Sony BDPS350 BluRay Will Not Play Any Discs

[@plan7a]

The first Philips DVD Recorder I had (years back) allowed a code to be input via the remote (which had been published in a magazine) which unlocked the ability to skip all logos and promos of DVDs (as well as making it multi-region). Just inserting the disc, pressing one button and getting straight to the main DVD menu was something so useful (and unique after coming from the days of VHS tapes where it wasn't possible to skip these so easily - especially rental ones which sometimes had up to half an hour of promos, etc); I've not had a player or recorder with this ability since, sadly. I can't even remember which model it was now either.

[@JimRobinson-j1b]

Another way to skip to menu was stop stop play worked on alot of DVD players I had.

[@radio-ged4626]

That's a great tip to try if my Sony Blu-Ray player stops reading discs (I hope I remember to mark my starting point). So far it's been flawless after 9 years of use.

[@colingarner6175]

You work in such chaos I imagine half the screws get lost !

[@12voltvids]

Actually none get lost. If you haven't noticed they all go in a specific pile or on the table next to me.

[@enginecrzy]

Exelent score & fantastic fix, units a beastie!

[@plan7a]

Additional Comment: Some players (not just Sony) have a special service menu which can be accessed to higher or lower the tray (or spindle) a little; thus allowing you to try to resolve an issue without the disassembly. It also allows the player to have age ranges set - via parental controls, and more. These are not applicable to every player, however, but I just thought I'd share this for those who didn't know. (The codes or methods to access these service menus can be found via Internet searches). Hope this helps someone down the line.👍

[@evcass69]

My s550 has a svc menu but no mechanical options. It says LDTime for BDs as 532, DVDs 248, and audio 44. That seems low for 15yrs.

[@12voltvids]

Service menu just had diag codes and lets you factory reset ect.

[@instantwow]

Another great video! Back in the early 2000s I had a Sony 300 disc DVD carousel changer that stopped playing DVDs. Its long gone now, but I have to wonder if it just needed an adjustment like this or there was some other fault?

[@soluzaroi]

Per this channel I fixed my 300CD carousel machine with new belts because it barely rotated and under heavier load of cds it wouldnt move. My Laser Disc Player and walkmans however probably need these adjustments my best guess too!

[@AvidRetro]

I have the BDPS360 model player from new. I like the extra outputs you don't tend to see on newer compact players. In the UK it came bundled with several blu-ray discs as well, I think I bought it from Blockbuster before they closed down.

[@markrowe8824]

brought mine from Richer Sounds, came with some discs but also region free so I could play my USA dvds. 🤔🤔

[@markmarkofkane8167]

The only Blu-ray Sony player I have is very compact. Interesting to see a regular sized one being repaired.

[@12voltvids]

My new one is tiny

[@markrowe8824]

I have the S360 model brought from new, has no issues playing current Blu-ray's even though it has only received one firmware update since I got it, also does a nice job of upscaling regular dvds to 1080p resolution. 🤔🤔

[@rich_edwards79]

I found an S300 on the kerb and got it playing CDs and the menus / intros of DVD and Blu-ray discs. However because i didnt have the remote (and for some reason Sony use a 5-digit code rather than the 4-digit ones that my trusty One for All universal remote spits out) i wasnt able to test it further. I didnt need another Blu-ray deck so i put it on a local free group. Wish people would leave the remotes when they put things on the kerb, as a lot of modern electronics are unusable without them.

[@swiftsilver]

That amazon story was priceless!!

[@Dark-comet77]

Mine keeps giving me an unknown disk error when there is no disk inserted. I was playing a music CD and out of nowhere, it just stopped and gave me that message. And still does even with no disk inside.

[@ellwood2547]

I own 2 BDP-S350 players. One I purchased new and the 2nd was a thrift store purchase. Both still play pressed audio and CD-r discs.

[@12voltvids]

Yes i have another one that plays cd fine. But this one refuses and I don't care as I will never play a cd on it anyway.

[@VHSGUY_ANALOGCOMPANY]

Do you take VCR repair requests, I have a PV-1200 with a dirty or destroyed head, tons of popped , caps and a messed up record system that might be because of the caps, do you take requests and if you do what’s your price?

[@12voltvids]

Pv1200 is not worth fixing. I wouldn't attempt one for less than 500.

[@masoudmontazery907]

Good luck sir 🎉

[@Barbarapape]

These older BluRay players were excellent in their day as most only had Hdmi sockets the better Sony ones had all the outputs you need. I have a BDPS550 and 760 both despite their age are better than the modern tiny ones. They will once setup correctly play discs that some more recent 4K players refuse to play.

[@12voltvids]

Yes having analog output is helpful for legacy equipment

[@TheTimelinePodcast]

I remember the days of VHS and macrovision

[@wernerhausmann3200]

Hello, I noticed your watch by the way, would you mind telling me what kind of Casio it is? Good videos 👍

[@12voltvids]

It's rare. Probably the rarest of all the casios. I have had it about 20 years. Solar powered auto time set by radio from wwvb in coldarado.

[@victorcoss2600]

Good stuff, shame audio CDs wouldn't work. I assume you have to keep adjusting to fix that too? I have an older Sony blu-ray player myself, it plays DVDs and Blu-rays just fine, however now it no longer outputs any audio. I've messed with the settings to no avail.

[@12voltvids]

Too much time wasted on this. 2 days to get it to here.

[@lawrencecavens5760]

Here's something I just thought of - The start sequence of reading the disk - Doesn't the disk have to be spinning first in order to be read?? Like I thought after you close the tray - the unit should start the disk spin then read the disk . it just seems like there might be an issue in sequence of instruction that the player is not running properly ??

[@richardh100]

good machine agent 99😊 thanks again

[@evcass69]

Ooh, I've got a s550 with a similar problem, I hope it's a similar fix.

[@akmalfiroz6732]

My dvd player is only playing VCDs and Audio CDs just fine but skipping and sometimes refuses to play DVD.I cleaned the lens but that won't show any good results

[@12voltvids]

Likely the spindle motor is worn. Especially if you run disks with labels stuck on them. The cd stomper and paper labels was the fastest way to ruin a DVD drive

[@akmalfiroz6732]

@@12voltvids Thanks for your reply I will check the spindle motor should I change it

[@akmalfiroz6732]

What is the use of two potentiometers under the laser lens

[@BoB4jjjjs]

Nice one Dave. 😎 👍

[@maicod]

Is AVC-HD so good in compressing that it does not need more space than a regular DVD (as the red laser can't read the tinier bumps and lands a blue laser can)?

[@12voltvids]

Avchd is good. Its h.264 like mp4. Bluray disks can also use avchd. The bit rate however is lower only 17mbits max. It will do 1920x1080i not p.

[@maicod]

@@12voltvids OK thanks

[@Dis_Dude_Ben]

Question, does that have Wi-Fi?

[@12voltvids]

No

[@Dis_Dude_Ben]

@@12voltvids Alr.

[@randymoyer5351]

Only lan, i found one these in our dumpster, nothing wrong with it, but no Wi-Fi, but i have many other sony players, Blurays that have WiFi, i put alot of stuff on them, and some i put movies on the machine as well.all sony, and then 2 regular magnavoxes as well i picked up with a box of movies, i think people get rid of them here as like me they stream, but here i watch all forms of media. i got big collection both dvds and cds to play.

[@grantbrownson2751]

My blu-ray player has the same drive, though I think the blue laser has come out of focus as it only plays dvds, so I’m trying to figure out how to get it adjusted

[@12voltvids]

Probably not adjustable.

[@worroSfOretsevraH]

How can infrared mode see blue laser?

[@12voltvids]

Night shot isn't really infrared. It simply removes the infrared cut filter. The image sensor can then see the full spectrum from near infrared through to uv. Normally the ir cut filter is on to block ir spectrum. I have an ir pass filter. If I put that on then the only light that would pass is ir light. All visible would be blocked.

[@drfix2020]

Just found the same unit at a garage sale brand new in the box for $3.00 Debating reselling vs keeping it🤔

[@CT-vm4gf]

Back when players had displays on the front.

[@manueldi_77]

DVDshrink was my "best friend" back then 😜

[@12voltvids]

Lol, I think I still have it on my old computer.

[@randymoyer5351]

I have DVD shrink and another program on disk to burn DVDs too, but will not work on any os higher than win-7 it was originally for win XP , but will run on 7 as well i used it many times to rip dvds as well then make fit on 4 gig disk as well as cd video .i have DVD Decrypter as well, that removes somethings from dvd to allow drives to record them as well, that and DVD shrink works well together.

[@12voltvids]

@@randymoyer5351 that's one of the reasons I keep old computers. I don't use anything higher then win7 and no I am not at all concerned about virus as those machines are not online. Something about DRM that pisses me off.

[@John-we7jx]

@@12voltvidswin7 is a great OS - very stable and none of those annoying poop ups we’re plagued with nowadays. The DRM mantra that every illicit copy was a lost sale is clearly BS - I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who’d often hear ripped track and then would go and buy the real deal, for the rest of the album and nice cover art and case.

[@randymoyer5351]

@@12voltvids I use win-7 online no issues though Browserss always say they don't support it, yet still run just fine. My favorite os though was windows 98, And Win. 95, i have alot of good games for them OS here, and A old Slot 1 PC that still runs 98, its just for Games, its had no issues, an old Gateway 2000, Never an issue with that yet, never been online with it either.i keep almost anything old including crt tvs used to check vcrs and older DVD players.

[@v5e762]

Tapping the player very fast for about 30 seconds while the disc loads works for me lots of times!

[@concretekye]

i was wondering if you could fix one of my cameras it’s a Sony CCD-TRV138 it might be a simple fix but i don’t know how to do it please get back to me

[@12voltvids]

Wouldn't know without seeing it.

[@concretekye]

@@12voltvids how can i contact you

[@zx8401ztv]

Well done, a useful player again :-D

[@12voltvids]

It will replace an identical unit i was running mt test disk on as it broke. It will be looked at next week.

[@donbest5024]

Just like Adjusting the carburetor on a old lawnmower.

[@raymondleggs5508]

And the disc tray got low low low low low low... 🎵🎶

[@tall_dude1233]

I have one of those... it is very picky with discs, it won't play discs burned from a computer (DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW). Also takes a long time to turn on. My PS4 and XBOX ONE work better as BluRay players anyways.

[@12voltvids]

This one plays them fine now. Including dvd+rw/dl and bdr

[@tall_dude1233]

Interesting. Possibly mine might be an older model than yours. @@12voltvids

[@nathanmoak1515]

i bought a blu-ray player from walmart for $66. with a remote. i am too old to fix junk, so i buy new junk.

[@ThejasonJaw5442]

Big failure was all thw disk formates - there shoukd have been one formate - even DVD+R DVD-rmRw i use Sirius XM

[@12voltvids]

Well the format wars was due to disagreements companies. Cd-r/rw, DVD-r/rw /ra.m and BDR/RE. Those were the official disk standards for recordable disks. The + camp and hddvd were attempts by other companies that didn't want to pay royalties for the license to use the official standard. Sony and philips developed cd, Sony/ panasonic dvd-r/rw/ram, Sony bluray. Philips/ toshiba dvd+ and hddvd.

[@jasejj]

The last gasp of proper Japanese engineering in consumer electronics, pretty much.

[@richardsmith2721]

I think you secretly care that it won't play audio cd's. It's not because you want to play them. It's because the player isn't fully functional.

[@12voltvids]

Nope don't care about audio cd. Not wasting any more time on this one.

[@mrnmrn1]

I almost always watch YT with headphones, and the servo-chattering of that DVD player on the wall drives me nuts ever since you put it there. I have a much newer Sony BluRay, an early smart one with KZbin, Netflix and stuff (no WiFi, only LAN), I bought it second hand for peanuts ($15-25) when it was I think four years old. Even back then they already disabled all the smart functions in it by not providing updates... Nothing special, just Sony being Sony... Doesn't matter, I bought it only to play BDs and DVDs, and it's fine for that.

[@12voltvids]

The DVD on the wall is hardly ever on. Its probably the crt that displays the time. The DVD is generally only on if I am using it as a source.

[@12voltvids]

I have s cheap Sony bd too and Netflix still works on it. I fact that what I usually use it for. I have an older one too but the warning comes up that Netflix is ending on that one this month. I like the new one because when listening to music either off usb or a disk (it plays mp3 from cd, DVD and bd disc) it has random playback where the older one just played in order the tracks recorded. New one is so much better. Use it almost every day to listen to music.