post

These are the only movies you had issues with , Is it ??

what i am hearing its the Onkyo series ending with '5' having issues like 805, 875 etc.....but I may be wrong?

I am almost in the process of getting the whole set as in VT-20 and the BDT-300 ...dont wanna go wrong with the audio issue !!

So far, those are the only discs I've had issues with.
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post #214 of 923
7/23/10 at 7:18am
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Originally Posted by Elladan View Post
I noticed an odd issue over the past couple of days. Since I ran an HDMI from my BDT300 to my AVR, using the HDMI-Sub port, I keep having to change the HMDI-Sub setting to V.oFF. It doesn't seem to persist through power cycles. Has anyone else noticed this?

Ditto: same problem with combination Panasonic THP50VT20A, DMP-BDT300 and Yamaha RXV-765 receiver.

There have been no further comments since 18th June 2010. Panasonic Australia has replied that we should have bought a Panasonic receiver and then there would be no problem.
Can anyone assist?

Hi guys, first post.

I'm over in the UK and am a very early buyer of the 300 so there isn't much discussion on it over there yet. I have had this very same problem. I have a Samsung PS50C6900 TV and Onkyo 606 receiver.

I have found a workaround that works. Through a few experiments I found that the "V.Off" reverts to normal if the TV is turned on or off while the player is on.

All other combinations don't affect it. I use a Harmony 555 remote control so I have programmed it to turn the player on before the TV and off before. Not had to touch the setting since.
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post #215 of 923
7/23/10 at 8:42am
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Originally Posted by John de Highden View Post

There have been no further comments since 18th June 2010. Panasonic Australia has replied that we should have bought a Panasonic receiver and then there would be no problem.
Can anyone assist?

I'm running HDMI straight to the set right now. Panny Australia said what? Nice way to p/o your customers... Apparently you should also have a labotomy so you can work for Panasonic Australia
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post #216 of 923
7/23/10 at 11:45pm
Hi,
Does the bdt350 work with Sony hx909?
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post #217 of 923
7/24/10 at 5:46am
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Originally Posted by wildal68 View Post

Hi,
Does the bdt350 work with Sony hx909?

All of the BD players are compatable with all of the 3D televisions. You can use Panasonic on a Sony, Sony on an LG, etc. Doesn't matter.

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post #218 of 923
7/24/10 at 10:31am
After playing around with my BDT300 I noticed that you cannot get dts HD Master when the sub output is on. But it will do DD True HD when the the sub output is off, I have this going through my SC-07 Pio and reading the manual it does state that you have to have this off to reap the full benefits.

I don't understand why it down mixes on dts HD and not on True HD. Kinda sucks it does this I thought the whole purpose of this player was eliminate the need to replace the receiver. As for the upscaling capability's on DVD is looks pretty good compared the the QDEO chip. Absolutely no combing when playing back a dvd. The zoom function doesn't work either won't even pillar box the picture.

Viera Cast is alright but until they get the cable card thing going it's just a subscription portal.
I guess the only way to get full 3d and full lossles is to buy another receiver which I'm not going to do. My only hope is to wait for ATi to get their 3d drivers ready, all in all it's a good player just comes up short on the dts audio the most important part of the BD experience.
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post #219 of 923
7/24/10 at 2:08pm
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Originally Posted by Nimo View Post

After playing around with my BDT300 I noticed that you cannot get dts HD Master when the sub output is on. But it will do DD True HD when the the sub output is off, I have this going through my SC-07 Pio and reading the manual it does state that you have to have this off to reap the full benefits.

I don't understand why it down mixes on dts HD and not on True HD. Kinda sucks it does this I thought the whole purpose of this player was eliminate the need to replace the receiver. As for the upscaling capability's on DVD is looks pretty good compared the the QDEO chip. Absolutely no combing when playing back a dvd. The zoom function doesn't work either won't even pillar box the picture.

Viera Cast is alright but until they get the cable card thing going it's just a subscription portal.
I guess the only way to get full 3d and full lossles is to buy another receiver which I'm not going to do. My only hope is to wait for ATi to get their 3d drivers ready, all in all it's a good player just comes up short on the dts audio the most important part of the BD experience.

So, I just noticed this too. If I have the the secondary audio (the second HDMI) to the reciever (onkyo 806) I can not get dts master or true hd. How did you get it to do true? Now if I only run the main to the tv and then out of the tv (vt20) will I get true or master? What if I used the optical, can it do true or master? All I get right now is thx dd or neo6. Thanks. Lastly, does the 350 have this problem?
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post #220 of 923
7/24/10 at 3:28pm
Secondary Audio is not the second output. Secondary audio mixes the secondary audio tracks into the main audio and audio will be downmixed in all players. The second out is called sub. Make sure secondary audio in the setup menu is off for bitstreaming lossless codecs. If you are using the main to the display and sub HDMi to the receiver, make sure HDMI(sub) Output Mode is set to v.off

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post #221 of 923
7/25/10 at 11:16pm
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Originally Posted by teachsac View Post

Secondary Audio is not the second output. Secondary audio mixes the secondary audio tracks into the main audio and audio will be downmixed in all players. The second out is called sub. Make sure secondary audio in the setup menu is off for bitstreaming lossless codecs. If you are using the main to the display and sub HDMi to the receiver, make sure HDMI(sub) Output Mode is set to v.off

S~

Awsome, thank you. I now have DTS Master when I watch a BD. The only problem I have now is that it keeps resetting the Secondary Audio (on the bitstreaming menu) when I shut off the player and then back on. Thanks again!
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post #222 of 923
7/26/10 at 2:07am
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Viera Cast is alright but until they get the cable card thing going it's just a subscription portal.

WHAT cable card thing??
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post #223 of 923
7/26/10 at 3:35am
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Originally Posted by FSD View Post

Awsome, thank you. I now have DTS Master when I watch a BD. The only problem I have now is that it keeps resetting the Secondary Audio (on the bitstreaming menu) when I shut off the player and then back on. Thanks again!

Take a look at my workaround about 10 posts up. I am in discussion with Panasonic about the issue.
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post #224 of 923
7/26/10 at 9:04am
Well today is D day for my 50VT25 should be here sometime this aftenoon.
I'm in the process of burning Coraline on a BD 25 disc 3D only @ 16 gigs.

Glad it reads BD RE discs I tested it with kung FU Panda and played it without a hitch. I'm ready for my 3D experience!
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post #225 of 923
7/27/10 at 6:02am
Has anyone played around with the audio settings Voice Enhance and Audio Quality (not sure about the english name for it)?
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post #226 of 923
7/27/10 at 9:39pm
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Originally Posted by FSD View Post

Awsome, thank you. I now have DTS Master when I watch a BD. The only problem I have now is that it keeps resetting the Secondary Audio (on the bitstreaming menu) when I shut off the player and then back on. Thanks again!

My 300 doesn't do that, it does ask if you want to keep the settings. And the receiver is the first thing on then the TV and finally the player.

No problems playing back lossless going through my SC-07. Playing back the 3D demo looks pretty freakin awsome with lossless to boot.

@jim sorry I was referring to the Viera Cast on the TV sets that use the SD card.
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post #227 of 923
7/28/10 at 3:33am
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Awsome, thank you. I now have DTS Master when I watch a BD. The only problem I have now is that it keeps resetting the Secondary Audio (on the bitstreaming menu) when I shut off the player and then back on. Thanks again!

I have a 350. Under Setup, TV/Device Connection, HDMI Connection I have to reset the HDMI(SUB) Output Mode to V.OFF every time I power up.
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post #228 of 923
7/28/10 at 6:12am
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Originally Posted by buzzard767 View Post

I have a 350. Under Setup, TV/Device Connection, HDMI Connection I have to reset the HDMI(SUB) Output Mode to V.OFF every time I power up.

I have developed a workaround that works for me. See post #214. I'm interested to see if it works for other TV/Receiver combinations.
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post #229 of 923
7/28/10 at 1:28pm
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Originally Posted by buzzard767 View Post

I have a 350. Under Setup, TV/Device Connection, HDMI Connection I have to reset the HDMI(SUB) Output Mode to V.OFF every time I power up.

Just tried my 350 out and it keeps the settings of V.off regardless of the number of times I have powered it on/off. I had set my HDMI(SUB) to V.off weeks ago and it has kept the setting since. What firmware version do you have?
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post #230 of 923
7/29/10 at 5:48am
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Originally Posted by mhetman View Post

Just tried my 350 out and it keeps the settings of V.off regardless of the number of times I have powered it on/off. I had set my HDMI(SUB) to V.off weeks ago and it has kept the setting since. What firmware version do you have?


It appears it may be an Onkyo problem.
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post #231 of 923
7/29/10 at 6:32am
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Originally Posted by vader100 View Post

Hi guys, first post.

I'm over in the UK and am a very early buyer of the 300 so there isn't much discussion on it over there yet. I have had this very same problem. I have a Samsung PS50C6900 TV and Onkyo 606 receiver.

I have found a workaround that works. Through a few experiments I found that the "V.Off" reverts to normal if the TV is turned on or off while the player is on.

All other combinations don't affect it. I use a Harmony 555 remote control so I have programmed it to turn the player on before the TV and off before. Not had to touch the setting since.

Your work around works as long as my AVR is left powered on. Otherwise I get the reversion to Normal. With the AVR On I can turn off either the TV or the 350 first with no reversion, so I think my setup has an issue with the 350/AVR handshake.


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Just tried my 350 out and it keeps the settings of V.off regardless of the number of times I have powered it on/off. I had set my HDMI(SUB) to V.off weeks ago and it has kept the setting since. What firmware version do you have?

FW 1.4

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It appears it may be an Onkyo problem.

My AVR is a Pioneer VSX-1018AH.

I have written Panasonic tech about this (yesterday) and am waiting for an answer.

Buzz
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post #232 of 923
7/29/10 at 6:45am
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I have written Panasonic tech about this (yesterday) and am waiting for an answer.

Buzz

Good luck waiting. I called Panasonic about 3 months ago about my 300 and they couldn't figure out what was wrong and told me they would call back and I'm still waiting. I figured out a work-around and that's why I didn't pursue it.
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post #233 of 923
7/29/10 at 2:14pm
I have the 65VT25 and the BDT300 and an Onkyo TX-NR807. I cannot get the sound to play through the Onkyo, only through the TV. I have the Main HDMI AV out to the TV and the Sub to the Onkyo. I have HDMI Sub Out set to v.off (I have had no problems with this changing once I set it.) I still cannot get sound out the receiver, only the TV. I've tried 3D settings at both Full and Checkerboard with the same results. Any ideas?
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post #234 of 923
7/29/10 at 9:46pm
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Originally Posted by mhetman View Post

Just tried my 350 out and it keeps the settings of V.off regardless of the number of times I have powered it on/off. I had set my HDMI(SUB) to V.off weeks ago and it has kept the setting since. What firmware version do you have?

I have the same problem with Pioneer Elite SC-25 and Panasonic Plasma 54VT25 , the workaround that I have found is as follows:

After watching movies on 350, I switch off the the DVD first, wait for it to complete switch off, once it is switched off I switch off my Panny Plasma.

When I am ready to watch movie on 350, I turn the Panasonic plasma on first, switch the input to 350 input and then power on 350.

If I follow the sequence I do not loose my V.Off settings on my HDMI (SUB)

It does not matter weather my Pioneer Elite SC-25 is on or off.
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post #235 of 923
7/30/10 at 1:08am
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Originally Posted by randyi803 View Post

I have the 65VT25 and the BDT300 and an Onkyo TX-NR807. I cannot get the sound to play through the Onkyo, only through the TV. I have the Main HDMI AV out to the TV and the Sub to the Onkyo. I have HDMI Sub Out set to v.off (I have had no problems with this changing once I set it.) I still cannot get sound out the receiver, only the TV. I've tried 3D settings at both Full and Checkerboard with the same results. Any ideas?

In the "Sound" menu of the main settings menu go to the "Digital Audio Output" selection. At the bottom of that page ensure the "BD-Video Secondary Audio" is set to OFF.

I had that problem at first.
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post #236 of 923
7/30/10 at 1:11am
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Originally Posted by buzzard767 View Post

Your work around works as long as my AVR is left powered on. Otherwise I get the reversion to Normal. With the AVR On I can turn off either the TV or the 350 first with no reversion, so I think my setup has an issue with the 350/AVR handshake.




FW 1.4



My AVR is a Pioneer VSX-1018AH.

I have written Panasonic tech about this (yesterday) and am waiting for an answer.

Buzz

Thanks guys. At least it isn't just an Onkyo problem which means it almost definitely is a problem with the player. Panasonic will have to do the work on this to get it working rather than palming it off onto the AVR/TV manufacturers.

Buzz, Manshri, Are you OK if I refer to your problems in any dealings with Panasonic?
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post #237 of 923
7/30/10 at 3:51am
HELP! I just ordered a Panasonic BDT300 after being told it would be compatible with the Optoma HD66 and a pair of shutter 3D glasses. I opted to do this and avoid the current high cost of LED 3D TV's, despite being highly impressed by them. I also LOVED how my standard DVDs looked through the LEDs. They had depth and quality that were amazing. Even a 1950's Perry Como black and white kinescope looked good! In any event, hearing I would be able to view 3D on an 8 foot screen for a third of the price of an LED system I opted to go that route.

BUT, after ordering the above listed equipment online I am now reading that I can only expect to see computer generated movies. I hope this isn't true!! Please tell me otherwise ASAP!

PS. Incidentally, I talked to three different departments at Panasonic tech support and NONE of them had any idea what DLP Link meant and insisted that their DVD player would not work on anything but one of the new Panasonic 3D TV's or a Samsung.
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post #238 of 923
7/30/10 at 3:58am
An addendum. Will HDMI 1.4 work with the Optoma I noted above? Also, I now understand the Optoma has no appreciable zoom. My set up is 18 feet away from the screen to produce an approx 110 inch picture. Egad, methinks I jumped the gun ordering without asking more questions....
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post #239 of 923
7/30/10 at 5:25am
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Originally Posted by vader100 View Post

In the "Sound" menu of the main settings menu go to the "Digital Audio Output" selection. At the bottom of that page ensure the "BD-Video Secondary Audio" is set to OFF.

I had that problem at first.

Thanks. I have made sure "BD-Video Secondary Audio" is set to OFF. One thing I just noticed is that even though the V.off is set in the menu, the little indicator light on the player does not come on.
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post #240 of 923
7/30/10 at 6:23am
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Buzz, Manshri, Are you OK if I refer to your problems in any dealings with Panasonic?

Have at it. The problem is with the players and the 300/350's aren't doing their job. Lock means lock, period.

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PS. Incidentally, I talked to three different departments at Panasonic tech support and NONE of them had any idea what DLP Link meant and insisted that their DVD player would not work on anything but one of the new Panasonic 3D TV's or a Samsung.

Ummm, did you ask them if they knew what the checkerboard output option was designed for?

Edit: If they think checkerboard is only designed for PC input they are very poorly trained. You get what you pay for.

Buzz
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