Note:
- Do not press any buttons or interrupt the mains supply during the upgrading process, otherwise the SoundBar may become defective.
- Check to ensure that your USB storage device can be detected by the SoundBar before trying to upgrade the firmware using this method.
- Use a FLASH based USB storage device (e.g. thumbdrives). The startup time for HDD based USB storage device is too slow and cannot be used for firmware upgrade.
- Ensure that your USB flash drive with about 25 Mbytes free space.
STEP1 – Download and Transfer firmware on to USB drive
- Download the latest firmware from the Philips support website (www.philips.com/support), If there is no firmware available for download, this means that the model you have is with the latest firmware installed.
- Copy the extracted “UPG” folder with the software files in the root directory USB flash drive.
Note: ZIP file will not be readable on the SoundBar
STEP2 - Upgrading the firmware
- Power up the SoundBar and insert the USB flash drive.
- At home menu, select [Settings]>[Advanced Setup]>[Software Download]>[USB] and press <**OK**> on the remote control.
- The SoundBar will search for the upgrade files. Once the files have been recognized the SoundBar will show a confirmation screen requesting to start the upgrade.
- To proceed with the upgrade, select “Start” and press <**OK**> on the remote control. You can cancel the upgrade at this point by selecting “Cancel” button displayed on TV and press <**OK**> on the remote control.
- Follow the on-screen instruction to proceed with firmware upgrade.
- During the upgrading process, the screen with display the progress of the firmware upgrade.
- When the upgrading is completed, the screen will display confirmation of the completion.
- The SoundBar will automatically power off after 5 seconds. Please restart the SoundBar. At this point, the SoundBar is ready with the new firmware loaded.