REPAIRING AND NOT THROWING AWAY

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In Brief: On this site you will find pictures and technical information about Service Modes, Circuit Diagrams, Firmware Update procedure, Disassemble procedure, Universal remote control set-up codes, Troubleshooting and more....

If you go into the profession, you will obtain or have access to a variety of tech tips databases HERE IT IS Master Electronics Repair !.

These are an excellent investment where the saying: 'time-is-money' rules. However, to learn, you need to develop a general troubleshooting approach - a logical, methodical, method of narrowing down the problem. A tech tip database might suggest: 'Replace C536' for a particular symptom. This is good advice for a specific problem on one model. However, what you really want to understand is why C536 was the cause and how to pinpoint the culprit in general even if you don't have a service manual or schematic and your tech tip database doesn't have an entry for your sick TV or VCR.

While schematics are nice, you won't always have them or be able to justify the purchase for a one-of repair. Therefore, in many cases, some reverse engineering will be necessary. The time will be well spent since even if you don't see another instance of the same model in your entire lifetime, you will have learned something in the process that can be applied to other equipment problems.
As always, when you get stuck, checking out a tech-tips database may quickly identify your problem and solution.In that case, you can greatly simplify your troubleshooting or at least confirm a diagnosis before ordering parts.

Happy repairing!
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Saturday 9 March 2019

PIONEER BDP-170-K SERVICE MODE AND FIRMWARE UPDATE

PIONEER BDP-170-K SERVICE MODE AND FIRMWARE UPDATE


PIONEER BDP-170-K 

SERVICE MODE AND FIRMWARE UPDATE 

SERVICE MODE
In Service Mode, there is a mixture of Design and Development, Production Line Menu and Service Menu.
Here, menu items that are usable in Service and instructions are listed. Only use the menu explained in this document. Others are for Design and Product lines. Each item of Service mode can be quit by pressing the [STOP] button. However, to check operations such as normal playback, turn the unit OFF then back ON again.
HOW TO ENTER SERVICE MODE
1. Press [HOME MENU] button on the remote controller and select "Initial Setup" from the home menu.
2. Pressing the number buttons on the remote control in the following order [5] > [1] > [7] > [7] will display the Menu screen.
(If it does not appear, slowly press the number keys with a 1 second interval.)
Laser Check
Verifies the output value of each laser diode inside the pick-up area. Implement according to the following procedures.
1 Select "[4] Laser Check" with the b button from the Service Mode screen and press the [ENTER] button. (perform without disc in tray)
2 After a few seconds, measurement and judgment results will be displayed, as shown below. If all measurement (Meas) values are 1/3 or greater or less than triple the target values (hex), [Pass] will be displayed.
If any of the measurement values is out of this range, [NG] will be displayed.
Enter SP Mode
There are 17 items in the SP Mode, the main items being for Production line and Design/Development. The following is to explain items usable in Service. Other items require time for completion, or are not suited for Service purposes. If you select them by mistake, press the [STOP] button to end that item you accidentally selected. (none of the items will affect the main unit)
 [ Instructions ]
1 Select "[7] Enter SP Mode" with the DOWN  button from the Service Mode screen, and press the [ENTER] button.
2 The SP Mode window menu will be displayed, so select "Start Up" and press the [ENTER] button.
3 The tray will automatically open and the dedicated screen will appear. Place the disc you wish to use on the tray, and push it in manually. ([Close] button will not function)
4 Start Up mode will be initiated, and count will start. Implement 20,000 times (4E20 in hex), and if no errors occur, "Pass" will appear.
If errors do occur, they will be counted. Therefore, errors can be identified without finishing the process.
[ Effective indications ]
Tray sometimes does not open, discs sometimes are not recognized, discs sometime do not playback, (When indications are related to discs, implment on the type of disc which has been pointed out. If it is the disc on which the indications occurred, possibility of reoccurrence is higher.)
Jitter Measure / BLER Measure
[ Content of test ]
Measures the Jitter or the Block Error Rate (BLER) of the disc inserted.
Only Pass or NG will be displayed, not Measurement values.
All of CD, DVD, and BD can be judged.
[ Instructions ]
1 Select "[7] Enter SP Mode" with the DOWN  button from the Service Mode screen, and press the [ENTER] button.
2 The SP Mode window menu will be displayed, so select either "Jitter Measure" "BLER Measure," and press the [ENTER] button.
3 The tray will automatically open and the dedicated screen will appear. Place the disc you wish to use on the tray, and push it in manually. ([Close] button will not function)
4 The tray will reopen automatically. Measurement will start when you push the tray in manually.
5 When test is completed, "Pass" or "NG" is displayed.
[ Effective indications ]
Defect related to playback (blocked noise, sound jumping, image jumping, disc is paused, freeze of screen etc.) If an NG is generated in a specific disc only, the defect is likely to be caused by the disc. If an NG is generated in other discs too, the defect is likely to be caused by the drive part. However, even if Pass is displayed after this test, it is difficult to determine that the Driver is normal with these Pass judgments only.
Error List
The following serves as the Error List generated in SP MODE
Error Code
Error Name
Description
12
PWR_CURVE_ERROR
Power curve chk-sum error
22
STARTUP_TIMEOUT_ERROR
Time-out criterion over
23
MEDIA_MISMATCH
Wrong disc
25
DISCID_ERROR 0x25
Disc ID error
26
MEDIUM_SUPPORT_ERROR
Unsupported disc
31
TRAYOUT_ERROR
Tray-out time-out criterion over
32
TRAYIN_ERROR
Tray-in time-out criterion over
33
FLASH_UPDATE_ERROR
Updating FA result failed
36
OPU_TEMP_ERROR
Abnormal OPU temperature
41
SEEK_TIMEOUT_ERROR
Seek time-out criterion over
42
SEEK_CMD_FAIL_ERROR
Seek command failed
51
READ_TOC_ERROR
Read TOC command failed
52
TOC_TIMEOUT_ERROR
TOC read time-out criterion over
61
PIPO_TIMEOUT_ERROR
Time-out criterion over
62
PIPO_C1C2_ERROR
Read PIPO command failed
63
PIPO_C1C2_OVER
PIPO criterion over
71
RD_CMD_FAIL_ERROR
Read command failed
72
RD_CMD_ERROR
Command error or illegality mode
73
RD_TIME_OUT_ERROR
Read command time-out criterion over
81
CHECK_FA_TABLE_ERROR
FA table check-sum error

UPDATING OF THE FIRMWARE
The following are the steps of update:
1. Before update, please check the current version of firmtware installed in this unit.
You can press [HOME MENU] button to enter the menu, after that, press UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT buttons to display
"Home Menu" >  "Initial Setup" > "Options" > "System Information" > "Next Screen", then you can see the information of current firmware version by pressing the [ENTER] button.
2. Save the updating file [DLdiscidentifier.txt], [DVD.bin] and [BDP-3130_Vxx.xx.bin] to the USB memory device route path.
3. After step 2, please insert the USB memory device into unit. While the screen shows the information that a USB memory device has been inserted, please press [HOME MENU] button to enter the menu, then find "USB devices" through "Home Menu" > "Initial Setup" > "Options" > "Update" > "USB Storage" After press the [ENTER] button, the system will search the update file itself to update.
4. After reset, the unit is available for test.