Official Panasonic DMP-BDT 220/320/500 Owners Thread - Page 99

HERE is one with the Press Release

I kinda figured, but thought maybe;-). I've never been a big purchaser of movies, and finding out Netflix isn't renting anything in 3D in the near future, I was hoping to check out more 3D movies than Comcast offers

Great, more ridiculous looking players.

+1

I find it interesting that they're also launching a pair of Viera Connect streaming devices, basically the BDPs without the disc drives.

DLNA support might be a reasonable differentiator over a ROKU but given Pansonics pretty terrible DLNA support in the past there going to need to get their act together.

The 220 turned up around Feb 22 so I would anticipate the 230 in that timeframe this year.

Hi guys,

Played Lord of the rings extended edition on DVD yesterday on my 320 but my Onkyo 616 displayed DTS only and not the 6.1 as I selected and the optios on the player displayed DTS 3/2.1 (something like this). I kinda read about some settings on the player which changes the soundtrack output.....i tried to play around but no luck.

I did not check if it was the same for the Blu rays.....please help.

thanks

I upgraded to the DirecTV Genie this morning. Had trouble getting it connected because apparently you cannot manually enter the SSID, and I was not broadcasting. I turned on the SSID broadcasting and disabled the MAC filtering on the router. The Genie connected fine. I've left these settings intact and returned to the Panasonic DMP-BDT220 player. I went through the Easy Settings as you suggested. It asks for my password, which I enter. It then goes off and tries to connect. When it's finished, I get this message:

"The IP address is only available within the home network. The Internet functions (BD-Live, etc.) are not available. Please check the hub and broadband router settings."

The status indicators at the top of the screen say the following:

Connection to the wireless network: Pass
IP address setting: Pass
Connection to gateway: Fail
Connection to the Internet: Fail

I'm at a complete loss. The DirectTV Genie connected fine. The XBoxes connect fine. My laptop connects fine. Our tablets connect fine. What am I missing about this Blu-ray player?

I just picked up the 220, and was hoping to connect a hard drive to the USB for music rather than having to turn on my computer all the time (and to control it with my iphone). What's the easiest way to transfer/convert my music from itunes (most of the music was bought from itunes), so it will play on the Panasonic 220.

Also, i guess i will need another hard drive. Any recommendations? I hope to eventually
transfer some movies/ (DVD and Bluray), but that will be in the future as well.

Thanks,

Darren

I believe I now have the issue resolved. Contacted Panasonic support through chat. The agent had me reset the unit, the steps for which I'm posting for the benefit of others:

1) While the unit is off but still plugged in, press and hold {OK}, {B}, and {Y} on the remote control at the same time for more than 5 seconds. "00 RET" is displayed on the unit's display.
2) Repeatedly press the {RIGHT} arrow button on the remote control until "08 FIN" is displayed on the unit's display. I pressed it twice.
3) Press and hold {OK} on the remote control for at least 3 seconds. The unit turns off at this point.

I tried going through the Easy Network settings again, but got the same error message quoted above. The agent told me to call the 1-800 number. I did, and got a superior tech support person that knew her stuff. She walked me manually through the setup process, something I had done before but could not get it to work. Apparently, the unit is unable to connect properly to my router via DHCP. So I've statically set the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. Also, the primary DNS is set to 8.8.8.8, and the secondary DNS is set to 8.8.4.4. That's not what I was using before, but followed her instructions. After testing the connection, it said "Pass." I've just updated the firmware, so I'm online now.

Hope this helps someone.
Edited by matman13 - 1/8/13 at 12:26pm

Actually the 2D to 3D thing is kinda neat. For Jay Leno or Big Bang Theory? No, of course not. But for TV action movies, Sci-Fi, etc., its kinda cool.

I'm going to check it out this weekend, especially since it's free:D

Please help guys ...if there is a explanation for this?

I don't think it's your receiver or DVD player as they sound like they are doing the correct decoding. I think it is the DVD which may not have discreet sound tracks. The DVD may contain Matrix sound tracks.
Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound
DTS ES 6.1 Surround Sound
I think you are good to go with your set up and have the correct coding.

Help

I have a BDT320 and I have noticed while watching Netflix the faces on the persons in the movie have grayish like shadows on them. ( that's the only way I know how to describe it )

Can someone share some advice on what is going on. I'm guessing it a simple setting to adjust but I'm clueless to where to start.

Thanks in advance
Gerald

On my Operating Instructions pamphlet and on the box,it clearly states,"This unit can play BD-Video discs supporting the region code B".
HOWEVER...it can play DVD-Video discs supporting the region number "2/ALL"

Mine does it too. Just figured out how to output DTS-HD MSTR to the 673. It was a setting on the BDT220. When it was set to On, the BD player was recognizing DTS-HD MSTR, but sending DTS to the 673 and outputting the bitrate information. Now that I switched the setting to Off, I am getting DTS-HD MSTR on the 673, but the bitrate is just 3 dashes with sampling of 48kHz.

Sorry if this has been asked before.....I searched and didn't find anything. I just got one of these DMP-BDT220 players and when I play back a disc I get these annoying green lines around the bottom and right borders of the screen. I have swapped HDMI cables, HDMI ports on my AV Receiver, I even tried swapping players to see if the same thing happened. It only shows up sending from this player. Anybody recognize this problem and know of a fix? Thanks in advance.

Try a direct connection to the tv, as a test. Is it still there?
Oh, and, turn off deep color. No commercially available material uses it. It just eats up bandwidth on the cable.

ALso try turning overscanning on in the TV - its not actually a bad thing for film & TV.

Thanks. Yeah, earlier tonight after I made that post I tried changing a bunch of settings and found out that turning off deep color did the trick.

Hey all,

another new DMT-BDP320 owner.
As this thread is 99 pages long and search turned up nothing useful, i'm asking here;
I know there's hacked firmwares out therefor the 320 that disable UOP amongst others ( user operation prevention) but they all demand money for them. Not looking for region hacks, just get rid of that cursed UOP.
Anyone know where one can get one for free? Is firmware region or country-specific? ( as in what content is offered in viera connect)

thanks!

I don't think you will find the enhanced firmware anywhere for free.

I had been searching the internet for more than one month before I finally registered on www.firmwareinfo.com to get a copy of the enhanced firmware for my DMP-BDT220

As far as I know, the firmware gets personalized with the MAC address of the player and will not work on other devices.

Btw: UOP means "User Operation Prohibition"
Edited by antivirus - 1/11/13 at 6:15pm

This has to be the most skittish bd player I've ever had. It keeps stuttering on flawless looking disks... I put the same disk in the ps3 and it plays. Is there a way to clean the lens on it?

Maybe you should exchange it? It should be working fine on the discs.

I am curious to hear from those who have upgraded to the BDT220 from the BD-65. I have the BD-65 and am considering getting the BDT220 specifically just for the speed of EVERYTHING. However, I would like to hear what your experience is.

NOTE: I have No need for 3D. Only blu-ray playback, and streaming Netflix, Amazon, Youtube and DLNA content from my PC.

Hello everyone!
I was just wondering if someone could help me out here. I have the BDT220, and every time i go to watch a DVD and try to play it back in 3d, it says it can't be selected...Any Ideas?
Thanks in advance
-Alex

So If I play a dvd with discreet soundtrack it will recognize the same ..is it ?? I shall trying doing it today ..but I always thought LOTR was on a discreet soundtrack. Thanks for your respons and help.