How do I update?

[Kor-ray]

How do I update my parents Samsung blu-ray player?
I know they have a download on the site but i got confused so could someone make it comprehensible, intelligible, coherent, clear, explicit, unambiguous, transparent, plain, straightforward, digestible, accessible, user-friendly. anyone of those would be fine.


Korray

[rdodolak]

Which Sammy blu-ray player do they have and is it connected to the internet (LAN/WiFi)?

[Ashamed Pegasus]

You should be able to download the update from the Samsung website onto a USB flash drive... Check with the website your downloading the file from and it will tell you the format for the drive as well as which folder to place it in...


EDIT: Well after checking their website you can't use a USB drive... You have to burn the file to a CD... That's stupid... Anyway here's a link for the update with instructions...

[rdodolak]

Ok. I just looked at the samsung site and the instructions seem pretty straight forward. Which step are you getting confused on ... I'm guessing it's the burning the image part? Which software program will you be using to burn the image? MAC or PC?

[Kor-ray]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Ok. I just looked at the samsung site and the instructions seem pretty straight forward. Which step are you getting confused on ... I'm guessing it's the burning the image part? Which software program will you be using to burn the image? MAC or PC?

MAC

[Blu-Benny]

or u cold take that player, chuck it into the garbage and go get them a ps3!!!

check this thread out and all of the problems it has had:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...msung+bd-p1400

i had a 1400 and got rid of it b/c i was tired of it not working w/the newer movies.

they don't have an update for ghostbusters, underworld 3, and the new james bond if i remember right.

[tigger5]

going to take a shot here and guess...maybe ur flash drive is formatted for mac...click it and get info....if the flash drive is NOT FAT32, go to disc utility (beware...it will erase ALL on the drive) and formated it for PC (FAT32)...then copy the update...the Samsung should now see it.....

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by Kor-ray

MAC

Should have known and I'm glad I asked. Samsung's firmware download is in the .zip format which a lot of Mac users seem to have problems extracting the file although Apple included built-in .zip support in Mac OS X 10.3 and later.

I've downloaded the firmware and extracted the .iso file from the .zip file for you. I've uploaded the .iso file which can be found via the following link:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U2YZ18PC

Then try burning this .iso to disc by the Mac OS X disc utility. Instructions can be found here:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...60619181010389

EDIT: Here is a visual tutorial for OS X Disc Utility, Toast, and Dragon Burn:

http://www.mrbass.org/mac/dvdburn/

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by tigger5

going to take a shot here and guess...maybe ur flash drive is formatted for mac...click it and get info....if the flash drive is NOT FAT32, go to disc utility (beware...it will erase ALL on the drive) and formated it for PC (FAT32)...then copy the update...the Samsung should now see it.....

The BDP1400 doesn't support a firmware update via a flash drive.

[tigger5]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Should have known and I'm glad I asked. Samsung's firmware download is in the .zip format which a lot of Mac users seem to have problems extracting the file although Apple included built-in .zip support in Mac OS X 10.3 and later.***Edit]

hmm...I have never had ANY problem with ANY zip files...but what the heck..if it helps this person...great....I'm betting it's his flash drive thats in the wrong format....MANY dvd/bluray players with USB do not see Mac formated drives..need to format them into a windows compatible format (fat32)..

[tigger5]

sorry...saw the thing about not using flash drive after...but still...same thing ...probably burning the disc in mac format...ull need toast and find the pc format (isso ...i think)....it is clearly indicated in toast...

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by tigger5

sorry...saw the thing about not using flash drive after...but still...same thing ...probably burning the disc in mac format...ull need toast and find the pc format (isso ...i think)....it is clearly indicated in toast...

Since the file is the standard .iso file format it shouldn't matter. The disc data structure would be taken from the file.

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Anyone know how to update a Funai Sylvania player? I just bought one a couple days ago. I just wanna know for future reference.

[tigger5]

nope....same as inserting a mac disc in a pc...pc will just ask to either format it...or spit it out....won't recognise it (a great plus with owning macs...they see just about anything u put in...lol)

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by tigger5

nope....same as inserting a mac disc in a pc...pc will just ask to either format it...or spit it out....won't recognise it (a great plus with owning macs...they see just about anything u put in...lol)

I understand that Mac and PC have different formats, but were not going to use this CD in a Mac or PC after it's been burned. All the information about the CD data structure and format are contained in the .iso file.

An .iso file follows the ISO9660 standard and therefore if the standard is followed it shouldn't matter which system is used to burn the file. It would be a different issue if you were trying to create an .iso file from scratch.

The .iso file contains an exact image of the firmware update CD Samsung created for its player. You could format the CD prior to burning the image, but when you burn the image all of that will be erased/over written by the specifications contained in the .iso file.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

Anyone know how to update a Funai Sylvania player? I just bought one a couple days ago. I just wanna know for future reference.

Which player do you have? If it's the NB501SL9 or NB500SL9 you can find the firmware here:

http://www.sylvaniaconsumerelectroni...tes/index.html

There is no firmware updaye for the newer NB530SLX as of yet.

You can find the Funai BD Player thread here:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=48943

[tigger5]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

I understand that Mac and PC have different formats, but were not going to use this CD in a Mac or PC after it's been burned. All the information about the CD data structure and format are contained in the .iso file.

An .iso file follows the ISO9660 standard and therefore if the standard is followed it shouldn't matter which system is used to burn the file. It would be a different issue if you were trying to create an .iso file from scratch.

The .iso file contains an exact image of the firmware update CD Samsung created for its player. You could format the CD prior to burning the image, but when you burn the image all of that will be erased/over written by the specifications contained in the .iso file.

I'm all aware of that...but again..I do not know why, but if you burn through the Macs Disc utitlity (standard burning app)....it will work ONLY in a Mac but using TOAST does the job....