Intermittent Screen Blackout

[Vortical]

Bad news guys

The problem has returned.

I'm using 1.3.168 and have no problems with any divx avi or xvid.
The only problem I have is that not all mkv's I want to play play where there is no audio on some but I knew that before I bouight it.

It also can't play videos recorded from my capture cards in avi(non divx/xvid). Think my next player will have to be one of those intel atom ones which do play my videos from my capture card. The capture card is a pinnacle via the dv firewire.

I never said the problem affected everyone

It may only be divx's/xvid's created in a particular way.
Don't ask me how or why, all I know is it happens and I'm not the only one.

[Admin]

Bad news guys

The problem has returned.

I'm using 1.3.168 and have no problems with any divx avi or xvid.
The only problem I have is that not all mkv's I want to play play where there is no audio on some but I knew that before I bouight it.

It also can't play videos recorded from my capture cards in avi(non divx/xvid). Think my next player will have to be one of those intel atom ones which do play my videos from my capture card. The capture card is a pinnacle via the dv firewire.

I never said the problem affected everyone

It may only be divx's/xvid's created in a particular way.
Don't ask me how or why, all I know is it happens and I'm not the only one.

Tried it on my second Dvico 6500a and the blacking out happened on loading the Dvico. Was able to get it back but what a pain that was.
If it happens to anyone else I have set what I did to get it back at:
http://dvicosupport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=103

Meanwhile my first Dvico 6500a (this was the one with the brightness bug, audio bug) has started to play up again. Light snow appears on the screen with audio cutting in and out every few seconds. Do not know why its started to play up now of all times to play up. Was working fine last night. Noticed the end lights on the Dvico 6500a panel are diming as well. Hope its not a power supply problem.

Firmware 1.3.110 worked well for so long. Will have to try the next firmware version up and cross my fingers that it fixes it for a while longer and hope that I get no blacking out which would drive me up the wall.

Ended up installing 1.3.148 then played a video, no audio, tried an MP3 file but no audio. Gave a factory reset a go and have audio and picture working. Just hope I don't get the blacking out problem which some are getting with these later firmware versions.

[Vortical]

There may be a temporary solution until Dvico fix the problem.
See post by assistento
http://www.mpcclub.com/modules.php?name ... 962#169962

I've yet to try it as I haven't had time but it's worth a shot.

[Admin]

There may be a temporary solution until Dvico fix the problem.
See post by assistento
http://www.mpcclub.com/modules.php?name ... 962#169962

I've yet to try it as I haven't had time but it's worth a shot.

They set theirs on 720p. That Auto thing never seems to work as it should on my Samsung LCD TV. I've always set it to 1080p. My other Dvico is on an old style tube TV so set to the lowest setting. But this one does not like higher firmware versions although I've not tried 1.3.148 on it as I have it working fairly well.

Must say on 1.3.148 fast forward and fast rewind work instantly and as soon as I press play it plays where before it would skip back a fair few frames when I pressed play and at times when I pressed rewind it would go fast forward for a bit then rewind then jump forward and then jump back where now it works as its suppose to work.

Just hope that this firmware lasts a fair while. Every update now and I have to do a factory reset otherwise it doesn't work to well. I did try a factory reset before I updated just in the off chance it would correct what ever went wrong.

So many bugs with these. Just when you think its going well something happens to make you think why did I buy it. Now going better than ever before but just hope nothing sends it backwards again.

Firmware 1.3.110 worked so well for months. The longest period of it working so well with no audio faults and then that happened.

[Adam]

There may be a temporary solution until Dvico fix the problem.
See post by assistento
http://www.mpcclub.com/modules.php?name ... 962#169962

Firmware 1.3.110 worked so well for months. The longest period of it working so well with no audio faults and then that happened.

Hi there folks. The dvico 6500 i use has 1.3.74
Tempted to try that .148 version because my one on fast rewind skips ahead before it starts to rewind. If it fixes that I may give it a go.

Will you be sellng the 6600 ?
I would like a player to play from youtube and from other sites.
Should I go 6600 or asrock or is there something else?
What about netgear 9150 ?

[Admin]

There may be a temporary solution until Dvico fix the problem.
See post by assistento
http://www.mpcclub.com/modules.php?name ... 962#169962

Firmware 1.3.110 worked so well for months. The longest period of it working so well with no audio faults and then that happened.

Hi there folks. The dvico 6500 i use has 1.3.74
Tempted to try that .148 version because my one on fast rewind skips ahead before it starts to rewind. If it fixes that I may give it a go.

Will you be sellng the 6600 ?
I would like a player to play from youtube and from other sites.
Should I go 6600 or asrock or is there something else?
What about netgear 9150 ?

Firmware 1.3.148 so far so good. Follow the instructions at:
http://dvicosupport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=103

As for the Dvico 6600, I've decided not to sell them or even buy one for myself. The reason is fairly simple. Far to many firmware related problems all the way along. Once is enough. There have been times when it has worked for a few months without the need to update the firmware. I rather not go through all that again.

The Netgear EVA9150 are available but the price tag is way to high for a Sigma SMP8635 player.

I've decided to go for the ASRock ION330 with a 320Gb WD 7200rpm hdd and 4Gb Kingston RAM. I'll not place a slow drive that is only 5400rpm in any of my PC's. I thought about the ASRock ION330-BD version but have no need for a Blu-Ray drive for the ASRock or anything else. DVD will do me nicely. By the time I need a BD drive they'll be a lot chepaer than what they are now.

WD has a 750Gb and 1Tb 2.5" drives on the way which are the size used in the ASRock. Plan to try the WD 1Tb 2.5" drive due out later this year.

I plan to install XBMC on WinXP Pro. When ever Win7 comes out I'll move up to that.

The boot time on the ASRock using Instant Boot with Win7 installed is a very impressive 4 seconds which will appeal to many.

XBMC plays FLV(Flash Video) along with many other types of videos.
Win7 though has its own playing software and there are some add on programs which look so much nicer on Win7 than using XBMC.

[Amanda]

There may be a temporary solution until Dvico fix the problem.
See post by assistento
http://www.mpcclub.com/modules.php?name ... 962#169962

I plan to install XBMC on WinXP Pro. When ever Win7 comes out I'll move up to that.

The boot time on the ASRock using Instant Boot with Win7 installed is a very impressive 4 seconds which will appeal to many.

XBMC plays FLV(Flash Video) along with many other types of videos.
Win7 though has its own playing software and there are some add on programs which look so much nicer on Win7 than using XBMC.

Sounds to good to bu true.
Will you be doing your own review on these asrock players ?

The family are pesting me to buy one.
Think we'll go for the ion330 with a 500gb hard drive.
Will email you later.

[Amanda]

Bad news guys

The problem has returned.

I'm using 1.3.168 and have no problems with any divx avi or xvid.
The only problem I have is that not all mkv's I want to play play where there is no audio on some but I knew that before I bouight it.

It also can't play videos recorded from my capture cards in avi(non divx/xvid). Think my next player will have to be one of those intel atom ones which do play my videos from my capture card. The capture card is a pinnacle via the dv firewire.

I never said the problem affected everyone

It may only be divx's/xvid's created in a particular way.
Don't ask me how or why, all I know is it happens and I'm not the only one.

We tried 1.3.168 on our dvico and had those problems that you've experienced. Went back to the earlier firmware and working again. May give 1.3.148 a go like col/admin has done. Am looking forward to the ion330 and no more fuss on firmware like on the 6500.

The 6500 has been quite a good player but iwith all these online sites to download flash and other videos I get file not supported. My comp with xbmc plays them but not my dvico. Time to move on.

[Admin]

Bad news guys

The problem has returned.

We tried 1.3.168 on our dvico and had those problems that you've experienced. Went back to the earlier firmware and working again. May give 1.3.148 a go like col/admin has done. Am looking forward to the ion330 and no more fuss on firmware like on the 6500.

The 6500 has been quite a good player but iwith all these online sites to download flash and other videos I get file not supported. My comp with xbmc plays them but not my dvico. Time to move on.

Firmware 1.3.148 has caused a blacking out problem again when playing an AVI video. About 20 mins in the picture starts to shake, then black areas fade in and out on the screen and picture starts to shake then blacking out gets darker and blacks out the whole screen and no audio. Signal is then lost:(

Back to the drawing board:(

Will try the next firmware version down in 1.3.147 and if that causes problems I'll continue to work my way down the many firmware updates until I find one that works.

Hopefully there will be a new update soon to try.

[lp33]

Bad news guys

The problem has returned.

We tried 1.3.168 on our dvico and had those problems that you've experienced. Went back to the earlier firmware and working again. May give 1.3.148 a go like col/admin has done. Am looking forward to the ion330 and no more fuss on firmware like on the 6500.

The 6500 has been quite a good player but iwith all these online sites to download flash and other videos I get file not supported. My comp with xbmc plays them but not my dvico. Time to move on.

Firmware 1.3.148 has caused a blacking out problem again when playing an AVI video. About 20 mins in the picture starts to shake, then black areas fade in and out on the screen and picture starts to shake then blacking out gets darker and blacks out the whole screen and no audio. Signal is then lost:(

Back to the drawing board:(

Will try the next firmware version down in 1.3.147 and if that causes problems I'll continue to work my way down the many firmware updates until I find one that works.

Hopefully there will be a new update soon to try.

Do all the blu ray versions have problems ?
I've gone back to 1.3.147 the past week and all seems ok again.

My first experience of blackout was when I used 1.3.148 and every on eup did the same. It would work for a while then problems would start. Reading on the mpc and just about everyone complaining about the dvico and the hdmi problems that most are having with the blu ray versions.

[SVille]

I've recently started having issues with the screen going blank for a second or two every few minutes.

It started on one of the blu-ray firmware releases.

Has anyone else noticed this problem?

btw I'm using Component out and have tried all variants of Video Output settings and resolutions and factory resetting all to no avail

I'm still on 1.2.52 an dno problems since buying this back in Nov of last year.
I want to start trying blu rays but not if its going to cause these problems.

Which version works best for blu rays ?

[Admin]

Try this new firmware 1.4.25 which may fix the screen blackout problem.

http://dvicosupport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=132#132

[Admin]

Try this new firmware 1.4.25 which may fix the screen blackout problem.

http://dvicosupport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=132#132

Been using Firmware 1.4.26 since November 1 and not had any screen flicker or screen blackout.
Have had some other problems with the two Dvico 6500a's and in the end went for the ASRock ION330 which plays everything I have very well.