Soniq blu Ray player a bit of help...

[thetechnique]

Hey guys I just bought a sonique player that can be made multiple region. I've ordered a few us locked disc and they work great on the machine. Just a few small problems.can anyone who has the machine answer a few small questions for me? When I turn it on it makes a weird noise almost like a scraping noise. Is this normal or is my machine faulty? Also when I load a disc I get a message saying checking buda then followed by buda playing but with error or something similar then the disc loads up fine. Has any one expieriencet this? I'd like to know so if I've got a faulty machine I can exchange it. Cheers for the help....

[Danny Victory]

Originally Posted by thetechnique

Just a few small problems.can anyone who has the machine answer a few small questions for me? When I turn it on it makes a weird noise almost like a scraping noise. Is this normal or is my machine faulty?

That's normal as it happens on mine too. (Ask atexp80 if it does on his unit to confirm)

Originally Posted by thetechnique

Also when I load a disc I get a message saying checking buda then followed by buda playing but with error or something similar then the disc loads up fine. Has any one expieriencet this?

Originally Posted by atexp80

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What's this BUDA error message I see?

If don't have the player connected to the internet the player will display and error message advising that playback errors may occur. It doesn't affect playback, it simply indicates that it won't be able to play the BD-Live components of the disc. Unfortunately taking action like disabling or prohibiting an internet connection will not remove the message, it's replaced with one of a different type. A minor annoyance but the player will function without error.

[Black13teen]

Mine works just fine. My old Samsung makes noises like that too. Does anyone have a player thats silent? I must get one of them now LOL

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by thetechnique

When I turn it on it makes a weird noise almost like a scraping noise. Is this normal or is my machine faulty?

Yes, mine makes that noise also at start-up. It's apparently common and no cause for concern.

Danny's already listed a response I put in an FAQ post in the Soniq thread in the Blu-ray Player section of the forum, but if you have further questions or information you may be able to find what you're looking for or discuss in further detail here: Soniq QPB302B - region-free capable player

By the way, whatever you do - DON"T UPDATE THE FIRMWARE! It removes the region free ability.

[thetechnique]

Cheers for the help guus. Yeah it is a bit of a nasty sound when you turn it on. Otherwise it's running great watched the evil dead us disc and return of the living dead and no problems at all.

[thetechnique]

Got a couple of other quick questions. Do I set it to pal NTSC or multi? and what produces a better image rgb or the yc option? I have a Sony Bravia 1080p 200hz tv. Cheers

[lucretia]

my only problem with this is having to wave my hand around to get the remote to work

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by thetechnique

Got a couple of other quick questions. Do I set it to pal NTSC or multi? and what produces a better image rgb or the yc option? I have a Sony Bravia 1080p 200hz tv. Cheers

Mine is set to multi as Aussie TVs are capable of displaying both PAL/NTSC content and therefore it's not an issue. Can't recall the colour settings off the top of my head but I believe they were RGB and 8-bit?...

[thetechnique]

Originally Posted by atexp80

Mine is set to multi as Aussie TVs are capable of displaying both PAL/NTSC content and therefore it's not an issue. Can't recall the colour settings off the top of my head but I believe they were RGB and 8-bit?...

ThereS 2 settings rgb, and one that says something like ycrbc or something similar.(sorry not at home to check) I've heard the second option is better in general for any equiptment with the setting. Just curious to find out

[manicsounds]

checking....

[thetechnique]

YCbCr is the digital counterpart to analog YPbPr component video. (YCbCr converted to analog is YPbPr). Digital RGB converted to analog is usually referred to as VGA.

SD and HD DVDs are encoded in 8bit YCbCr 4:2:0. After/during decoding it's upsampled to YCbCr 4:2:2. If RGB output is required the YCbCr is upsampled again to 4:4:4 (sometimes done only once 4:2:0 -> 4:4:4) and a standard and simple transform converts to RGB 4:4:4. If done properly, you'll never notice the difference between the two. The advantage of YCbCr 4:2:2 is that it can be sent as 10bit (or 12bit) video via HDMI (all versions). RGB 4:4:4 is restricted to 8bit (except for the new deep color formats). However, if your display takes 8bit video and then upsamples to 10bit or higher for display, you may only need 8bit video. RGB is also the only format used with DVI (with a few exceptions).

Seems ycbcr is The best setting. A few websites stated this. Answered my own question lol