Oppo 205 integration problems

It's not a good idea to plug or unplug HDMI cable while the devices are hot - the device can get killed.

It's been a while since this post began, but if it still may help, ot perhaps help others:  I switched tvs that my Oppo 205 was hooked up too while the player was on.  Suddenly I had a myriad of problems.  I switched back to my old TV and no problem....so I thought the problem was my brand new Sony 65Z9D.... but it wasnt....it was a handshake issue.  Took me a week to figure out....  everything needs to be turned off when you initially disconnect the hdmi's, because when anything is on, a handshake is occurring between components, one on, the other off, but perhaps in standby mode, therefore able to handshake.  Then, in interrupting that handshake with a particular component, they continue to look for each other....plug in a different component, and the hdcp encoding screams fraud, because the electronic signature is not the same.  The solution I finally bumped into, was to reconnect the old tv, turn it and the Oppo 205 on...let a picture come up, then turned both off....THEN disconnect them, and plug the Oppo 205 into the new components hdmi, then turn everything on so they do their initial electronic handshake.  Problem solved, I was up and running with my new TV connected to the oppo.

Had a new mother board installed in Vizio TV.  Cable box to OPPO 205 HDMI in, HDMI out to VIzio HDMI 1/ARC.  Cannot raise Cable modem “Guide” screen with Oppo in the pathway.  Down another dark alley with Oppo it seems.

The audio drop problem was discussed below but this refers to running 205 with the display off.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/interesting-hdmi-problem-oppo-udp-205

Is it possible that there is HDCP copy protection handshaking problem between 205 and your Visio display?

You might post this at the Oppo 205 thread at avsforum.com.  In my applications, HDMI from DirecTV goes to the Oppo, HDMI-1 from the Oppo goes directly to the video player (monitor or projector), HDMI-2 goes to a prepro or balanced analog to a preamp for audio.

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