My Pioneer Elite BDP-09FD Blu-ray Player Repair

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  • pollorey
    pollorey Posts: 1
    I'm new to this site...be kind!
    I have a BDP-09FD that worked which I haven't used much. I tried it recently and noticed it won't go past the PLEASE WAIT when any buttons are pressed on the unit or the remote regardless of how long I wait with POWER ON displayed. Am I doing something wrong or is it ailing? Any assistance is welcome.
    Thanks,
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,655
    Unplug it, wait 5 minutes, plug in and power up with the button on the player.
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  • Spilly
    Spilly Posts: 2
    edited January 2022
    Hi All.New here.A post soon about my experience with the Pioneer BDP-LX91(Same os BDP-09FD)
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  • Spilly
    Spilly Posts: 2
    Hi all
    Sorry for late reply
    The BDP-LX91 is old.I know it is now out of date and replaced by 4K players,However I still find it gives the best blu ray pic going(I have been told the pic is technically incorrect but i still prefer it)
    I find the blu ray pic better than my oppo 105D,Oppo 203 and Panasonic BDP9000.All these are fed through a Lumagen 4242.But the 91 still wins evehn when they don’t go through the Lumagen.
    You can run the 91(same as BDP-09FD)with the whole audio board and audio power supply
    removed.It still ouputs over hdmi.
    No 1 the chip with the 38x38mm heatsink on gets hot,However the Pioneer marked chip next to it also gets quite warm(its a Xilinx fpga).And the Marvell chip next to it as well.Also the HDMi chip related to the one you are using does get a bit warm.And oh don’t stick your fingers on the little rectangular one behind the component outputs and the analog devices one on its right gets quite warm as well.
    So I have put heatsinks on the HDMIs and have some on the the way to use for the replacement of the black heatsink and for Xilinx fpga chip and the Marvell chip(The 2 large chips are the same as motherboard northbridge coolers(38x38 pin spacing 59mm.)
    With regards the drive I have taken 2 apart and on both occasions a broken spring came out.But the drives seem to work ok without it.
    Also if the 3 large chips in the drive need thermal pads what was the point of making them so small
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    So I have replaced them with thermal pads(Arctic cooling)the same size as the chip
    Pic taken before I changed the arctic pads to Thermal Grizzly ones,one on the small chip between the blu pads and straightened the ribbon cable under them.

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    The first point about not reading Blu Rays I noticed was when the machine got warm.When cold it read them no problem but when warm(Ie on for 2 plus hrs)it comes up with the usual cannot read disc

    Having replaced the thermal pads in the drive with pads the same size as the chips its now running much better.2 days of films running for 8hrs plus and no problems reading any blu rays.Plus ran a blue ray for 24hrs on repeat and then removed it and it read the next one put in no problems at all.
    Also maybe a bit of a weird thing but when removing the blu ray after the film is over the discs themselves come out a lot cooler than before.
    I will now open the drive in my second one and check the pcb for any dry joints inc the sata interface pcb at the back and pop new thermal pads in that one as well but it refuses to read blu rays in any condition.

    John








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  • KuroPlasma
    KuroPlasma Posts: 1
    edited May 16
    hello everyone

    in case anyone is watching this thread

    i’ve noticed some pioneer optical drives that look very similar to the optical drive of the pioneer bdp-09fd (or bdp-lx91 in europe/ japan)

    for example

    BDR-L05SH
    BDR-L06SH
    BDR-L07SH
    BDR-L08SH. these models all have the same SATA ports as the drives from the original BDP-09fd

    i imported 2 BDR-L05SH optical drives from japan and it plays dvd’s but not blu rays

    i even tried formatting them with the pioneer service remote and still they won’t play blu rays ( I get the NG symbol on the service menu screen )

    i’ve not had much luck with Ebay replacement drives sold as “NEW” from ebay china - movies would stutter and freeze on blu. ray playback . So i am hunting down second hand drives from Japan as the BDR-L04SH to L08SH were used by Sharp japan for their blu ray recorders


    i’ve managed to resuscitate 2 pioneer BDP-09fd’s to work using second hand BDR -L04SH drives

    just wondering if anyone has had success using more modern drives like the BDR-L05sh or BDR-L06SH?

    and thanks John about the thermal pads i will order these because the discs do come out excessively hot.Hotter than any other player i’ve had .

    when i look at the plastic players available today its heart breaking

    thanks to anyone who can comment

    william , from Australia
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  • NEIL123
    NEIL123 Posts: 1
    21st August 2025

    I have just installed a BDR-L04XA VXX3343 drive unit for use in a Pioneer BDP-09FD (Pioneer BDP-LX91) UK model. This is a note to say that I did not have to program anything via the service remote.

    Disassembled the unit and rebuilt and hey presto it worked like a charm. Loading times are much quicker. Many thanks to DK for all the advice regarding this as I would of had no idea about a replacement drive.
    Downloading the service manual is a must. Take time to bag all the screws and number reference them to each page. Glad this great player is back up and running now. Shame on Pioneer for putting such a crap drive on such a high end piece of kit in the first place.
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