Originally Posted by JimK
Albireo, you might be able to get some info from Oppo's customer service about your unit. If you have the serial number, you can use the service email address on the Oppo web site and they can tell you if it's come back to them and if it's been repaired.

Could you describe what happened regarding firmware? Some here have upgraded the firmware without problems. I'm reluctant to try it given your experience.

Hope Gary does deliver a working model to you and refunds your extra shipping costs as well. Good luck from JimK

Hi Jim,

Your recommendation is much-appreciated. I think I may have taken a couple pictures of the unit prior to mailing it back to Gary, but otherwise I unfortunately wouldn't have the serial number handy. Does Oppo really do service on modded equipment without the modder's direct participation?

I don't know how many people have gotten the BDP-83 RS232 serial version with Digital Transport Meridian Ed mods, but I'm fairly certain I was one of the first if not the first. Immediately upon receipt of the player I could not get any video to output through the HDMI port. I could still use the composite jacks to view movies, change settings, etc, and so was able for a short time to enjoy high-res audio from the 4xS/PDIF jacks. Thinking that the problem was the firmware-related, I tried upgrading the firmware from the Oppo site, but it never seemed to complete. The last time I tried, the BDP-83 simply went dead: red power button and totally unresponsive. I had to laugh because I'm pretty techie but had until then never bricked a piece of equipment using firmware. Guess there's always a first time.

Gary's reply on this thread seemed to indicate that it was a firmware bug on Oppo's part, which I assume was related to the RS232 port. But beyond that I'm afraid I can't shed more light on the issue, as Gary seems to have gone AWOL.

Did Gary refund your shipping costs while debugging the clipping issues? Yours must have traveled quite some distance by now!

Best,
KJ

Last edited by Albireo; 2009-08-31 18:21.