[Bug] PCH A-300 frozen with no video output?

[pomac]

All the recovery bits seems to more or less require a output unless you're good at guessing... Without a "screen less" guide, it would be hard to upgrade. I still say send in and perhaps get it back with a new firmware or hw

[alxx86]

Thanks for all you help. DHL picked it up yesterday, hopefully back in 2-3 weeks. Bought a cheap £30 player to keep me busy untill the pch comes back

[ciao]

Have the same problem with A-300 from the start. "No signal" problem I mean. Bought new A-300 in January. And exactly after connecting and starting it for the first time I have this problem. I have a picture on screen with update prompt, but in seconds screen became black, so I didn't manage to read the update prompt completely. That was original FW. 25 October 2011. I tried other many inputs on my AVR or straight on TV, a lot of brand cables, HDMI, Component, S-Video. PCH didn't respond to Remote commands such as power for example. White LED lights forever. No heat. No visual damage. etc
P.S. I have a lot of similar devices, so I understand how to connect it correctly to TV/AVR etc.

But next day it started(!) to work. Strange. So I have some freezes, but power off helped. Updated to second FW. Then to third and the latest when it became available. After months... But today while I watched mkv-file the picture disappeared. SAME symptoms. No signal. White LED. Nothing helps. With any cable, with any input. Can't start. For 3 hours now. No heat. No damage. No fun.

[ciao]

Started a topic in January with the same problem: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showth...?tid=58284

[Peterbweert]

I have a A300 (with latest firmware) too. On one MKV-film it freezes completly and I have to power cycle the system to get it back to work.
When I view the MKV-file on my PC with Classic Media Player and it shows OK.
I hope I post it on the right spot. Can someone help?


General
Unique ID :
Complete name .mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 7.91 GiB
Duration : 1h 47mn
Overall bit rate : 10.5 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-12-07 07:50:09
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.8.0 ('I Got The...') built on May 24 2011 03:12:58
Writing library : libebml v1.2.0 + libmatroska v1.1.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 47mn
Bit rate : 9 070 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.182
Stream size : 6.62 GiB (84%)
Writing library : x264 core 120 r2119 0637cd6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=9070 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Muxing mode : Header stripping
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 47mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 1.14 GiB (14%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

[alxx86]

its been away for repair for around 6 weeks now and they were unable to sort the problem so I'm getting a brand new A-300 on monday