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Philips Software Upgrade for Blu-Ray players

Introduction

Philips offers software upgrade capability for your Blu-Ray. After you have completed

the software upgrade, your Blu-Ray will typically perform better. What improvements are

made depends on the software you are using as well as the software your Blu-Ray

contained before the upgrade. You can execute the software upgrade procedure

yourself. Be aware that the content of this document is addressing technical and

software skilled users.

For the procedure you will require:

> A personal computer with web browsing capability

> An archive utility that supports the ZIP-format (e.g. WinZip for windows or

Stufflt for Mac OS). If you have an older operating system (older than windows

XP), you can download 7-zip at 7-zip.org.

> A CD burner on your computer.

How to extract your file from the ZIP file.

Windows XP or greater:

1. Download the *.Zip file to the desktop on your computer.

2. Double click on the file.

3. Copy the *.bin file to your desktop so you can copy it to a CD.

Summary of content (5 pages)

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Philips Software Upgrade for Blu-Ray players Introduction Philips offers software upgrade capability for your Blu-Ray. After you have completed the software upgrade, your Blu-Ray will typically perform better. What improvements are made depends on the software you are using as well as the software your Blu-Ray contained before the upgrade. You can execute the software upgrade procedure yourself. Be aware that the content of this document is addressing technical and software skilled users.
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How to check your software version: To check your software version, make sure the disc is ejected from the unit. Press 1 2 3 4 Info on the remote. The following screen should appear. If the version number shown on the website is greater than the version shown on your player (as in the example above), proceed to the firmware upgrade procedure. If the version is the same, you cannot upgrade your player. Software upgrade procedure: 1. Download the *.zip file for your model and extract the *.bin file. 2.
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7. Cursor left to select Yes and press the Ok button. 8. The software upgrade will start. Do not remove power to the player until the update is complete. The player will power off once the upgrade is finished. The upgrade screens are shown on the following page. The player will load the software. The player will then go into the Upgrading mode. Do not remove power or interrupt the upgrading process.
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The display on the front panel of your player will indicate the percentage of Upgrading complete.
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Software History: Version Problem fixed 1.006 > Netflix missing from the menu. 1.025 > Screen goes black when the unit is stopped and play is resumed 1.027 > > > > 1.028 > Deleted Blockbuster > BluRay title "Cars2 3D" pause fix > Fix for unit lock up after loading 1.034 > Replaced Blockbuster ICON > The screen will split into two when playing VUDU 3D content on some VIZIO TVs.