Official OPPO BDP-95 Owner's Thread - Page 293

I have avoided doing the last firmware update.

Its a bit on the buggy side with longish load times, handshakes, Youtube and Netflix freezes.

I don't us an external HD, but I have all the freezing.


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It's the first problem I have encountered with a Firmware update on my 95, but I guess it was bound to happen sometime.

I'll say it's a bit on the "buggy" side.
All of a sudden now whenever I play an sacd it cuts off the first milliseconds of sound on the first track of the disc; almost like a fade up of the sound. I can hit the back button on the remote and then the track plays fine. I've contacted Oppo about it and all they can offer is asking me to send them a disc that it happens with; hell it does it on all my sacd's now. Never used to. I've tried resetting the unit back to factory default settings etc but nothing seems to solve the issue.
Extremely frustrating.

Bob? any help? also is Oppo aware of these issues due to the last firmware update? I installed it both from first wireless and second flash drive to be sure.

[quote=Neuromancer;22059965]Issues with truncations on the first track have always been there. There is a slight delay when the input audio signal changes (as it does from the standard 16-bit/48KHz PCM signal the player generates and when the SACD is loaded). You can increase the delay by having HDMI connected, as EDID handshakes will mute the analog outputs temporarily.
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No, I've had my 95 since March of last yr and it just started this a few wks ago. I recall it happening at some time in the past on the 83; I believe they'd finally got it fixed with a firmware update. Now for my 95 to be doing it all of a sudden is a real letdown.

^ As far as I know, nothing has changed in the firmware in this regard. What else might have changed in your equipment or settings?

Using DSD or PCM output? Using 1 or 2 HDMI cables? Change in AVR? Change in Display? Etc.
--Bob

It also wouldn't hurt to try the simple reset of the player:

1) Remove any disc. Jot down your personal settings.

2) In Setup, Erase Persistent Storage, then Reset Factory Defaults. When the Easy Setup Wizard finishes, power down the player.

3) Pull the power plug for about 10 seconds.

4) Power up and re-enter your personal settings.

5) Power down again. Settings are saved during the power down cycle.
--Bob

Something is not right. If Bob Pariseau ^^^^ doesn't explain what the problem probably is, then contact OPPO support. I suspect that the Meridian HD621 may be involved.

I'm assuming that this delay happens with all BD disks that you play.

I have a Synology DS710+ as a DLNA Server. I used to be able to play the predefined Internet radio stations using the BDP95. I didn't do this frequently, so I am not sure when it stopped working. With the latest firmware for both the BDP95 and the Synology ds710+ I can no longer play radio stations. It looks like there is network activity between the 710+ and the 95, when selecting a radio station, but no sound at all. I can however, play my FlAC files with no problem. I opened a case with Synology, but so far no resolution or description that they have a problem. Just wondering if someone here is using a 95 with Synology NAS and can play the Internet radio stations, as an example the Shoutcast predefined stations? Appreciate your feedback/help. I wanted to get some feedback before contacting Oppo also and see how to diagnose.

I suggest you post your query at http://www.meridianunplugged.com/

Good grief, no! An HDMI handshake should take 2 seconds, perhaps 4 if you have a retry, 6 if some piece of equipment is flaking out.

22 seconds is beyond the pale. That's 11 retries.

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Do you have any other HDMI Source devices you can try with it?

The Meridian may simply not be working on that input. Try a different HDMI input on it.

Set the OPPO output resolution to 480p (not 480i) for testing. Also set the output of the Meridian to 480p. 480p is the "simplest" HDMI signal. If 480p works, then try 1080i. If 1080i works, but 1080p is still giving you grief, try 1080p with 1080p/24 Auto and OFF to see if that makes a difference. If 1080i works, but you can't get 1080p to work, then the odds are your HDMI cabling is not "high speed" cable -- i.e., able to handle 1080p.
--Bob

Unfortunately, still the same after doing the exact procedure above. Thanks anyway Bob.
My setup is extremely simple; stereo rca's out to an integrated 2-channel amp. My settings are DSD, I'm using one hdmi cable to the hdmi1 port.
I will say this; I am almost positive that this issue started a few wks ago after I had switched the setting to FL/FR instead of downmixed stereo. I didn't think it would make any difference since I'm running strictly 2 channel using the stereo rca outs. After confirming there was no difference in sq, I switched back to downmixed stereo. Few days later I listened to an sacd and noticed the issue.
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Well it's easy enough to switch that back and see if the issue goes away. Also, try PCM vs. DSD.

And since you are using DSD, try turning HDMI Audio OFF so that the player is not trying to negotiate with the other end of the HDMI cable for DSD being allowed or not.
--Bob

Just the firmware update, It's been in my setup since March 2011 and never has it been this buggy.

As many others I also notice the noisy fan, specially late at night at low volumes the fan raises the noise floor and distracts from the music. It is one of the few compromises on this otherwise great machine and I am sure it'll be adressed in the next model. I found a modder (http://www.tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Oppo_95_mods.html) that suggest that the fan noise is reduced by simply removing the unit's cover. It also says that the sound improves without the cover, I don't know why. Has anyone tried this? Is it safe for the Oppo to operate without the cover and collect dust inside?
Thank you

My response that you quoted was not to your post but to purplerocks' post.

Neuromancer responded to your post.
--Bob

Hi
It may be an misunderstanding here about this cover. Is not about the whole cover of the player. This modd refer to the cover just over the fan, which is better to be cut it out to lower the air flow turbulences and the resulting noise... See the first picture in this link: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digit...p-95-a-10.html

Thank you Coris, did removing the fan cover remove much of the noise?
I was not referring to that mod though, if you follow the link to tweakaudio provided in my previous message you'll see how it recommends to remove the unit's cover to prevent heating and improve sound, they even sell a removable oak dust cover for this purpose. I am afraid dust getting into the Oppo may not be the best thing:
We can sell you a dust cover that will allow lots of heat ventilation and allow the unit to both run cooler and the noisey fan will never come on. Some people would not care if they run the unit with the cover off but others have children and also might not like how the naked unit looks in their setup. This dust cover degrades the sound slightly (less than the standard cover) but can be quickly removed. When you want to remove it for serious listening you just lift it off.

Well, when I switch to pcm the issue stops. I can't tell much difference (if any?) between sq of dsd vs pcm so maybe that's what I'll start using.

Hi my first post on this forum.
My BDP-95 arrives today!!

I have a Denon 3312 CI Receiver.
It doesn't have 5.1 analog inputs.
I want to be able to play both 5.1 and 2 channel stereo.

I know the Denon will allow me to connect both an HDMI and RCA Analog inputs and assign them different names.

I use a Harmony One Remote to select various functions on the Home Theater set up.

How do I set up the BDP 95 to allow me to use it in both fashions with my other equipment?

Thanks for any help.

You know, I personally do not trust very much such solutions sold for quite important money... I think one will not want to pay almost twice the price of a standard BDP95 for have another cover with so and so properties...

In the case of the fan and its noise, one may know that a part of that noise is generated by the wrong designed (cheap solution) mounting system of that fan. First, the fan should be mounted through some special designed silicon material damping devices. Such small but "smart" pieces of material are used to remove the vibrations and silence the computer hard disks in a computer cabinet. The vibrations from that fan are amplified quite much by the enough thin plate the player enclosure is made of. The way the player `s cover is cut it by Oppo in the production process, and the way that fan will blow out the air, is not a very happy solution. The holes there create quite much turbulences in the air flow and that generate a quite big part of that noise. This is a personal observation, after I removed that piece of metal in the front of the fan. The frequency of that noise were changed so that were less disturbing.
Another part of the noise come from the mechanical construction of that standard and cheap kind of fan. There are special low noise fans which Oppo had to used in that place in a quite high end product, which target an enough audiophile customers marked.
The noise of an low noise fan can be even lowered by lowering its speed. But then is lowered too the power of ventilation inside the enclosure. So another cooling solutions have to be in place for a decent cooling in a so high fidelity product. Here the case become a little bit more complicated...

Trying to reduce the noise of that fan by cutting out that piece of metal in the front of the fan, and using a low noise fan in the place of that standard/cheap one, will solve quite well this issue...

Just set up different Harmony One activities that use different inputs and other settings. You could set up Stereo Listen and Multi Listen, for instance.

I would avoid this modder at all costs. The description of his claims are weird and unreliable at best!

Agreed.


LOL

I like these ideas better, if you're not afraid of a little hardware modding. The "grill" is just there to protect fingers and foreign objects from contacting the fan. It serves no other purpose than to create turbulence (noise).

Before buying a lower noise (actually lower speed) fan you can try a resistor (say 10 ohm) in series with the stock fan and see how it works.

All outputs are active on the Oppo. This then becomes a question on how to set up the Denon. Hook up th oppo stereo rca outputs to the denon cd input, then hook up hdmi to say the bd input. Set your denon accordingly and select the denon input for what you want. If you need denon advice, seek out batpig or soundofmind over in the denon forums.

Have any of you had play back problems with Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here SACD?
What I have been experiencing is when you first start the SACD it will play for a short time on track 1 then just stop and the display says stop, just like you pressed the stop button.
When I press play the disc plays normally from that point on.
Part of the trouble is that it never seems to stop at the same point each time.
I was just wondering if any one else is having the problem?

PC Enthusiasts have been using this mod for years (cutting the mesh in front of the fan) to increase airflow while reducing noise of the fans. swapping for a high flow/low speed pc fan would likely help as well provided you are comfortable doing so.

The OPPO fan is not that loud. Much quieter than the hard drive for my PVR and the fan for the Playstation 3. A lot of it depends on how your room is set up, where the equipment is in relation to other heat generating equipment and what the ambient temp in the room is. One of the posts I saw here stated that the ambient room temp was 24 degrees Celcius. If that is the ambient temp then the temp at the player in a case with other equipment generating heat is likely going to be over 30 degrees. My ambient temp in my basement (open 20x50 with 8' ceiling) is raised by about 2 degrees with all my equipment running. I rarely hear the OPPO fan unless I am standing over it or everything is off I can hear it from approximately 5' away.