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Philips TV software upgrade with USB portable memory
Introduction
Philips offers software upgrade capability for your TV using USB portable memory.
After you have completed software upgrade, your TV will typically perform better.
What improvements are made depends on the upgrade software you are using as well as the software
your TV contained before the upgrade.
You can execute the software upgrade procedure yourself.
Be aware that the content of this document is addressing technical or software skilled users.
Preparing a portable memory for software upgrade
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 StuffIt for Mac OS).
• A preferably empty USB memory stick.
Note: Only FAT/DOS-formatted portable memory is supported.
New software can be obtained from your dealer or can be downloaded from the
www.philips.com/support
website:
(1) Go to
www.philips.com/support
using the web browser on your PC.
(2) Follow the procedure to find the information and the software related to your TV.
(3) Select the latest software upgrade file and download it to your PC.
(4) Decompress the ZIP-file and copy the file “autorun.upg” to the root directory of the USB portable
memory.
Note: Only use software upgrades that can be found on the
www.philips.com/support
web site
.
Verifying the version of the TV software
Before starting the software upgrade procedure, it is advised to check what the current TV software is.
(1) Select
Software Upgrade
in the Installation menu.
(2) Press the cursor right.
The Software Upgrade menu moves to the left panel.
(3) Select
Current Software Info
to observe the version and the description of the current software.