Problems with Panasonic DMR-BS750

jaays · 17-11-2009, 10:51 AM

I have had a new Panasonic DMR-BS750 for a couple of weeks and whenever I play a blu ray disc for this first time the machine reboots itself about 2min into the disc. After the reboot it then plays fine until you change the disc! I've read a lot of reviews and none mention this issue, nor does anyone seem to have posted about it.
Yesterday Panasonic released firmware v1.1 which only listed fixing a time issue on it's list of bug fixes - however so far it also appears to have fixed the rebooting issue too! I'm posting this in case anyone else has this issue and wonder what to do.

sporty8 · 31-12-2009, 11:56 AM

Hi Jaays,

I do not have the problem you mentioned (Blu-Ray discs do not cause a re-boot when I was at V1.0, although I'm now at V1.1), but I do have other problems!

I wonder if there is a better place to post these issues, possibly where we will get more feedback?

Anyway, I have these:

When copying from the HDD to a DVD, I am unable to watch anything else on the device. I can not use either of the two Freesat tuners! I have to wait till the copy is complete (which can take ages) and only then can I watch a Freesat channel. This can't be correct can it?
When playing a DIVX movie from the USB port, it works only at normal speed and the first of the fast forward speeds. At faster fast forward speeds, I see the frames, but when I attempt to play from the new position, it pauses for a while and then very annoyingly goes back to the start of the movie. Can this be correct?
When watching Freesat, sometimes the picture disappears for a few seconds and then returns. This may be a satellite issue, but signal strength is very good. Not a big issue, just irritating.
When watching a DVD, occasionally the picture seems to break-up/flicker, but then returns to normal. I thought it was something on the disc, so stepped back and tried again but this time no problems. It does seem to be a random position where this happens. Not a big issue, just irritating.

Hopefully someone can advise on these, thanks.

Kitjunky · 01-01-2010, 6:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jaays

I have had a new Panasonic DMR-BS750 for a couple of weeks and whenever I play a blu ray disc for this first time the machine reboots itself about 2min into the disc. After the reboot it then plays fine until you change the disc! I've read a lot of reviews and none mention this issue, nor does anyone seem to have posted about it.
Yesterday Panasonic released firmware v1.1 which only listed fixing a time issue on it's list of bug fixes - however so far it also appears to have fixed the rebooting issue too! I'm posting this in case anyone else has this issue and wonder what to do.

I had a similar issue with my DMR-BS850, it would reboot at about 4mins into playing back recorded material on the HDD. I tried allsorts of things to try to resolve the issue including the 1.1 update to no avail. In the end I factory defaulted the unit. disconnected and reconnected ALL cables and from that point on all has been well (about 6weeks).

Hope this helps

Daz1969 · 08-02-2010, 8:20 PM

I've had absolutely no problems with my 750 since day one, I'm very pleased. Those having trouble with sat drop out are you using an old LNB?? I'm using a new freesat HD ready from eBay with 0.1db gain and it works perfectly, even during the heavy snow of recent weeks

mogwarn · 10-02-2010, 3:52 PM

i've only just purchased mine but was experiencing only one problem - the image drops out every now and again as does the sound, random but everything else seems ok. i guess this is hdmi dro-out rather than a fault with the machine but it is annoying when it happens cause a complete drop (not sound) can take a while to get the picture and audio back. i will buy a new expensive cable (hispeed, 24awg) and see if it gets any better. currently using a 10m mid range cable. needs to be this long though.

using scart looks awful!

mogwarn · 17-02-2010, 1:53 PM

just bought a new 2ghz 340mhz hi-speed cable 24 AWG and it seems to have fixed the problem so i'm well pleased now. the unit did a firmware upgarde the other day which completed ok.

thanks for everyones help

KB97 · 19-03-2010, 8:29 AM

Hi, Got the DMR-750 4 months ago, but after the 1.1 update started having reboot problems. It generally happens after I start playing a recored program, within a few minutes it re-boots itself. It seems to work either on retrying or retrying after it reboots a second time.
It has happened once while just watching tv.
Has anyone else found this happening or found what the problem might be?