Sonys new Blu-ray player BDP-S350 - Page 23

Fatbloke · 25-06-2011, 13:20

My player has just announced there's a new version of the firmware out. v07.4.024 - BD-ROM bug fixes it seems.

http://support.sony-europe.com/tvhc/...=v5&m=BDP-S350

Oddly, that page appears to say that it's been out for a few months already.

SimonI · 24-07-2012, 17:22

In the last month or so my 350 has been suffering sound drop out (sound is out via optical - nothing else suffers this so it can't be the amp), randomly several times during an hour's play - just a brief drop out, sometimes with a click. Is this a known fault?

KRW · 24-07-2012, 19:29

Obvious, but try a different cable?

SimonI · 25-07-2012, 08:15

I did take a quick look for loose connections but because it's a major pain getting in behind the TV didn't go any further; I put in the last firmware update (mine was on xx.20 - the latest is xx.24). If that doesn't help I'll have to get in there and do some fiddling (ooh, err missus)...

Actually, I have the optical going into a joiner, so that's something to check - but my DVD player is the other device going in this way and it's fine.

SimonI · 13-09-2012, 09:10

OK, the firmware update made no difference, so I replaced the optical cable. This actually made it worse and I subsequently found the problem is the socket on the back of the player won't hold the cable tight enough, so it breaks the contact

Anyway, I disconnected that and used the electrical digital co-ax out instead and the sound is fine, so it must just be the socket that's faulty.

I had to remove the co-ax from my other Blu-ray player, and as my amp only has one electrical digital in I'll need to get a joiner so the two can share it (awww...) - hope it works!