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MED500X Firmware V2.0.1 - 25 December 2009
« on: December 25, 2009, 09:04:53 PM »
                        WARNING  -  WARNING  -  WARNING

PLEASE NOTE:

If you do not have a hard drive in your Mede8er, or your internal hard drive was not formatted using the Mede8er format facility then please read the the following:

It appears that there is a fundamental requirement within these V2.x releases with the new SDK that demands an internal HDD with the Linux partitions for the purpose of conducting SAMBA/NAS networking.
Those using only external USB drives are also affected.

Please bear with us as this is investigated and tested - the developers are working on this issue today together with Realtek engineers to resolve and provide an update.




If you do have an internal hard drive within your Mede8er and this has been formatted using the Mede8er format facility then please continue to download the following new release and install - failing this you can choose to wait for the updated release.


        PLEASE USE THE EMERGENCY INSTALLATION PROCEDURE ONLY

Emergency Recovery Procedure
Download the latest Firmware from the Mede8er website. Unzip the file and you will find two files i.e. install.img and logo_pal_bmp. Copy both these files to the root directory of a Flash Drive. Plug the flash drive into the Mede8er. Disconnect the power jack at the rear of the Mede8er then plug it back in  - Now press the on/off button and hold it pressed for 10 seconds and then release. The LED on the from fascia of the Mede8er with flash  red-blue and you will get a progress bar on your TV display (some TV's will not display this) wait until the Mede8er re boots itself +- 90 sec. Your Mede8er is now be updated. Re-boot once and use as normal.
      
        xxxx DO NOT REMOVE POWER DURING THE UPDATE PROCESS xxxxx

NOTE: Once you update to V2.x you cannot easily go back to older versions if you are using an internal Hard Drive that was formatted with the Mede8er. The update process will not damage your Hard Drive contents but the Hard Drive will then be shown as HDD1 instead of C.  If you are not using an internal Hard Drive than you can roll back to a earlier version without any problems.  

A)  Do not update the Mede8er from the built-in update facility on the Setup screen  
B)  After the Firmware is Installed please re-boot the Mede8er – Unplug DC Jack
C)  Do not perform a Firmware Restore to update your Mede8er settings between v 1 and v 2 - rather set your settings manually
D)  Important: Set your TV Resolution on the Main Setup Menu – Video System - for the first time after firmware update.
E)  If upgrading from V2 to V2.0.1 the normal update procedure from Setup can be used

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Mede8er Change Log V2.0.1 -- 25 December  2009  

1 Changed code on Mede8er security to fix “Invalid Hardware message”    
2 Fixed infinite loop on “loading animation” when opening an invalid file


Mede8er Change Log V2 -- 24 December  2009

Codec and Core  Improvements
1 BDISO with subtitle support (no menu)
2 BDMV with subtitle support (no menu)
3 Added DVD folder play ie VIDEO_TS
4 Improved Flac, MKV, MOV codec  
5 Fixed DTS audio sync MKV 23.976 files
6 SD Upsample to 1080p improved – Improved picture quality
7 Added USB DVD ROM support – Beta
8 Improved HDMI handshaking
9 LPCM Multichannel added -- ACC surround sound  

New Functionality
1 Add FTP support for network file transfer
2 Added Host Name option change to Setup Menu – Network
3 Internet time update feature - live time update via internet Setup Menu
4 Aspect Ratio 16:10 added
5 HDMI - LPCM Multichannel added - Multichannel AAC files only
6 Added PPPoE support
7 Added Subtitle on/off control in setup menu
8 New Photo effect Kens Burns
9 New Seamless Option - Setup Misc  -- for streaming TS files  
10 Autoplay folder functionality added – create “autoplay” folder on internal HDD or USB Stick / SD  Card  and load the folder with either music or video files. On start up the Mede8er will play the “autoplay” folder automatically.   ( “autoplay” folder name can be autoplay /Autoplay /AutoPlay)
11 Added Russian language GUI support
12 Added Hue & Saturation controls in Setup menu
13 Added  AV System setting ie PAL or NTSC
14 Added fixed IP in WiFi setup
15 Added Plasma Screen Filter Mode in Setup
16 Added Text Encoding support for additional Languages (Subtitle)
17 Added user-defined font support – save any TTF font onto the root of your Local HDD or the root of a USB flash drive or the root of a SD Card and rename it font.ttf. Go to Setup Menu –System – you will be able to change the System Font.  
18 Chinese Subtitle and GUI added
19 Screensaver added mp3 --"title - artist" if id3 tab available otherwise filename    
20 Screensaver speed changed
21 “Preview off” navigation improved

Fixes
1 Fixed DVD short freeze on network play
2 NAS mode stopping and requiring a re-boot
3 Improved new file name and rename increased max characters to 36
4 Rename file -- Text string now shown on keyboard
5 Rename failure on read only network share now reported
6 Fixed analogue audio problem -- when system paused
7 Screensaver added to still jpg file when "slow" button used
8 Fixed auto turn on bug when the Mede8er unit is switched off from remote
9 Fix Hebrew subtitle punctuation
10 Improved WiFi setup screen - WPS etc
11 Improved WiFi performance
12 My Shortcuts -- Changed Net User ID’ to User Name and "Net Password" to Password"
13 Changed Media Library1 -- Net to Network
14 Changed Media Library1 -- UPNP to UPnP
15 Changed GUI text colour to white
16 Improved in folder about.jpg preview speed
17  Fixed Music button function on remote  
18 Improved Samba performance
19 TV SYS button timing changed
20 Improved navigation speed and in-folder jpg rendering time
21 Changed Samba default login to Guest and no password
22 M3u info message removed
23 Removed "Login Successful” message Samba network
24 USB unplugged changed text to "USB Unplugged”
25 Zoom W – Change to “Zoom to Width”
26 Zoom H – Change to “Zoom to Height”
27 Zoom X:Y changes to 1% increments
28 Improved subtitle with black shadow


Mede8er Change Log V1.2.2a  -- 18 November  2009

1 Fixed Internet Radio SHOUTcast IP change
2 Added "search function" Internet Radio
3 Fixed DVD subtitle problem
4 Fixed some spelling mistakes
5 Fixed Hard Drive size reading error on setup Info screen
6 Fixed video info information (video and audio were swopped)
7 Fixed File Copy Network Login screen


Med8er Change Log V1.2.2 -- 28September2009

1 Language Localization changes
2 File Manager Bug Fixed
3 General bug Fixes
4 GOTO Screen changed for Language Localization
5 Subtitle Screen updated
6 Home Page name tabs size increased for Language Localization
7 Subtitle Default changed to off
8 Hebrew subtitle support
« Last Edit: June 05, 2010, 10:13:56 AM by Insomniac »
Questions? Please check the Mede8er Beginners Guide.

For technical assistance, please take note of the Technical support guidelines.

Ensure too that you are using the latest firmware when requesting support.

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Re: Mede8er MED500X Firmware V2.0.1 - 25 December 2009 [LATEST]
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2009, 09:11:47 PM »


Please note, for those of you updating from 2.0 to 2.0.1 only - you may use the normal update procedure from the SETUP, and backup and restore your configuration files.


However, if you are upgrading from v1.x firmware, PLEASE FOLLOW THE UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS AS FOLLOWS:

USE THE EMERGENCY INSTALLATION PROCEDURE

A)  Do not update the Mede8er from the built-in update facility on the Setup screen  
B)  After the Firmware is Installed please re-boot the Mede8er – Unplug DC Jack
C)  Do not perform a Firmware Restore to update your Mede8er settings between v 1 and v 2 - rather set your settings manually
D)  Important: Set your TV Resolution on the Main Setup Menu – Video System - for the first time after firmware update.
Questions? Please check the Mede8er Beginners Guide.

For technical assistance, please take note of the Technical support guidelines.

Ensure too that you are using the latest firmware when requesting support.