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post #1081 of 1154
12/2/05 at 6:56am
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Originally Posted by Sango View Post

What you can expect from using the update is the following:
- Better player response
- Improved PQ
- Faster layer change
- Better media support

All true. I have been very happy since upgrading the firmware.
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post #1082 of 1154
12/2/05 at 7:01am
Oleus, here is some more information -- I originally posted it back on page 13 of the thread.

My player has 262 loaded. There was someone who wanted to go back down to an old version, and was having problems, so I did some experimenting:

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I have 4 versions of the firmware for the RP91:

1)v.262
2)v.259
3)v.250
4)v.236

I do not have (and after this will probably download from the original RP91 firmware thread) v.227.

This is what happened:

I popped in v.259 and v.250. In both cases they played and went to a screen that said "Completed. Please Eject the Disc." Nothing happened otherwise.

V.236, however, brought up the "This player needs update. Do you Want to Update? Yes No" screen.

"No" was highlighted. I moved it to "Yes" and hit enter.

It updated (down-dated?), finally going to blank screen with the display reading "read". This made me nervous -- I expected the "Completed. Please Eject the Disc" screen. When I didn't get anything after 5 minutes, and with some trepidation, I shut down the RP91 and powered it up again. It turned on (whew!) so I popped in a DVD. The down-grade set the region number to zero (press Pause+Open on player, #6 on remote; first digit on display is the region number) -- I had to initialize the player to get it back to region 1. (Hit Pause, BWD Skip, and Open on the player until it says "initializing" then let go of pause and hit stop to get it to display "reset".) The DVD played fine and the region said it was 236 (pause+open, #7)

I then upgraded back to v.262. I had to reinitialize the player again -- it then said it was 262.

I decide to repeat the process for verification -- The 250 and 259 discs still don't work, the 236 disc brings up the "yes/no" update screen. I down-graded back to v236. This second time it went to the "Completed. Please Eject Disc" screen. I didn't have to reinitialize this time (it stayed region 1). It is updating back to v.262 as we type. After I finish I'll re-run the Service Disc 2 hacks just to be safe.

Anyways, my player has been able to go up and down -- but only down to v.236. You can upgrade from v.236 to v.250 or v.259.

In other words, assuming you have good disks, presumably you can go down to v.236 from any other version (or up to it from v.227) but only up from from the others. Also, presumably, you can go from any version up to 2.62 -- but perhaps not.

Finally, presuming you have a good CD burn, for the older firmware versions (prior to the one Sango posted), you should have the following on the disk:

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When you are done, you will have a new CD with a large volume name of something like "MEIAVCCODS...." -- it will be very long. On the cd you will have the MEI_DVDP folder and the VIDEO_TS folder. Inside the MEI_DVDP folder (Matsushita Electronics Inc?) there will be a .FRM file (firmware) and a .PGC file (no idea). When you have this disc created, you'll be ready to go. Stick it in your RP91 and party.

Let me know if you need any of the various versions burned, I can make you a copy or email you the disk image.

Joe
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post #1083 of 1154
12/2/05 at 11:40am
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The version seems to be a bit of an issue and trying 227 would be the possible way to getting it to version 262.
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post #1084 of 1154
12/2/05 at 12:23pm
so it's having version 236 which is the problem...i see now.

where can i hget version 227, in hopes of then being able to upgrade to 262?
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post #1085 of 1154
12/8/05 at 10:07pm
would anyone mind sharing the RP62 firmware, I don't have a paypal account.


Thank You so much
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post #1086 of 1154
12/9/05 at 6:34am
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Originally Posted by Sango View Post

The version seems to be a bit of an issue and trying 227 would be the possible way to getting it to version 262.

Sango,

Why do you think v236 is an issue?

As I posted above, I had no problem going directly from 236 to 262. I used the first upgrade disk you posted a disk image for.

I haven't played with it, but don't know if you CAN go "down" to 227.

As far as I know you can go up from any version to any higher version, but that of versions 236, 250, 259, and 262 the only one you can go "down" to is 236. I haven't tried 227. But I do know that, using the first disk that you posted with v262 firmware, you can go up to it from both 259 (where I was originally at prior to getting the 262 disk from you) and from 236 (which I was able to go down to after I had already loaded 262 from the first disk image you posted).

It seems Oleus is using the latest disk image you have posted, which seems to support additional models/firmware updataes than the first you posted. Could the issue be with the firmware on this second disk?

For what it is worth, this is the "history" of my RP91:

v227 (version as purchased)
v236 (upgrade)
v250 (upgrade)
v259 (upgrade)
v262 (upgrade, first disk image you posted)
v236 (downgrade)
v262 (upgrade, first disk image you posted)

I actually do have a cd with v227 on it, but I haven't tried it out and am hesitant to try loading it for fear it might corrupt my player.


Joe
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post #1087 of 1154
12/9/05 at 12:02pm
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Dr.Joe:

There could be something on 236 which is conflicting an owner's player to not allow them to update to to 262. It's more of process of finding the correct firmware combination to find the correct one to get around this problem. The correct combination could be different per user's unit.

I don't think there is an issue with the firmware discs because I've can use either disc to update RP91s which member's sent to me for repair. At least 1 unit I tried to update had an issue updating that I used 227 to go to 262.

The firmwares I have on disc for downgrades has only RP91(227), RP82(266), RP56(045), which were all modified with version overrule.

I'm not sure if the 227 disc you have is the one I've provided. If it's the orignal, then most likely it's not the overrule version.

Sango
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post #1088 of 1154
12/9/05 at 1:02pm
You've lost me, Sango...

As far as I can tell, every v.227, 236, 250, and 259 disk is "identical" -- they were for RP91's only. They have the same directory and file format (which I reported above). I got the v227 disk emailed to me by someone, the rest I downloaded on the old Panasonic Firmware update thread.

The only version that seems different is the v262 disk -- this one is "packaged" on a disk that has many other model/firmware versions.

Are you saying that v236 on one RP91 is somehow different that v236 on another unit? And that some disks are "masters" which can be downloaded to, but that others are upgrade onlys?
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post #1089 of 1154
12/9/05 at 2:05pm
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For these Panasonic unit models, the offical discs are packaged with different firmwares for different models. I'm not sure if Panasonic released a disc which only worked for a particular model only during that time. If they didn't, the ones which are only for RP91, were extracted out from a package which is why users easily obtained them because of the small file size.

I wouldn't say that the 236 would vary from one unit to another, but there might of been a intallation problem but didn't show any and the unit works fine. However, when installing an updated firmware, the problem occurs.

The offical discs is update only. The downgraded versions is a modified official with version overrule to bypass the version check so the unit can update.
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post #1090 of 1154
12/9/05 at 2:52pm
Hmmm....

I was under the impression that the firmware disks I have were "ripped" from RP91's in someone's showroom (the thread is now in the "archive" -- so I would have to search to find it and see who the originators of the disks are).

Joe
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post #1091 of 1154
12/9/05 at 3:29pm
Thread Starter 
It could be possible that it can be ripped from the player. There is a interface on the daughterboard, which allows a device to attatch to it. What it's actually used for, I do not know.
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post #1092 of 1154
12/10/05 at 7:15am
Gentlemen, I believe I actually have somewhere, the burned disc's that I used to respectively upgrade my firmware on my RP-91. Initially I had the version before 227 and upgraded to 236, then to 250, and again to 259, then with the multiple firmware's disc to 262. If it will help, I know that I have the zipped "nrg" files of 250 & 259, and the "iso" file of the most recent firmware's disc.
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post #1093 of 1154
12/10/05 at 8:27am
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The intial version is something around 180 which is the very first release.
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post #1094 of 1154
12/17/05 at 4:27am
Can anyone get me this iso? I'd like to seed it as a **********, then maybe it will become a bit more available for those that need it.
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post #1095 of 1154
12/22/05 at 10:57am
Updating all the firmware steps seems a bit challenging from the looks of a lot of folks on this thread.

Is my RP-91 missing a lot sitting at the 250 firmware? Are there significant changes to the firmware from 250 to 262 to warrant the dain brammage and time to update?
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post #1096 of 1154
12/30/05 at 9:38am
hi i have a european panasonic dvd-s75 updated from v020 71P223 to latest with no problems, then went to update my european rv-32 from v187 6A1109 , put the disc in waited it read the disc then said this upgrade is not applicable to this player. after a bit of research it turns out there are two versions of the rv-32 an american one region 1 and a european one region 2 but if you open them up they are not the same machines internally, sango do you have access to the european rv-32 updated firmware as i have searched the web and found a few sites but these say ONLY for region 1 machines won`t work in european region 2

thanks
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post #1097 of 1154
1/1/06 at 4:57am
no matter what i do i just can't get my rp91 to accept ANY firmware disc. i'm at 236 and have tried discs of 262, 259, an overwrite of 236, and all i get is "no disc" no matter what i do and how i burn it (and from many different sources)....the only ones it recognizes as an upgrade are the 262 discs and even then it says it's an incopmatible upgrade.

i wonder why my Panasonic RP91 is "stuck" on 236?

willi get a better picture upgrading from 236? (i run it in progressive mode).

thanks
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post #1098 of 1154
1/3/06 at 1:16pm
update -

one of the downgrade firmware discs someone sent me (227) finally worked on my rp91 (my player was on 236 and refusing to upgrade to 262).

now the only trouble is, the previous 262 discs i had (that were recognized but said "incompatible upgrade" on my previous version 236) now aren't recognized either.

how in the world can i get 262 on my player!?!?
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post #1099 of 1154
1/5/06 at 12:19pm
Thread Starter 
Did you try like 227 -> 259 -> 262? It sounds like you attempted 227 -> 262 which would of worked but didn't.
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post #1100 of 1154
1/5/06 at 6:04pm
Have there been anymore firmware updates since v302 for the XP30? Are we ever likely to see another one?
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post #1101 of 1154
1/5/06 at 10:19pm
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Nope, looks like that is it.
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post #1102 of 1154
1/7/06 at 6:00am
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post #1103 of 1154
1/12/06 at 5:46pm
if any kind sould could provide me with the 259 firmware update i would greatly appreciate it (again).
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post #1104 of 1154
1/12/06 at 5:55pm
Oleus,

email me your address and I'll mail you a copy of all the versions I have.

Joe
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post #1105 of 1154
1/17/06 at 5:00pm
SUCCESS!

thanks to DrJoe's kindness and helpfulness i finally have 262 running on my rp91.

at first it wouldn't let me play any discs saying they were the wrong region but a quick reboot fixed that.

thanks again!

anything new with 262 i should check up on?
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post #1106 of 1154
1/17/06 at 8:17pm
Hi Sango.

I purchased the firmware download for my RP82 to update from 266>302. The update went well, however, I have lost my 'Progressive Scan' feature! I can't select anything but 480i and when I push the 'Progressive Scan' button on the front of the player, a message on-screen tells me that Progressive Scan has been disabled (oh, oh!) and I can't seem to turn it on. I even did a 'reset' procedure but that didn't solve the issue. Without it going into Progressive Scan mode, I can't access the 'Auto 1 and Auto 2' menu's. Other than that, it plays DVD's fine

Has anyone else run into this during a firmware update and if so, is there a 'fix' for it???

Also, does anyone know what are the supposed 'fixes' or updates are when going from firmware ver. 266>302 on the Panny RP82? - just curious...

Thanks for any help.
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post #1107 of 1154
1/17/06 at 8:55pm
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The unit is working perfectly. All your user settings will need to be set after the firmware update. From what has been described, this part has not been performed yet.
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post #1108 of 1154
1/17/06 at 9:10pm
I have set all my user settings (that I know of) after the firmware update. That's how I discovered that I couldn't select 480p from the default 480i - either in the on-screen menu or by pushing the Progressive Scan button on the front of the player. It just tells me that Progressive Scan has been disabled?!?! After that, I did a 'reset' and then tunred the player off then on and went back into the user menu - it still won't let me choose 480p.

PS - the firmware update went through without a hitch - no black screen after update and it plays my region (1) fine...so I'm not sure what went wrong. Maybe I'll have to 'downgrade' back to ver. 266, if I can find a firmware source for the older versions!

Thanks
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post #1109 of 1154
1/17/06 at 10:03pm
Thread Starter 
You also need to remember that the setup menu is also part of the user settings. The Progressive is disabled because you did not enable it yet.

Attached is pictures for you to see what I'm referring to:

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post #1110 of 1154
1/17/06 at 10:04pm
OMG! did I ever have a major 'brain-fart' - sorry, my bad!

You're right, I forgot all about going to the 'setup' menu. That's where you enable Progressive Scan. Yes I've now since been able to turn it on and all works well... (sigh of relief)

Thanks very much for your help Sango. Now I can continue to enjoy my RP82 - even if it's outdated by today's players. It still works well and I'm not making a move to another player until Blu-Ray and HD-DVD gets sorted out (or if my player packs it in!).

Sango, do you have an idea what was added, fixed or improved upon with this firmware update from 266>302?

Thanks again.
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