Sony BDP-S1 Firmware Update

[Jim]

Just as an FYI for anyone who has not yet installed the update. Step 6 of the instructions say"

A series of different messages will appear on the front panel display. After approximately two to three minutes the disc tray will open.
WARNING!! Do not remove the disc from the player and do not close the tray. The update is still in progress. The disc tray will close itself as the update process continues.

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However, my experience is that it doesn't. Once the install starts, about 2 or 3 minutes into it, the display says Download - 1, and the tray opens. And then it just sits there for 5 - 7 minutes and then the Display will say Download - 2 for a few seconds and then show the DL - OK message and then the player powers down. The tray does not close, it just stays open once it opens the first time during the install process. I then removed the disk, powered the maching back on, and the DL - OK message showed again, and then it took about 90 seconds (as per the instructions) to power up and be ready to load a movie disk. I checked after and it is showing that the install worked OK, and now has version 1.55. And it plays Casino Royale beautifully so I'm pretty sure that the upgrade went as planned. It's just that the instructions about the tray opening and then automatically closing are a little off.