20 Most Recent Sony BDP-S350 Blu-Ray Player - Page 7 Questions & Answers

I tried all the fixes out on the net and called sony product support. They offerered to sell a different refurbished product for $150 plus shipping and handling. I WILL NEVER BUY A SONY AGAIN.

I tried all the fixes out on the net and called sony product support. They offerered to sell a different refurbished product for $150 plus shipping and handling. I WILL NEVER BUY A SONY AGAIN.

Hi.

You will need a OneforAll remote or a different programmable remote.

Here the region hack:

Full procedure for a oneforall remote is as follows:

1. Press DVD
2. Hold the magic button until the DVD button flashes twice.
3. Press 0533

4. Hold the magic button until it flashes twice.
5. Press 994
6. Press Magic Key (don't hold)
7. Press 00189 (if your oneforall remote uses 4 digit or 3 digit codes, use less leading zeros)
8. Press 1 ( this sets it to key 1 - it flashes twice )

9. Hold the magic button until it flashes twice.
10. Press 994
11. Press Magic Key (don't hold)
12. Press 00255
13. Press 2 ( this sets it to key 2 - it flashes twice )

14. Hold the magic button until it flashes twice.
15. Press 994
16. Press Magic Key (don't hold)
17. Press 00095
18. Press 3 ( this sets it to key 3 - it flashes twice )

19. Hold the magic button until it flashes twice.
20. Press 994
21. Press Magic Key (don't hold)
22. Press 00221
23. Press 4 ( this sets it to key 4 - it flashes twice )

24. Hold the magic button until it flashes twice.
25. Press 994
26. Press Magic Key (don't hold)
27. Press 00079
28. Press 5 ( this sets it to key 5 - it flashes twice )

The remote is now programmed and ready to use, to make the BDP-S350 region free:

1. Use the remote that came with the player to bring the player out of standby, make sure there isn't a disc in it.
2. Press 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on the oneforall remote. The 24p light will start flashing
3. Put the player back into standby with the Sony remote
4. Next time you turn on the player it will be region free for DVD playback.

Note: you may need to press leading zeros when programming the remote, depending on what oneforall you have.


From: Sony BDP-S350 region free

Also details on the remote you need and hack here.

One single HDMI cable will be enough, it will carry both the video and audio signals.

the lazer needs cleaning put a disc cleaner through it serveral times if still no good send it in for a pro clean

May I suggest that you troubleshoot the connection leads from your blu-ray player?

If you connect the video output from your BDP to an AV receiver and then from the AV receiver to the TV, may I suggest running directly from the BDP to the TV, in order to limit the # of devices that may be introducing fault into your system?

Now take a look at your cables from the BDP to the TV: If you are using an HDMI cable, unplug it and use component cables (the red/blue/green cable type) instead. Vice versa, if you have been using component cables, switch it to HDMI. One easy place for you to correct for missing RED display information, is if you had been using RGB cables and it turned out that the red part of the cabling had either been partially unplugged or damaged in someway. Switching over to HDMI cables is a quick way to check that the BDP is capable of making correct reds, but that they were getting lost on the transmission route.

Let me know if your cabling changes produce success or no change, and we can take it to the next step.

I hope that helps.

You will have to isolate if it is your DVD or TV. You MUST put your DVD on another TV, IF it is doing the same thing, then obviously, the DVD is Faulty. IF However the DVD proves to be OK, then, you may have an incompatibility between the two. Are you sure your setting are all suitable for the content played, has the content been professionally mastered, or is it a Copy, a home burn, as IF it isn't a Professional copy, and it doesn't do it on those ones then your problem is a bad copy and burn.. You DO need to check the disks out before suspecting the units. Also you must check to see if the TV, does that symptom when NOT connected to DVD. Check ALL connections between TV and DVD, use the best cables you can get, ensure all Earths are good.

Try a different disc. Still the problem persists, it may be from the optical pick up.

Sony releases new firmware for the bdp-s350 ever so often to let it play newer movies. The last one can be downloaded from here firmware. Be sure to contact Sony with any problems so they can work on it for the next firmware. They are pretty good about updates as long as we let them know of any problems we are having.

If you are continuing to have problems let me know by sending me a message in the comments and I will go from there. I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Take it easy and hope I helped.

You need the sheet that came with the remote. If the manufacturer's codes do not work with your ??, then you need a more modern remote. The codes must ALREADY be in the remote to be used. The code is part of the REMOTE.
http://www.tvcodes.com/ may have the code for you.

You need to call SONY if you havn't donw anyhting. Ifts under a year your good. It could be a problem with the new firmware but I would need some more info. Whats the exact message it gives?? If you look on yahoo just search it and you can get a brief subscription

What video cables are you using?

It sounds like you have you component video cables hooked up improperly. If you are using the Blue Green Red connectors for video make sure they match those on the TV. If you have the Yellow plugged into the green or vice versa you will get a black and white picture.

Let me know if this helps,

Cheers!

take it back?

no.. check the cables

There isn't a code that lets you use your Rogers remote control with a Sony Blu Ray player. Sorry.

Damn. No solution to this. I have the exact same problem described above. Not too impressed with this machine. Its the second repair needed in 14 months.

Your dvd player is having problem with the display board. Something has fried there that's stopping the buttons to function. Your only solution is to check with local tech store for repair and quote since ure not an expert in repairing it.

1. Mechanism issue
2. Mechanism control section failed

These are the 2 issues that your player is facing. Check local tech store for more info on how to fix this and make sure get a quote on how much it would cost to repair it.

Have you gone through your TV's menus? You may have to change screen resolution from within the TV's settings to get a full screen presentation.