topic Re: New VAIO BD Problems in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19611#M56431 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Although my AW11Z does play Blue Ray discs, it doesn't play AVCHD discs.<BR /><BR />Neither does PS3 for that matter... must be a Sony thing...<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:26:20 GMT xdesign 2009-01-04T10:26:20Z New VAIO BD Problems https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19604#M56424 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I've just got my new VAIO AW11Z today. It won't read Blu-Ray discs, CD/DVD's seem fine. There was an nVidia patch which I installed manually, but still no luck.<BR /><BR />Any ideas please?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:45:57 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19604#M56424 Divine3000 2008-11-18T22:45:57Z Re: New VAIO BD Problems https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19605#M56425 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Divine3000 and welcome.<BR /><BR />Are you using the Intervideo WinDVD BD player to play your Blu-Ray Discs?<BR /><BR />Do you get any error messages?<BR /><BR />Is the Blu-Ray Region set to Region B?<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.lt/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:23:23 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19605#M56425 Blencogo 2008-11-18T23:23:23Z Re: New VAIO BD Problems https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19606#M56426 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank's for the welcome &amp; reply <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.lt/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /> <BR /><BR />I am using WinDVD BD &amp; region settings are correct. I'm not getting any error messages, the drive doesn't even seem to acknowledge Blu-Ray discs (When using 'explore' etc).<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:47:34 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19606#M56426 Divine3000 2008-11-18T23:47:34Z Re: New VAIO BD Problems https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19607#M56427 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hey<BR />I have the same problem with my VGN-AR51J <BR />When I look under the explorer I can't see that there is a BD inside or something else if I try to open the drive win vista said, please insert disk ... <BR /><BR />I tryed to install the BD patch for mein notebook but it said that it isn't the right firmware for this system ... I have the standart drive (Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500A ATA).<BR />I tryed the sony updater but it is also not working ...<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:27:38 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19607#M56427 ar51jcount 2008-11-21T20:27:38Z Re: New VAIO BD Problems https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19608#M56428 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I should be hearing from an engineer within the next couple of days, I'll post the results.<BR /><BR />My money's on a hardware problem <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.lt/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:27:24 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19608#M56428 Divine3000 2008-11-23T16:27:24Z Re: New VAIO BD Problems https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19609#M56429 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>For the record:<BR /><BR />VAIO support couldn't find a fix for this issue (within the 14-day period given by Sony Centres in which they will fully replace a defective notebook), therefore I have taken it back &amp; I'm currently awaiting the arrival of a new machine.<BR /><BR />Hopefully this will be problem free.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:49:41 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19609#M56429 Divine3000 2008-11-29T02:49:41Z Re: New VAIO BD Problems https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19610#M56430 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Hopefully this will be problem free.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />I hope so too... <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.lt/html/@1837282633F7D851EFAC7B2CD4059142/images/smilies/113.png" alt=":four_leaf_clover:" title=":four_leaf_clover:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:46:51 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19610#M56430 Thalamus. 2008-11-29T11:46:51Z Re: New VAIO BD Problems https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19611#M56431 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Although my AW11Z does play Blue Ray discs, it doesn't play AVCHD discs.<BR /><BR />Neither does PS3 for that matter... must be a Sony thing...<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:26:20 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19611#M56431 xdesign 2009-01-04T10:26:20Z Re: New VAIO BD Problems https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19612#M56432 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Although my AW11Z does play Blue Ray discs, it doesn't play AVCHD discs.<BR /><BR />Neither does PS3 for that matter... must be a Sony thing...<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Hi xdesign,<BR /><BR />use the following link to view the: <A href="http://support.vaio.sony.eu/hotnews/details.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons&amp;nid=23" target="_blank">Important Information about AVCHD format on VAIO</A><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:37:38 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19612#M56432 Thalamus. 2009-01-05T11:37:38Z Re: New VAIO BD Problems https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19613#M56433 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Oh! Thx m8! Much appreciated.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:09:09 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/new-vaio-bd-problems/m-p/19613#M56433 xdesign 2009-01-07T06:09:09Z