Philips DVP5900 DVD player firmware upgrade for HDMI - need help

[s_poisk]

Hi guys -

here is the story:

I have had a Philips DVP5900 for a few years and never upgraded until I got a new HDTV - LG 42PC5D, I used HDMI and it was working well for a day or so, then once day I turn it on and found that the sound was gone, video got frozen, in some cases sound and video came back but then went away...

in some cases I was getting "bad disk" or "invalid format"

I switched to composite output and it started to work well again.... it was working for a few more days -> then same thing, same messages mentioned above...

searching around I found that original firmware 5900/37 ver. 2.20 had issues with HDMI plus few other issues -> I downloaded the latest from Philips which was 2.27 and got a CD I followed steps given in the readme file... but the worse part was:

once i put CD in, I got CANCEL and START buttons -> I click on START and nothing... DVD player display said 'CD upgrade" and that was it.... I waited for at least 20 min -> no changes at all, right after I checked the version I still had 2.20

I've tried different ways to burn CD but same thing.... not sure what I have missed... I still think that if I find the way to upgrade firware -> it might work well but not sure how I can do that now...

Any ideas?

thanks

[Krispy Kritter]

There are usually very specific step by step instructions about how to burn the file(s) to CD included in the download. I remember when upgrading my Phililps 642, it even said to burn the disc at 2x or something ridiculous. Follow the directions.

I assume the "CANCEL and START" buttons you are referring to appear on the screen? If they are, then it appears the player is reading the disc, so it may not be a disc issue. But I would still start from the beginning, follow the directions, and create a new disc.