Settings

Upgrading Software

The Software Upgrade menu allows you to upgrade the player's software for performance improvements or additional services.

Never turn the player off or back on manually during the update process.

1.In the Home screen, select Settings, and then press the v button.

2.Select Support, and then press the v button.

3.Select Software Upgrade, and then press the v button.

4.Select one of the following methods:

By Internet

By USB

By Disc

Via download

Download in Standby Mode

5.Press the v button.

NOTE

\\ The upgrade is complete when the player turns off, and then turns on again by itself.

\\ Samsung Electronics takes no legal responsibility for player malfunction caused by an unstable Internet connection or consumer negligence during a software upgrade.

\\ If you want to cancel the upgrade while the upgrade software is downloading, press the vbutton.

\\ When the system upgrade is progressing, "UP" is displayed on the front panel.

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By Internet

 

4.

 

Click Get downloads in the centre of

Your player must be connected to the Internet

 

 

the page below the Downloads header.

5.

 

Click Firmware in the centre of the

to use the By Internet function.

 

1.

Select By Internet, and then press the

6.

 

page.

 

Click the ZIP icon in the File column on

 

v button. The Connecting to Server

 

 

the right side of the page.

2.

message appears.

7.

 

Click OK in the pop-up that appears to

If there is a download available, the

 

 

 

download and save the firmware file to

 

Download pop-up appears with a

 

 

your PC.

3.

progress bar and the download starts.

8.

 

Unzip the zip archive to your computer.

When the download is complete, the

 

 

 

You should have a single folder with the

 

Upgrade Query window appears with

 

 

same name as the zip file.

 

three choices: Upgrade Now, Upgrade

9.

 

Copy the folder to a USB flash drive.

4.

Later, or Don't Upgrade.

 

If you select Upgrade Now, the player

10.

Make sure no disc is inserted in the

 

upgrades the software, turns off, and

 

 

player, and then insert the USB flash

5.

then turns on automatically.

11.

drive into the USB port of the player.

If you do not make a selection in one

In the player's menu, go to Settings >

 

minute or select Upgrade Later, the

12.

Support > Software Upgrade.

 

player stores the new upgrade software.

Select By USB.

 

You can upgrade the software later

NOTE

 

using the Via download function.

6.

If you select Don't Upgrade, the player

\\

There should be no disc in the player when you

 

upgrade the software using the USB Host jack.

 

cancels the upgrade.

\\

When the software upgrade is done, check the

By USB

 

 

 

software details in the software Upgrade menu.

 

\\

Do not turn off the player during the software

 

1.

Visit www.samsung.com.

 

upgrade.

2.

Click SUPPORT on the top right of the

\\

It may cause the player to malfunction.

3.

page.

Software upgrades using the USB Host jack must

Enter the product's model number into

 

be performed with a USB flash memory stick only.

 

the search field, and then click Find

 

 

 

 

Product.

 

 

 

By Disc

1.Follow Steps 1 through 7 in By USB.

2.Unzip the zip archive to your computer. You should have a single folder with the same name as the zip file.

3.Write the folder onto a disc. We recommend a CD-R or DVD-R.

4.Finalize the disc before you remove it from your computer.

5.Insert the disc into the player.

6.In the player's menu, go to Settings > Support > Software upgrade.

7.Select By Disc.

NOTE

\\ When the system upgrade is done, check the software details in the software Upgrade menu.

\\ Do not turn off the player during the Software Upgrade.

It may cause the player malfunction.

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