Guest Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 well I finally got around to doing this update last night.Took about an hour over 1.5Mb ADSL (yeah, call me a daredevil ) Can't say I've really noticed any difference since the upgrade, maybe load times are marginally quicker. Andrew. I havent tried the update over the net as it involves running about 15 metres of cable through the house, and removing the A1 from the cabinet its currently in. I do have wireless in the room but with this kind of update Id rather not risk it. Has anybody had similar experience like mine and not been able to update the unit via CD, but tried online and worked? Reason I ask is a lot of guys who are having problems with the ISO have also tried on the net and it too has failed.
Maverick Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 I havent tried the update over the net as it involves running about 15 metres of cable through the house, and removing the A1 from the cabinet its currently in. I do have wireless in the room but with this kind of update Id rather not risk it. Has anybody had similar experience like mine and not been able to update the unit via CD, but tried online and worked?Reason I ask is a lot of guys who are having problems with the ISO have also tried on the net and it too has failed. Maybe the person who played with the ISO last time is back at their old games again. The download worked okay a week or so ago, this has always been my fear with downloading ISO's from a non Toshie source. I know Al has received a copy of the firmware I sent to him and he updated his machine with it but I think he has handed it on to other people now.
Guest Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 Maybe the person who played with the ISO last time is back at their old games again. The download worked okay a week or so ago, this has always been my fear with downloading ISO's from a non Toshie source. I know Al has received a copy of the firmware I sent to him and he updated his machine with it but I think he has handed it on to other people now. The ISO I have is the one that everybody else has - it has come from Toshiba themselves (online). However for those on here that are not aware there have been a lot of problems with people struggling to get their A1 machines to read the disc, despite using different media, software etc etc. There doesnt seem to be any pattern.
Foggy Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 well I finally got around to doing this update last night.Took about an hour over 1.5Mb ADSL (yeah, call me a daredevil ) Funnily enough, I bit the bullet and attempted the upgrade over Optarse Cable modem last night too.... but I couldn't get it to find the server after succefully getting past the Accept Terms & Conditions screens.
Maverick Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 The ISO I have is the one that everybody else has - it has come from Toshiba themselves (online). However for those on here that are not aware there have been a lot of problems with people struggling to get their A1 machines to read the disc, despite using different media, software etc etc. There doesnt seem to be any pattern. I was not aware that Toshiba actually made the ISO available to download, I know you can update over the net but I was not aware that they made the provision to download the ISO to your PC for burning. Have you got a link to the firmware ISO on the Toshiba website cause I would like to bookmark it for future ISOs?
betty boop Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 Maybe the person who played with the ISO last time is back at their old games again. The download worked okay a week or so ago, this has always been my fear with downloading ISO's from a non Toshie source. I know Al has received a copy of the firmware I sent to him and he updated his machine with it but I think he has handed it on to other people now. hi mav, my XA1 updated off the disc you sent me jsut fine. worked no probs at all I jsut put it in the player, said yes to the update. it did its thing and spat it out once done. thats all.
Spearmint Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 hi mav, my XA1 updated off the disc you sent me jsut fine. worked no probs at all I jsut put it in the player, said yes to the update. it did its thing and spat it out once done. thats all. That’s good news Al. I’ll have to borrow that off you at some stage.
betty boop Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 That’s good news Al. I’ll have to borrow that off you at some stage. no probs at all spearmint, infact brought it to the e-home gtg last night to pass on to you ! but anyways can mail it or pass on next time we catch up.
Spearmint Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 no probs at all spearmint, infact brought it to the e-home gtg last night to pass on to you ! but anyways can mail it or pass on next time we catch up. I’m sorry about last night, work has been killing me this week, hopefully get better as the weeks progress. I’ll leave it until next weekend since tomorrow is mother’s day, and you’ll probably be busy with the family.
betty boop Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 I’m sorry about last night, work has been killing me this week, hopefully get better as the weeks progress. I’ll leave it until next weekend since tomorrow is mother’s day, and you’ll probably be busy with the family. no worries spearmint, whenever you get a chance. things a bit crazy my end too so know where your coming from
Guest Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 Just an update to say I managed to update to FW 2.2 via the net. Happy Jan!
Foggy Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 I tried watching Children of Men last night, but it began stuterring a couple of chapters into it before eventually crashing. So I downloaded the v2.2 ISO, burnt it using BurnAtOnce.... and presto, I'm now on v2.2 on the first attempt. One interesting thing with the Children of Men disc though is that the HD-A1 does a terrible job of de-interlacing it when you set the output resolution to 720p (which is native res for my projector). It presents with one of the worst cases of jaggies I've ever seen. So I changed the HD-A1's output to 1080i, and whilst the PQ wasn't quite as sharp... the jaggies were gone and the movie was once again watchable.
Spearmint Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 I’ve just connected the player to the internet and currently have it doing an update via this. It’ll be interesting how long it takes and if it doesn’t time out.
pajames Posted May 13, 2007 Posted May 13, 2007 I was not aware that Toshiba actually made the ISO available to download, I know you can update over the net but I was not aware that they made the provision to download the ISO to your PC for burning. Have you got a link to the firmware ISO on the Toshiba website cause I would like to bookmark it for future ISOs? Here is the link Toshiba firmware updates
Spearmint Posted May 13, 2007 Posted May 13, 2007 The update via the internet happened without incident, took around 40mins from start to finish.
djOS Posted May 13, 2007 Author Posted May 13, 2007 The update via the internet happened without incident, took around 40mins from start to finish. Good stuff!
Guest Posted May 13, 2007 Posted May 13, 2007 Well thats 2 out of 2 internet updates that have worked for me, shouldve had faith and tried that instead of the 12-15 CDRs I ruined trying the ISO.
craign Posted May 13, 2007 Posted May 13, 2007 How do you check for the installed firmware version on the E1?
djOS Posted May 13, 2007 Author Posted May 13, 2007 Well thats 2 out of 2 internet updates that have worked for me, shouldve had faith and tried that instead of the 12-15 CDRs I ruined trying the ISO. Same here, I only upgraded to v2.0 via CD, v2.1 & v2.2 have both been successful online updates.
betty boop Posted May 13, 2007 Posted May 13, 2007 The update via the internet happened without incident, took around 40mins from start to finish. good to hear spearmint all went well.
Maverick Posted May 13, 2007 Posted May 13, 2007 Here is the link Toshiba firmware updates Thanks mate, I have bookmarked it for any future releases. I never thought of going to the Canadian Toshiba website.
Gino Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 update worked fine for me via ISO, have yet to play a movie with it yet. will do a quick test, then I want to update the VP50 to try out the new 3:2 locked DI modes. it's funny, don't think I really need to keep mucking around with updating firmwares etc... since everything works the way I want without problems, but it gives a tinkerer like me something to do
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