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overheating in DVP S9000es?

i have my 9000 installed on a shelf in my TV stand. it's somewhat closed off. but not entirely. there is at least 2" of space on all sides of the unit. it got pretty hot in there nonetheless...unless it just runs hot normally?

after playing CD's for most of the day yesterday, i put in a DVD and experienced some major video problems, i.e. digital "block" noise, jerky rate rates, etc. i have never seen these problems before, even with the same DVD disc. the player is running in progressive mode hooked up to my wega HD-ready TV. btw, it played CDs fine the whole time.

any ideas?
s2k_dude
tireguy
1,964 posts
 
Don-Well I was curious about your query so I watched the Godfather part II last evening, the unit didn't get any warmer then when I started. I have not shut mine off in about 4 months and it maintains the same temp, regardless of what I watch/listen too. You don't by any chance have it above your VK-75 do you? that would make it HOT. Either way it seems unusual, we can't agree on this one.

Tim
ncarv
974 posts
 
My dealer also said the momentary pause is the layer change. He suggested, though wasn't sure, that the additional heat may be due to the additonal laser for the video (are there TWO separate lasers?) or the different angle of the video laser, but admitted he was only guessing. He also suggested I bring my remote in and test it on a store model to see about the need to press twice. The problem is particularly noticeable on the open/close and the pause buttons.
Another dealer I saw later in the day, who doesn't sell the unit but personally performs an audio upgrade on the unit by reconstructing the analog stage for $1500 (Yes! $1500! He said it makes the unit a world beater with no need for an outboard DAC), thought it might be because DVD's spin faster than CD's, but he wasn't sure either.
I'm going to call Sony direct on this.
BTW, Lowell, I'm also using all Snell for surround.
s2k_dude OP
78 posts
 
tim, it's not close to the vk-75 but it is directly above the vk-30, which also generates a fair amount of heat. i'm sure that's not helping the situation. nonetheless, the sony definitely gets hotter when spinning DVDs, as opposed the CDs (or that funky demo SACD). i guess i may have to give in eventually and cough up the $$$ for a standalone rack. ugh...racks are boring upgrades.

is it possible that the maze of cicuits in the sony gets more efficient after break-in, i.e. runs cooler?
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