Weird HDCD issue

[jliedeka]

I was trying to play a CD last night and got choppy playback. Sometimes that happens with the Oppo set to auto-play but I have that feature turned off.

The disc in question is Shine by Shaman's Harvest. While it was playing, I saw the HDCD indicator flicker on and off on the receiver. That coincided with the interruptions in the audio. While the light was either off or on, the sound was fine.

I have my Oppo BDP-93 hooked up to a Marantz SR-8002 using HDMI.

Does anyone have any ideas about the cause? Bad disc? Bug in receiver firmware?

Also, any ideas for workarounds? I checked the player and receiver but couldn't find any way to just disable HDCD. The only thing I can think of at this point is to rip the CD and re-burn it as red book.

Jim

 

[PENG]

I was trying to play a CD last night and got choppy playback. Sometimes that happens with the Oppo set to auto-play but I have that feature turned off.

The disc in question is Shine by Shaman's Harvest. While it was playing, I saw the HDCD indicator flicker on and off on the receiver. That coincided with the interruptions in the audio. While the light was either off or on, the sound was fine.

I have my Oppo BDP-93 hooked up to a Marantz SR-8002 using HDMI.

Does anyone have any ideas about the cause? Bad disc? Bug in receiver firmware?

Also, any ideas for workarounds? I checked the player and receiver but couldn't find any way to just disable HDCD. The only thing I can think of at this point is to rip the CD and re-burn it as red book.

Jim

I don't know about the 93 and can't remember the 95 but with the 105 you can disable HDCD, it maybe in the instruction manual. I doubt you can disable it in the receiver, I know I couldn't do it with my 3805 and 4308.

 

[BGLeduc]

Peng is correct.

You have to turn HDCD decoding Off in the Oppo if digitally connected to an AVR or Pre/Pro that also has HDCD decoding. I have had a few players with HDCD, and the Oppo 93 is the 1st one that I have seen with an on/off toggle in the menus. If you are using an analog connection, you will leave it on, but for digital with a downstream device doing the decoding, you have to turn it off.

Brian

 

[jliedeka]

Thanks, guys. I had to look it up in the manual but found the setting. Now the receiver handles the decoding without interference.

Jim