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etsuko
post May 28 2013, 09:33 PM

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Just bought myself the 900A model over the weekend. And some of my AVI files have an issue. The picture is lagging but the audio and subtitles are okay.
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post Jun 28 2015, 11:15 PM

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I've got a HD910a which worked fine until today and it's now behaving weird.

At first, it had a problem of being unable to load the screen where you can navigate the file manager and other options. This happened with and without a drive used. What I did next was try to manually reset it. I unplugged the power, took a pin and stuck it into the reset. The player now reaches the screen to navigate, but when I play a video file it becomes a black screen in the less than 3 seconds.

What's the solution to resolve this described issue? Thanks.
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post Jul 5 2015, 11:49 PM

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QUOTE(Ngto @ Jun 29 2015, 09:02 AM)
Black screen as in 'hang' or what ? Can you stop the movie and get back the Home screen ?
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Could say hang, no picture and audio. But player's fan is still running.

Thought flashing the firmware would help. So I got the 1.0.6.3 and flash the player. The new issue is that sometimes when playing a file, message showing "IO error stop playback" displays. When I try to play the file again, after awhile the same message shows again. What's annoying is this message doesn't show up in a consistent period. Sometimes I can get through a video without it and sometimes it'll just show.

I don't believe it's my media drive because I don't experience such an error on another player with a different brand. hmm.gif

Now I'm just thinking if these players are meant to die after 2 years..
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post Jul 6 2015, 09:42 AM

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QUOTE(Ngto @ Jul 6 2015, 07:23 AM)
The very first time it hang, is out of the blue ? You sure you didn't change anything or install anything or update the firmware etc. ?

Are you also saying now after flashing to the 1.0.6.3 fw, it's different problem now?  Can play video but sometimes randomly  have the IO error?
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1) Nope. Didn't install anything before all this happened. Had been working without problems.

2) Yup. After flashing, it's a different problem now - random IO error.
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post Jul 6 2015, 05:41 PM

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QUOTE(Ngto @ Jul 6 2015, 10:00 AM)
Since it's different problem, but at least can play video, so could be FW problem.

I suggest you force flash back to the original FW and try again. Those newer Himedia FW have been known to give the I/O error for your model.
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The current firmware was from Himediatech's website. But I guess no harm reverting to the previous firmware, hopefully it solves all the issues.
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post Jul 7 2015, 08:58 AM

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QUOTE(Ngto @ Jul 7 2015, 08:40 AM)
The official website FW are the ones which are the most problematic for 910A model. Maybe they sell diff models for their China Market and Intl Market which causes FW problems, not sure.

Regarding your original  FW problem of Black Screen, it might be related to some MKV movies which were encoded with Header Compression. After you revert to your previous FW, you should test other MKVs which have been known to work before to make sure it is not only some movies.
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Yea, I was wondering whether the FW had incompatibility as you described. Trust China to not provide proper documentation for an international product.

After reverting back to the original FW, it seems like no issues have cropped up. Fingers crossed and hopefully no black screen or other issues occur.
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post Oct 13 2016, 07:26 PM

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I've got a Q5 issue which I hope someone here has solved before.

After powering up the player, logo loads and then blank.

Previously, after the logo it'll show the icons for File Manager, Photo etc. Now, it's blank.

How can I resolve this? cry.gif
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post Oct 13 2016, 07:36 PM

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QUOTE(AVFAN @ Oct 13 2016, 07:33 PM)
power down and up again a couple more times.

if same, it will need a total reset, then install latest firmware, reinstall all apps.

hope u know how to do that.
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Is there a thread in LYN where I could get the latest firmware?

It's been ages since I did a reset of the device, I've forgotten how to do all this lol
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post May 22 2017, 09:19 PM

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Remote of my HD910A is funky (some buttons working, some not) and no idea why. Player still works without issues cry.gif
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post May 23 2017, 12:18 PM

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QUOTE(AVFAN @ May 22 2017, 10:00 PM)
battery weak?! biggrin.gif

u may want to check with a seller to see if the std remote for Q or H series that hasn't change in 5 yrs will work.
this model... >5 yrs old?

the casing is very close to q5/q5ii.

but realtek chipset, should be good for playback, dtshdma too, i think.

old android version... can it still stream well?
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Not the batteries. Because when I press the Power button, it can still switch the player on / off. The only buttons working are:

1. Power on/off
2. Mute
3. Eject
4. VFD
5. Timer
6. 16:9
7. Bookmark
8. Volume
9. Right key

I've contacted ccs221, but not reply so far.

This player is still very good as a media player and it's what we primarily use it. I really hope to find a replacement remote, than to discard such a good working player. sad.gif
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post May 23 2017, 12:46 PM

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QUOTE(OCMAX @ May 23 2017, 12:28 PM)
You can try Cetusplay TV client and remote (Wukong) on your phone device at the moment. You can find them in playstore.
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1. Do not own a personal Android device.

2. It's interesting. But how does it connect to the HD910A player?

3. Are you using this with the same player I have, or a different model?
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post May 23 2017, 09:19 PM

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QUOTE(AVFAN @ May 23 2017, 02:23 PM)
Those remotes are usually very durable, do not fail easily.

I think more likely the firmware's corrupted, esp if last firmware update was a long time ago.

I would reinstall the final firmware and see it all goes back to normal.
And yes, if u primarily use it for media playback, it is good for a long time to come!
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Tried that and firmware installation went well. But when I get to screen which shows the Menu Language, Time and 1 more menu, I couldn't navigate because of the remote sad.gif

Looks like I may have to open it apart.

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