Sony BDP-S185 BDP-BX18 Blu-ray Disc player - Page 4

Hi, new to the forum and have a question regarding the remote for the BDP-S185. I have a Vizio TV and through some research found code
4 will work for power and volume.

My question is does anyone know how to get the TV input to work for the Vizio? Many thanks.

Hi: I connected a new BDP-BX18 today and all seemed fine. I paused the disc as I had to take the dog out, and when I came back in, the unit and the tv were both turned to Off. The tv started right up, but the dvd player will not come back on and I am unable to get the disc out...which I was just borrowing from someone else! Any ideas on what problem could be, or at the very least, how to get their disc out without breaking it to pieces before I return this possible pile of junk? Thanks!!

I bought this player a while back to replace a much higher spec'd Sony Bluray.. It plays fine but my main issue is that it doesn't seem to resume if I stop a bluray. I have to say I just assumed this was standard in all bluray players.
Is this the same with all BDP-S185 players or has it been fixed in a later firware release?

It's the same with all. Resume depends entirely on how the disc was authored. Some will, some won't.

Really? I can never remember having this problem with my PS3, yet it hasn't resumed on a single disc I have put in the S185. I can't remember it ever failing on my old Sony player either.

Do you press STOP, or do you just power off or eject? I think you have to press STOP for the resume point to get marked.

I don't have the 185 per se, but have had other 2011 sony models and they all worked the same way as every other player I've had. Do you not get a screen asking if you want to resume? Have you tried setting bookmarks instead?

Maybe it really is a bug. Unfortunately, there probably won't be many more firmware updates for that model, if history is any guide.

EDIT: I see now this is a very low end model. It's entirely possible it has no resume at all. Sorry for the bad info.
Edited by mdavej - 2/1/13 at 2:09pm

I have one of these players...and am very happy with it for streaming and disc playback.
I've recently converted a bunch of DVD's to mp4 files, and put them on a 1.5TB portable harddrive that's formatted FAT32. When plugged into the Sony, all works well, the machine can navigate to and play a file...
My issue is that, after about a half hour, playback stops and I get the error message "overload occurred, please power down system and disconnect USB device".
Not cool. Anyone else encounter this? Any fix? My firmware is updated to the latest.

Additionally, anyone using a specific kind of drive in this way that works well? I'd be happy to buy a new, smaller drive if I knew it could play nice with the Sony.

Thanks all.

I assume your portable HD is powered from an outlet.... right? IF not, I think you are lucky the player warned you before it had a "melt down".

No, it's a bus-powered Western Digital My Passport drive. A chat with Sony tech support resulted in them saying the same thing as you...that the drive needs to be AC powered separately. The player plays fine from flash media, so I may continue to dump whatever file I want to watch onto a flash drive for now.

I bought mine recently (3-11-13) off of EBAY for around 40.00 Delivered!
I am much more of an Audiophile then a video nut, and I only have a 73 inch Mitsubishi DLP, not the highest resolution monitor. But still, Pic quality seems decent, and CD Audio performance is outstanding.

It works just fine for everyday movie watching with friends and family. Blu Ray Discs look great, and CD Audio Quality is exceptional.
If I were a hard code videophile, I might pass on this unit.
But, for the average guy, who just wants to watch Blu Ray and DVD's with their family, Or, for the audiophile who wants a killer sounding player to play CD's on, I think it is an incredible bargain.
I have several high end stereo speakers that allow me to quickly hear differences between CD players, and DAC's.
This little Sony is warm, rich, and quite 3 dimensional, when playing regular CD's.
In fact, it is so good at it, it actually beats several older, stand alone, high end DAC's that I own, including the internal DAC's in a top of the line Yamaha 7.1 receiver.

I paid 40.00 for it "seller refurbished" off EBAY, so WTF do people expect, for so low a price ?

If anyone who knows of a BETTER overall unit for 40 dollars delivered, I am all ears:)