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Firmware Upgrade

We have developed a firmware upgrade to improve your product.

This upgrade is applicable for the following models:

DVDR5500/05, DVDR5500/31 and DVDR5500/58.

Note: Before you proceed to upgrade, please be reminded that you may need to

do configuration again after upgrading.

Upgrade Procedure

Download firmware upgrade

Click the link to download the new firmware package on your computer. The package is

compressed into a single ZIP archive: DVDR5500_REL_05_84.zip.

Note: There are 2 methods to upgrade your recorder.

1. For Optical Disc upgrade, follow STEP 2 to STEP 4.

2. For USB upgrade, follow STEP 5 and STEP 4.

Burning the firmware on CD-R / CD-RW

Note: You will need one blank CD-R or CD-RW disc for this step.

1. Extract the firmware upgrade files from the ZIP archive:

bal.bin

main.bin

upg.bin

Philips_5105.cvt

Philips_6809.cvt

(Do not rename the filenames)

2. Burn ALL the extracted files: “.bin” and “.cvt” files (not the ZIP file) onto a blank

CD-R or CD-RW disc, using the following settings:

- File System: ISO 9660 + Joliet

- Mode : 2/XA

- Character set : ISO 9660 (ISO normal CD-ROM)

- No multi session

- Write Speed: Low

3. Finalise the discs. (The application may do this automatically.)

Step 1

Step 2

DVDR5500 Firmware Upgrade

Tip: For more

information on burning

software we refer to

two popular burning

software programs

www.nero.com

www.easycdcreator.com

Summary of content (7 pages)

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Philips Consumer Electronics DVDR5500 Firmware Upgrade Firmware Upgrade We have developed a firmware upgrade to improve your product. This upgrade is applicable for the following models: DVDR5500/05, DVDR5500/31 and DVDR5500/58. Note: Before you proceed to upgrade, please be reminded that you may need to do configuration again after upgrading. Upgrade Procedure Step 1 Download firmware upgrade Click the link to download the new firmware package on your computer.
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Philips Consumer Electronics Step 3 Upgrading the firmware of your recorder (CD-R / CD-RW) Note: Do not press any buttons or interrupt the mains supply during the upgrading process, otherwise the recorder may become defective. 1. 2. 3. Power up the recorder and eject the disc tray. Place the upgrade disc on the disc tray and close the tray. If the disc is recognized as an upgrade disc, the front panel display of recorder will show "UPGRADE".
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Philips Consumer Electronics Step 4 Confirm successful upgrade 1. 2. 3. Press key to wake up the set. Press and navigate to “Settings” -> “SETUP” -> “Version Info”. You should see the following screen. Confirm that your current recorder firmware version is 112.00. Firmware version Your product is successfully upgraded! Note: If you do not see any of the above figures, please use the same upgrade disc and repeat Step 3, or Step 5.
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Philips Consumer Electronics device cannot be detected, please follow STEP 2 to STEP 4 to upgrade using an Optical Disc. Note: Please use a FLASH based USB storage device. The startup time for HDD based USB storage device is too slow and cannot be used for firmware upgrade. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Copy ALL the extracted (“.bin” and “.cvt”) files into the root directory of a FLASH based USB storage device. Remove any disc from the recorder and press key (notice that the “USB” menu option is not selectable).
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Philips Consumer Electronics                                          Fix “Time bar remains at 00:00:11 for a period of time (Disc used: Europe 038 DVM (A) Disc 1 (HARRY POTTER))” Fix “No signal message takes 7 secs to display when switching channels without antenna connected” Fix “Timer name is not updated when timer parameters are updated” Fix “Set unable to show AC3 audio on OSD” Fix “Black lines seen on softkey panel of Disc Browser after closing disc tray in th
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Philips Consumer Electronics Firmware Version REL_05_74 (Build 106.00) Release Date Jan 28 2008 This upgrade software contains the following fixes:                       Fix “CAM2 VCR mode not starting playback after pressing [REC] during VCR mode stop state”. Added help-text for softkey panel for DV control. Fix “Blank screen displayed after exiting Timer menu to a scrambled preset”. Fix “OSD not timing out during playback of recorded disc”.
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Philips Consumer Electronics Firmware Version REL_05_63 (Build 98.00) Release Date Nov 11 2007 This upgrade software contains the following fixes:            Fix “OTR/manual recording stopped when press STANDBY key”. Fix “Local Display shows "READING" after trying to playback a disc format not supported by DVDR5500”. Fix “Set stops VPS/PDC timer recording when STANDBY key is pressed - should wakeup the set to ACTIVE mode”.