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RE: How I broke my DVD Philips 701 and then how I fixed it ....
more details:
I foolishly flashed it with the firmware for the 710 from
http://members.tripod.com/flash_cd/ which was version 8
once flashed I could play dvds but got no sound and all the menus were
gray and different and it was branded "grundig"
it also seemed to let me view the video at different speeds (1/4 and 1/2) which I never noticed with my old firmware
the on/off button did not work, it just worked as another eject button.
the on/off button on the remote control did work tho.
the LED`s were not alpanumeric characters at all, all looked like odd triangles and stuff like "/\ ¦ ¦>" when I tried reflashing the firmware before renaming the files it would flash "/¦ /¦ /¦" three times and eject.
I have no ideal if this is the case for other players as this was the first time I`d ever done this and I`m not too keen to repeat the stress as I believe for about four hours that I`d broken my player totally.
How I broke my DVD Philips 701 and then how I fixed it ....
For seems a rather unimportant reason now, I wanted to flash my firmware. Now this may seem rather stupid but I forgot my model
number and downloaded the firmware for a 710, wrote the cd, flashed
the firmware.
At this point I realised to my horror that I`d pretty much broke my player; sound didn`t work and the LED display seemed to be in klingon.
I tried downloading the correct firmware for the 701 but it wouldn`t update as the incorrect firmware was a higher version.
Now, if you have done this foolish thing like me, here`s how to fix....
a: download correct firmware for the 701
b: rename the firmware file to a number greater than the incorrect one
c: edit the "Download.02a" file so it contains the new filename
d: burn the cd
e: update and enjoy
hope that helps someone, for a good four hours I was convinced my girlfriend was going to kill me for breaking my rather expensive Christmas pressie from her!