**Official Toshiba HD-A35 (ONLY) Thread** - Page 68

Depends, what audio tracks are available on the disc, and which one did you select?

Is there a way to setup the HD-A35 to automatically set 1080p/60 when playing standard DVDs and 1080p/24 when playing HD-DVDs?

I dont' want 1080p/24 for standard DVD.

(I believe PS3 has this feature: it automatically sets the output to either 1080p/24 or 1080p/60 based on the disk being played.)

Ah, and I thought it was just my unit. hehe

No chrisO volume just gradually gets lower from 0 being loudest gradually decreasing to 53 and then nothing. I don't understand why have 0 to 99 that big a gap if you don't get any sound after 53. Why not just have 0 to 55. Or is it my particular receiver that's not acting right. I don't believe that mine will get louder after I hit 0.

Serenity - Dolby Digtal Plus
Bourne Ultimatum - Dolby True HD and Dolby Digital Plus
I played all of the above.

I think it's like Jgatie said, 0 is a reference level. There may be sound below 53 from different sources. Who knows? Your receiver sounds to me to be working properly.

I'm assuming my receiver has sound above 0, I had it on mute when I tried to see how high it went. If I hadn't muted I'm pretty sure my ears would've bled.

Hello. I have recently purchased a toshiba hd-a35 and have it hooked up to an onkyo 875 reciever through hdmi. For some reason I am having problems outputting 5.1 audio. I have settings changed on the player to Digital HDMI Out to auto and Direct digital audio to On. My reciever and the auto test tone on the hd-a35 both show only 2 speakers being played. I do have the speaker setup to 5.1 also on the hd-dvd player. Also firmware is the latest...1.3. Any ideas? Thanks.

Unfortunately, no. It's like the old days of DVD where you had to make sure to select Dolby Digital, otherwise the player would default to Dolby Surround.

It is quite easy, now. You can be anywhere in the movie and either punch the audio button or go through the menu whilst the movie is playing.

Regards...Will

and I went to BB to exchange the DVD and the new disc played all the way through. No problems (knock on wood) so far. I picked up five new HD movies also will play over long week-end. Hopefully A35 will work with all.

Hi All

I have a strange issue with A35 not going above 1080i when connected to Yamaha 2600. I have connected both PS3 and A35 to my yamaha HDMI in and a single HDMI to my 1080p LCD PJ. I am able to get 1080p24 for PS3 but only 1080i for A35. I have plugged A35 directly to the PJ and it does output 1080p24 and I have also switch the shorter HDMI cables and HDMI inputs on the Yamaha side but the issue still persist. As much as I hope,I like to use the Yamaha to be a HDMI hub and as well as to receive HDMI PCM audios so I try not to use an external hdmi switcher hub.

Does anyone else have this hdmi handshake issue?
Appreciate any recommended solutions.

Thanks
Dexter

chrisO
Mind-Boggling, I never thought about possible other sources below 53. I also tried above 0 and it did get louder. I just had not tried that before. Stupid me, I assumed 0 meant top of the volume ride. I keep saying understand the caliber of the man your dealing with. I sure do like this forum though. It just keeps giving and giving.
Thank you chrisO

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I'm playing my A35 through an NR905 to a Sammy...all hdmi connections. I currently have my A35 audio set to 2 channel but have the 905 in surround mode and l hear sound from all 5.1 speakers. Should I change this to 5.1 in the A35 as well and what's the difference between these 2 settings? TIA

If you have 5.1 speakers then you want to default the A35 to 5.1 in the audio set-up. The way you have it set-up your AVR is just guessing what needs to go to the rear speakers. You will have a much better surround field by letting the disc properly decode the way the sound engineers designed it.

I have been having the same issue. Most of the movies I own or rent will start hanging up in the last 2-10 minutes of the film. I spoke to Toshiba Customer Support and they actually asked me to send the unit back for repair. I still think it's a firmware issue personally. If you eject the disc and put it back in and cue up the scene will it play perfectly to the end?

Thanks DrLowbrow!

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We purchased the A35 despite some posts describing playback problems with less than perfect discs. We received Transformers from a rental place and the disc was badly scratched and had a few smudges from I'm assuming fingers. I purposely loaded the disc without cleaning and it played flawlessly. I did download, burned, and installed the latest firmware from Toshiba. By the way I tried to do the firmware update via the maintenance menu and it was unsuccessful. I just kept getting the disclaimer notices in a loop even after checking yes and OK.

I am only getting 5.1 surround sound using my HD-30 with a 6.1 setup. I have a high end Sony ES receiver but it is only HDMI 1.2 capable.

If I upgrade to the HD-35, will I get 6.1 over HDMI?

I get 6.1 with DVD, but not HD DVD.

Yes it does. That is really the strange thing. Even on the XA1 I had, if I rebooted the XA1 and recued the scene, it would not lock. That's why I don't think it's a disc only issue. The only HD-DVD I was able to play through flawlessly on the XA1 was Transformers. All other HD's lock up at some point and never the same point again.

I was able to play through Bourne Ultimatum on the new A35, so we will see how it goes. My extended family was up and I was showing off Bourne Ultimatum on the XA1. Everyone was ooh and ahh'ing until it locked up about a half hour into the movie. Oh well.

Hi ALL,

I'm considering getting the A35, and I would like to download the user manual before I buy it. I can't seem to find it on the Toshiba web site. Does anyone know if it can be downloaded and if so from where?

Thanks,
Gerry

Well I am considering buying this unit but I am very concerned about the problems with playing rental disks and the 1880p60 thing bugs me so I sent Toshiba an email asking if they were working on these issues.

This is there response.

Thanks for writing!
I apologize but all the known issues have been updated on our website at http://www.tacp.com I understand they may be some reviews on AVS forum and CNET but these are a very low percent of units that have these issues. If you do experience this issues and a firmware does not fix the problem your unit can be serviced and sent in for a repair.

For further assistance, please write back or call our Customer Solutions Department at 1-800-631-3811. They are available Mon-Fri, 8AM to 7PM Central time.

Bradley


Toshiba Customer Service


I just noticed the audio dropout issue with 1.3 AVR's on the FAQ. I didn't even ask about that. I am too stressed. What to do?

http://support.toshiba.ca/support/ceg/manuals/

http://support.toshiba.ca/support/ce...s&model=HD-A35

Can you verify the A35 video setup in the A35 menu?

Hi Steve,

Thanks!

Gerry

my brother got his a35 friday and it bombed! locked up durring 300 and wouldn't even play bourne. he did the firmware update and can't get it past the welcome screen.. back it goes to crutchfield.

Hi guys,

I just got my HD-A35 installed along with my Sony STR-DA4300ES. I am using HDMI to the reciever and HDMI from the reciever to my Samsung DLP.

When I a play a an HD-DVD that has a TrueHD soundtrack, it is not showing up on the reciever. For the life of me I can't seem to figure it out. I have gone through both manuals and thought I have it set up correctly...but I'm sure I am missing something.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul

I'm having a little problem with my HD-A35. Randomly the movie (brand new Bourne Ultimatium, not Netflix) skips a little and when it resumes the audio is out of sync by a lot, like 2 sec or so. However; when I resume the movie to the same location second time around, the movie plays fine at this spot. It is happening randomly.

I've read some people experiencing similar problem.

Anyone know whether there is a fix for this? any work around? Anyone heard any response from Toshiba?

What bothers me is that this is brand spanking movie with not even a smudge on it.

DO you have it set correctly in the setup menu to allow bitstreaming of the advanced codecs? It won't send it unless you set it correctly and it won't be set unless you go into the setup menu and change it yourself.

> did you select true hd from the dvd main menu?

>did you enable digital direct audio mode?

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