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post #271 of 287
11/17/12 at 8:01am
The new BD-A1020 uses BB1795 DAC, also does HDCD
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post #272 of 287
11/17/12 at 1:02pm
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Originally Posted by 60strat View Post

The new BD-A1020 uses BB1795 DAC, also does HDCD

PCM1795 is a very average DAC, so its not a deal breaker.....however I definitely want my 1010 to decode my HDCDs.
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post #273 of 287
11/19/12 at 8:50am
What DAC is in the 1010?
Is it better?
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post #274 of 287
11/19/12 at 5:00pm
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Originally Posted by MrJai View Post

What DAC is in the 1010?
Is it better?

S1067/A1000/A1010 use AK4358. On paper PCM1795 is superior. But from what I read, both A1010 and A1020 have the exact same SNR rating, 1020's harmonic distortion rating is nearly as same. (the difference is less than 0.0005%).
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post #275 of 287
11/29/12 at 11:42am
I upgraded my player earlier today via network to software version 1.7012. I think this is first upgrade for this player. I didn't record the number of the earlier ver. Now if I could just figure out what they upgraded.
Edited by sawmill - 11/29/12 at 1:42pm
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post #276 of 287
11/30/12 at 1:09pm
From their website, looks like "playback stability of certain discs".
Yamaha BD-A1010 Support
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post #277 of 287
11/30/12 at 1:38pm
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Originally Posted by enonimos View Post

From their website, looks like "playback stability of certain discs".
Yamaha BD-A1010 Support

I'm hoping that one of the discs in "playback stability of certain discs" is my 1st season of Boardwalk Empire which my A1010 doesn't play nice with.
Edited by Parrot_HD - 11/30/12 at 2:07pm
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post #278 of 287
11/30/12 at 8:52pm
This update may be for fixes for some movies, but it does not correct the issues with Live Free or Die Hard. I just updated my player to the latest code and it still puts the special features in a tiny window in the upper left of the screen.

FYI - I used the USB method since my player is not connected to the Interweb yet. The download took over an hour, topping out at only about 20kBps. Either Yammy is getting pounded, or they have a really slow Internet connection. I did note that the download site is in Japan, so that might be the issue?
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post #279 of 287
12/1/12 at 6:55am
When I upgraded on the internet, that source also took a lot of time. I thought at the time that my network was failing me. I was patient with the thing, more so than usual.
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post #280 of 287
12/4/12 at 8:00am
Looking for some confirmation on this.

I contacted Yamaha about some confusing specs I saw on their BD-A1010 and BD-A1020 units. I thought there was a misprint or error on the website and am unsure if the response I got was just restating the potential misprinted or errored specs or not.

Does BD-A1010 play DVD+/-R DL DVDs? And does the BD-A1010 play FLAC files via the USB on an external device?

My response from Yamaha:
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Thank you for your inquiry.

The BD-A1020 supports FLAC and the BD-A1010 does not.

The BD-A1020 supports DVD+R DL and -R DL and the BDA-1010 does not.

I am still surprised their 1010 player doesn't support DL discs or FLAC playback. Any confirmation from owners is appreciated.
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post #281 of 287
12/4/12 at 1:42pm
Regarding BD-A1020(my neighbor bought it), I've just tried SACD-R and BD-A1020 is playing SACD-R discs. Also there are no problems with watermarked DVD-AUDIO also. smile.gif
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post #282 of 287
12/8/12 at 3:37pm
I just updated the software version via network and took less than 5 minutes...I don't see any visible improvements plus I still cannot control the player with my yamaha av controller app
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post #283 of 287
3/20/13 at 3:47pm
Wow, what a thread. Problems and troubles all around eh?

I have it connected via 7.1 analogue out the AVR, HDMI with a splitter from Rocketfish out to the TV and Projector, connected to the network as well, but that is a hassle, prefer to transfer files onto a USB disk

Keep it simple I say, never tried Netflix, or an Android app cause does not matter to me, love this player. I just keep things as simple as possible. Excellent audio and video

Good tips on dealing with the message pop ups that helped.
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post #284 of 287
3/20/13 at 3:47pm
Wow, what a thread. Problems and troubles all around eh?

I have it connected via 7.1 analogue out the AVR, HDMI with a splitter from Rocketfish out to the TV and Projector, connected to the network as well, but that is a hassle, prefer to transfer files onto a USB disk

Keep it simple I say, never tried Netflix, or an Android app cause does not matter to me, love this player. I just keep things as simple as possible. Excellent audio and video

Good tips on dealing with the message pop ups that helped.
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post #285 of 287
4/24/13 at 4:21am
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Originally Posted by adowns View Post

For those who are having problems getting the BD-A1010 to play ball with the AV Controller app on ios i've managed to get mine working. I too have a yamaha AV receiver that works fine with the app but could not for the life of me get the blu ray player to appear even if i added the IP address manually.

I contacted Yamaha customer services and they sent me out a CD containing a backdoor firmware which effectively wipes the slate clean on the software on the player and another copy of the latest firmware. After i had wiped the firmware and reloaded the latest one it the player immediately appeared in my app and now all is well.

Just get in contact with Yamaha and get the CD shipped to you and you should be laughing!

That would be fantastic if you could upload this somewhere as an iso image.
I'm having exactely the same problem on the european model (BD-S1067 Firmwares are the same) and tried to contact Yamah support.

The only answer they gave me is to bring the player to after sale support...
As my warranty is over I don't want to mess with that only for the controller bug.

If anyone as any other trick that could work that would also be very nice. (of course I already tried the factory reset ..)
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post #286 of 287
5/7/13 at 12:38pm
Hello

Just got my BD-A1020 today. It is slooooow, but I will upgrade the sucker, see what happens and report back. I want to use my A810's remote, so now I also have to find the remote code for the 1020 somewhere.

Is silly how nobody publishes the codes for their remotes. Geez.
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post #287 of 287
5/14/13 at 2:10am
OK the BD-A1020 was a really bad idea. It is going back to the shop.

Navigating DLNA info is a study in frustration.
Turn the machine on and you can make a cup of tea before you can do anything on it.
The remote doesn't receive well.
The DVD player control is unresponsive.
The sound was great, but that won't help because I would have put put an axe through the thing in a week.

Seriously, Yamaha - what the heck were you thinking releasing a high-end Blu ray DVD player with the slowest CPU since the ENIAC?
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