HD-A2 upgrade is now available for download. Now version 2.5! (1 Viewer)

[Brian Little]

Here's a direct link to the 2.0 firmware:

A2
http://209.167.114.38/support/ceg/do.../HD-A2-2.0.iso

A20
http://209.167.114.38/support/ceg/do...HD-A20-2.0.iso

 

[William Laughner]

Thanks for the direct link Brian.

 

[Brian Little]

I've noticed that there are some playback issues with MPEG2AVC encoded material with 2.0 on my A2. After roughly 20-30 minutes of playback there is some pixelated breakup occuring. I have to stop and restart the disc in order to get playback to normal.

 

[ladyg11]

Hi,
I downloaded that link to my desktop - can I just burn that to a disk and put it in my A2 to upgrade?

 

[ladyg11]

Never mind
- I saw the answer in another thread that you can!! How convenient that is..

 

[Audio28]

nice. i'm thinking about a a2 or a20.

 

[Gordman]

I was looking forward to see this.

 

[Jeremy Conrad]

I'm on a Mac, can I just drag it onto the disc or do I need a program to burn it?

 

[Jeremy Conrad]

My update has been sitting at STEP 5/5 for about 5 minutes now. Is it locked up and my player hosed?

 

[Cees Alons]

Jeremy,

Most probably not.
I don't recall seeing even 1 post on this forum where a player was hosed during upgrade.

I have the A1, so I'm not certain what step 5 is exactly. If it's doing nothing for 45 minutes, I would reboot the player after taking the CD out (if you used that method).

Probably all will appear to be well. Look for the version number to see if it's upgraded.


Cees

 

[Alfonso_M]

I don't know if this was reported elsewhere.

But I just updated my a20 with version 2.1

I had no idea this version was avialable, but since I was having problems with my '300' disc, I decided to re-load 2.0 but as it turns out is a new version.

In any case the update didn't fix the problem, I'm still freezing up on chapter 17 and getting error 408bc504.

Any one knows about this error code?

 

[Mark_TB]

I just updated my A2 to version 2.1. I hadn't watched 300 yet, but I did play through chapter 17 just to see if I had any problems with my disc. Happily, it played through without any difficulties.

I'm not 100% certain, but I think I had that same error code with my first (defective) copy of SUPERMAN RETURNS. It would stutter and freeze up in a particular spot.

Mark

 

[Alfonso_M]

Mark, yes, I also had the same error code before with "Superman Returns", after exchanging that one the error disappeared, so this time around with '300' I'm also returning for exchange to Amazon.

Apparently that error is very common as Google-ing gets lots of hits from all corners of the net.

As far as the 2.1 version, on this other thread posted here titled "HD-(x) A1 firmware..." the updates are listed already at version 2.3 for all Toshibas HD players, I never saw that post before today because the 'title' led me to believe that thread was exclusively relating to HD-A1 players updates only, so I missed it.

In any case, today I downloaded the 2.3 upgrade ISO file for my A20 player, (location listed in the other thread) but my burning software (Roxio) gives me an error and wont burn that ISO file to CD.

I called the Toshiba help number listed and they told me that lots of people had trouble burning that ISO file, (they say lots of trouble with '300' disc too) and recommended burning at the lowest speed possible, which I did at x4 without success again.

They took my info and will mail an upgrade CD directly to me with V 2.3 in 10 days they say, let's see who gets here first , my '300' replacement or the upgrade CD.

Apparently Toshiba lags behind posting direct online player upgrades, so if you want the latest version, which apparently activates online features, try V2.3 and see if you are successful burning a CD. Others were able to do it, probably depends on the software used.

 

[alan halvorson]

Firmware Version 2.2 for HD-XA2, HD-A20, HD-A2, HD-A2W, and HD-D2 is now available online.

 

[James L White]

somone please help
I can't get the update to work

I go into the ethernet settings on my HD-A2 and turn DHCP and DNS ON
but when I go to update I get the message Can not find out server

I notice that the DNS is all 0s even when i turn it on and confirm

 

[alan halvorson]

Why make life complicated. Burn the ISO file to a CD-R and be done with it. It's by far the easiest method.

 

[Cees Alons]

I didn't look it up, but if your DHCP is supposed to give your player its IP-address and DNS-address, wouldn't that have to be DNS - OFF? (Or AUTO, or so?)


Cees

 

[James L White]

Owners manual says have DNS ON but I've tried both with no luck
Guess I'll have to go the CD burning rout

 

[Cees Alons]

James,

(I still didn't look it up ), but if the DHCP isn't working on your LAN, for some reason or another, you may need to enter an IP-address of your choice manually that matches the other choices on your LAN.


Cees

 

[Brandon Conway]

Sometimes you simply have to power down and then power up the player again for it to be able to use the LAN connection.