Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Kev D]

Has anyone used the external subtitle option (RattleByte mod) on the UB9000 with TV shows on BD? It works perfectly fine for movies with the sub.srt file in a folder sub but I also have a couple of foreign TV shows on BD without English subtitles & was wondering how this would work with loading external subs...

I assume you just replace the sub.srt file for each episode you want to watch unless there's a workaround?

[ronand]

Thats how externals subs for BD work - sub.srt in the sub folder. There is no workaround for the file names.

[Muyfa666]

Wait, what? Is it possible to use external subs for physical discs???

EDIT: Read up a bit, tried - didn't work. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by KitsVanRC

Thanks for the reply. What do you mean the “cover”? Do you mean the metal housing cover?

As far as I’ve read from this forum, it’s just multi-region blu-ray disks that are impacted because 4K discs are all region-free. If that’s the case, then I might save the $400 since I will mostly watch 4K discs on this player.

Yes, the metal housing. Generally a small circuitboard is wired to different parts of the player's mainboard.

99.99% of 4K discs are region free, but a few are out of spec and have Blu-ray region coding added, most are US releases with a couple from Germany if I remember.

[ronand]

Originally Posted by Muyfa666

Wait, what? Is it possible to use external subs for physical discs???

EDIT: Read up a bit, tried - didn't work. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

It only works on region free modded players - works fine on my 820. Rename any srt file as sub.srt and put it a folder called SUB on a USB stick. When you go to the subtitle options (the player menu not the disc menu) the external subs should be available. It may be depend on the encoding of the srt file itself whether it works or not.

[Muyfa666]

Originally Posted by ronand

It only works on region free modded players - works fine on my 820. Rename any srt file as sub.srt and put it a folder called SUB on a USB stick. When you go to the subtitle options (the player menu not the disc menu) the external subs should be available. It may be depend on the encoding of the srt file itself whether it works or not.

My 9000 is modded, but I couldn't get it to work anyway.

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by fedeb

from where did you got this image?
I donnt understand it.
this means that version 1.76 for 820 now it can do external subtitles no need of custom firmware?

Avsforums, won't link directly but you should easily be able to find the thread. You need a custom firmware to enable tease features, they've always been part of the player but were simply disabled by software.

[fedeb]

Originally Posted by Hedrox

Avsforums, won't link directly but you should easily be able to find the thread. You need a custom firmware to enable tease features, they've always been part of the player but were simply disabled by software.

thanks

and you know if possible to add external subs with a custom firmware but not only blu-ray but also DVD? I have old tv shows with no subs but they are DVD.
since they are not released on blu-ray I don't have other way.

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by fedeb

thanks

and you know if possible to add external subs with a custom firmware but not only blu-ray but also DVD? I have old tv shows with no subs but they are DVD.
since they are not released on blu-ray I don't have other way.

External subtitles only work on BDs and 4Ks.

[Bcosta]

Finally fixed Halloween, Halloween 2, and 3, and ghost in the shell. Thank you Panny!!!!

[Nocheduro]

Originally Posted by mdhaus

Are you sure it’s not a bad set of batteries? You could also try pulling the batteries out and letting the remote sit without them for a moment or two. Then put them back in and see if that clears it up.

I pulled the batteries and left it sit for a few hours, put them back in and it works. Not sure what the problem was.

[Snikt]

Originally Posted by thebarnman

That's good news.

Now I'm going to suggest just hooking it up to the TV (Audio & Video) and not to your receiver ONLY to test and see if it still has issues that way. If not...AND IF your TV has a eARC connection to then send the audio to the receiver via the eARC connection and then test it out again.

I don't know what TV you have, but it probably has ARC or eARC.

Tried this as well. Player still froze up. It’s pissing me off now. Big time!

[Oniiz86]

Originally Posted by Bcosta

Finally fixed Halloween, Halloween 2, and 3, and ghost in the shell. Thank you Panny!!!!

That's great news for the Halloween discs from Shout Factory being fixed, it's just a shame that it hasn't fixed Kino Lorber's Hard Target release, I believe Ghost in the Shell 1995 was fixed in the previous v1.69 firmware released back in September 2021.

[Bcosta]

Originally Posted by Oniiz86

That's great news for the Halloween discs from Shout Factory being fixed, it's just a shame that it hasn't fixed Kino Lorber's Hard Target release, I believe Ghost in the Shell 1995 was fixed in the previous v1.69 firmware released back in September 2021.

Did you get the replacement disc?

[Oniiz86]

Originally Posted by Ben_C

My first thought was whether the KL Hard Target DV flicker might have been eliminated with the firmware update, but it looks like it’s still present

Originally Posted by Bcosta

Did you get the replacement disc?

I don't have the disc myself, I believe Kino's "Corrected Audio" disc from February 2022 only corrected the DTS-HD MA 5.1 track's "Channels Swapped" issue but unfortunately Kino didn't rectify the DTS-HD MA 2.0 track which still suffers from some weird "phasey" artifact like effect, the Dolby Vision flickering is purely a Panasonic UB820/UB9000 player problem but it was confirmed by another owner noted above that it is still affected.

[thebarnman]

Originally Posted by Snikt

Tried this as well. Player still froze up. It’s pissing me off now. Big time!

OK. I think it's time to pour Java into your player. If that doesn't kill it, maybe try some Barq's, I think that has more of a kick.

[RevolverOcelScott]

So I bought my 820 in January and have had issues with the door not opening etc. Well now the tray won't close. Tried giving it a gentle push, and it will not budge. The device will power on and off, and the tray stays full ejected.

Anyone have any experience with this before?

I'm thinking of opening it up tonight and seeing if something is jammed. I really don't want to have to purchase a 425 dollar player again within 9 months.

[Yogi6807]

Originally Posted by RevolverOcelScott

So I bought my 820 in January and have had issues with the door not opening etc. Well now the tray won't close. Tried giving it a gentle push, and it will not budge. The device will power on and off, and the tray stays full ejected.

Anyone have any experience with this before?

I'm thinking of opening it up tonight and seeing if something is jammed. I really don't want to have to purchase a 425 dollar player again within 9 months.

Isn’t it under warranty? You should have taken it back and got another one. Since you didn’t send it in for repair.

[RevolverOcelScott]

Originally Posted by Yogi6807

Isn’t it under warranty? You should have taken it back and got another one. Since you didn’t send it in for repair.

I got it from Amazon, so the return period is far past, as the issues arose a couple months ago. As for warranty, I hear it's 90 days and after that you have to pay for shipping, repairs, and shipping. I have contacted them, but I also don't wanna be without my player for multiple weeks unfortunately.

[erytho]

if tray its open you should reset to factory preset 1st
(for tray its 6FTO command but will be better to do 8FIN it this case)
check your manual for 8FIN command