Problem loading new Blu-ray movies

[QuiqueJ]

I have a Sony BCP S-301 player. This week I tried to play the movies Batman
begins and Nyms island, but the player keep on trying to load the movies unsucessfully. I tried older movies and they loaded perfectly. I went to Sears and a salesman employee told me that I need to download an update for the player. The problem is, assuming that is correct, where can I find the file needed and what is the procedurefor installing it in the player? Have anyone else enconter this problem, any help will be mostly aprecciated, thanks, Jose E.

[Kaldaim]

Not trying to burst your blu-ray bubble but the BDP-S301 is one of the worst players currently on the market. If you can return it I strongly recommend you do.

That being said, your manual should give you instructions about updating. The most common way is by downloading the firmware update and burning the image to a CD. Then just pop the CD into the unit and it should update the firmware.

Good luck mate

[kaliraver]

Originally Posted by QuiqueJ

I have a Sony BCP S-301 player. This week I tried to play the movies Batman
begins and Nyms island, but the player keep on trying to load the movies unsucessfully. I tried older movies and they loaded perfectly. I went to Sears and a salesman employee told me that I need to download an update for the player. The problem is, assuming that is correct, where can I find the file needed and what is the procedurefor installing it in the player? Have anyone else enconter this problem, any help will be mostly aprecciated, thanks, Jose E.

Welcome to bluray.com, if you want to read about the Sony S300/301 check this thread out https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=10092 it should help you with a lot of questions that you have. If you want the link where to download the latest firmware here you go, http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...pl?mdl=BDPS301 Also you can order the disc directly from Sony

If you do not have a CD burner in your computer, Sony will provide a free disc with the firmware update. Click here to order the firmware update.
NOTE: If you have questions or require assistance, please contact our customer call center at 866-909-7669.

Finally on this page you will find all the instructions you need if you have a Windows XP based machine http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...d=3591&os_id=7 Good luck man with your new player. I would recommend the Sony-S350 at this point since it is a much faster player and it is a bonus view player (profile 1.1) and is future upgradeable to (profile 2.0 with a external flash drive).

[QuiqueJ]

Thanks a lot pal, will try to look at the manual 1rs, the player is more than a year old.

[QuiqueJ]

Thanks a lot, I will surely buy the 350 and intend to use the 301 as a 2nd player, that urls you sent me will be undeniably a lot of help. thanks a lot again.

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by QuiqueJ

Thanks a lot, I will surely buy the 350 and intend to use the 301 as a 2nd player, that urls you sent me will be undeniably a lot of help. thanks a lot again.

Did you try to update the FW, that alone could fix all you,re problems, for free

[Clark Kent]

Because Blu-ray is such a new technology, updating your player's firmware is crucial to play the latest movies.

[JadedRaverLA]

As others have said, you really just need a firmware update: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...pl?mdl=BDPS300

and all will be well. You won't be able to use the BonusView features on Batman Begins, etc, but your playback issues should be taken care of.

[QuiqueJ]

Thanks to all, after all I decided to request the firmware through Sony because my CD burner only produced data CD's that couldn't be run on the 301.

[jw]

the bdp-s350 is awesome, It updates via ethernet cable and you can use external flash drive for extra memory

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

Because Blu-ray is such a new technology, updating your player's firmware is crucial to play the latest movies.

tell me about it i had to go to bestbuy to ask samsung to send me firmware cd which i just recieved today

looking forward to seeing if it will play certain movies

[fredreed]

All you you really needed to do to download the latest update was go to http://www.sony.com and download the latest firmware and follow the instructions that are given. If the player is more then a year old then you most likely will not be able to return it but you will also not be able to get any technical help from Sony If this was to be a hardware problem.