OPPO BDP-83 Blu-ray player discussion thread (Part 2)

May want to post here instead.

 

I screwed something up and I'm not sure how to fix it. While fiddling around with the setup menu I must have inadvertently changed the video output to PAL which now leaves the screen blank. Ejecting the disc does nothing to the display and I can't seem to find a way to successfully reset back to NTSC.

Without having the screen to look at, the combination should be: "setup" to get the menu, one down to get "video setup", one right and three down to get "TV system", then one right and two up to get back to NTSC, no? That doesn't seem to have any effect, though. Is there a shortcut to reset?

 

Never mind - fixed it.

 

Anybody using the BDP-83 for audio only? No TV/monitor hooked up.

 

I use it for just audio.

 

How do you have it set up?

 

I just run out into my receiver from the Stereo Audio output.

 

And it's easy to navigate without a TV?

 

The only time I need to hook up a monitor is when I want to play digital songs from a USB memory stick. Otherwise I just insert a CD and press play like any other player.

 

Have you tried any Blu Ray Audio discs?

 

No I haven't. I'm probably not the typical user of this machine. It probably has many features I don't use. I bought it just as a quality, dependable, CD/SACD player. I seldom even use the remote control that came with it.

 

Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.

 

Do you use the remote to toggle from multi-channel to 2 channel for SACDs? I knew someone who had the same setup and didn't realize he was listening to SACDs in multi-channel mode through 2 speakers because he would just plop a disc in and press play. I don't think you can make this change without the remote.

 

Forgive me if I haven't read through all 1500+ entries on this thread looking for a similar inquiry, but I'm hoping someone may have a quick answer. My BDP-83 seems to have all of the sudden stopped being able to read DVD-Rs, although commercial discs work without a hitch. Could this be a "dirty laser lens" problem, or potentially something more substantial? If the former, are any of the commercial laser cleaners actually effective and non-damaging? I'd rather not dismantle the thing and start poking around to manually clean, nor would I prefer to send the machine back to Oppo unless necessary. Any help out there? Thanks kindly!

Aaron

 

New firmware available for both BDP-80 and BDP-83:

http://oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-80/bdp-80-firmware-26-1020.aspx

http://oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-83/bdp-83-firmware-60-1110.aspx

 

Thanks Sam!! Been a long time coming!

 

Sam, thanks for the heads up. Is there a change log of what is new? I went to Oppo's site but could not find any change history.

Also, do the newer firmwares disable the ability to play SACD-R? If yes, what was the last firmware the allows playback of SACD-R for the BDP-83?

 

Change log is in the Release notes section, no change to SACD-R:

1. Resolved a disc loading failure issue with the "X-Men: Days of Future Past (BD)" released by 20th Century Fox.Customers reported that after inserting the Blu-ray disc, the player would report "Wrong Disc" error and eject the disc. This is caused by the new "BD+" protocol (or Digital Rights Protection system) applied to this title which requires longer decryption time than the value allowed by the player. This firmware adjusted the decryption time and resolved this issue.

 

So, an upgrade to correct a problem with just one title?... Now that's impressive!...

 

I think that one title messed with many players. My Momitsu 799 went straight to a screen that said to update your firmware when I inserted it. I ended up playing it in my Oppo 103. There's no new firmware for the Momitsu.... I despise Fox.

 

Yep, basically. But it was a popular title that impacted a lot of owners. As a general rule, you should not expect any more firmware updates for the '80/83 players. Their decoder support has long since been stopped by MediaTek, so OPPO would be extremely limited in what they could do to correct any issues.