[ratava]

I know this product is long in the tooth. A buddy and I bought 2 each of these 8 years ago when we discovered them. Mine have both failed at this point, and Im seeing nothing in the field which does what they do (consumer grade menu with library browsing and full dvd menu integration). My friend never really used his. He hooked one up for a bit and the second was left in a box unopened.


Ive bought his units from him and want to use them. The one he did use he upgraded to the latest code. The one in the factory box obviously was not upgraded. I hooked it up tonight and discovered that it will not self upgrade over the network. Im suspecting given the platforms age that AR has stopped serving the upgrade.


Does anyone have any experience with these things or hints as to how I could get my "new" unit upgraded? The media server app ive got is the latest one that AR published and the "new": media bridge will not read it (im given an error saying the client version is older than the server version). If I downgrade the server, then I suspect my newer box will stop working (and ill loose whatever benefit the newer server version gave me).


Please please please help. These units have been an integral part of my family's media center for years. Loosing them is going to set us back substantially.


Thanks,

-S.

 

[ratava]

Not one to sit around I did some digging. I now know that the mediabridge is attempting to ftp the file "rootfs.checksum.enc" from a server at tce.com which belongs to the technicolor.com company. What is interesting is that the ftp server itself still exists and I can log into it using the username and password the mediabridge tries to connect with. Unfortunately, the file is no longer there (although there are several other unrelated files which lead me to believe this site has changed its purpose somewhat).


If I can get my hands on the image file, I can trick my mediabridge into believing its pulling it from the source and get my upgrade going that way. I just need help either getting the file, or getting in touch with someone at technicolor.com who might know about the site.


Thanks,

-R.