Philips TV Software Upgrade with Portable Memory
Introduction
Philips offers software upgrade capability for your TV using USB portable memory. After you have
completed a software upgrade, your TV will typically perform better. What improvements are
made depends on the upgrade software you are using as well as the software your TV contained
before the upgrade. You can execute the software upgrade procedure yourself. Be aware that the
content of this document is addressing technical and software skilled users.
Preparing a portable memory for software upgrade
For the procedure you will require:
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A personal computer with web browsing capability.
An archive utility that supports the ZIP-format (e.g. WinZip for Windows or Stufflt for Mac
OS).
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A preferably empty USB memory stick.
Note: Only FAT/DOS-formatted portable memory is supported.
New software can be obtained from your dealer or can be downloaded from the
www.philips.com/support website:
2. Follow the procedure to find the information and the software related to your TV.
3. Select the latest software upgrade file and download it to your PC.
4. Decompress the ZIP-file and copy the “autorun.upg” to the root directory of the USB
portable memory.
Note: Only use software upgrades that can be found on the www.philips.com/support
web site.
Verifying the version of the TV software
Before starting the software upgrade procedure, it is advised to check that what the current TV
software is:
1. Select Current Software Info in the Installation Menu
2. Observe the version and the description of the current software
Automatic software upgrade procedure
For automatic software upgrade copy the “autorun.upg” file in the root directory of the USB
portable memory.
1. Power off your TV and remove all memory
devices.
2. Insert the USB portable memory that
contains the downloaded software upgrade.
3. Switch on your TV and at startup, the TV
will scan the USB portable memory until it
finds the update content. The TV will
automatically go to the upgrade mode. After
a few seconds it will display the software
upgrade application.
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Software History
LC81ULP-1.15
Following issues were solved.
• TV turns OFF and ON by itself randomly when viewing TV and AV channels.
LC81ULP-1.14
Following issues were solved.
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No picture, no sound & no back light but LED is turned ON when the TV wake up from
standby mode.
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Translation errors in Spanish and France TV menu
Rephrase the help texts for the Retail and Home mode in the TV menu
LC81ULP-1.13
Following issues were solved.
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Digital Natural Motion feature is turned ON but it shows OFF in the TV menu.
Picture expanded vertically in digital channel.
Incorrect clock information update
Jiggled image with the SD signal source (480i/480p) in AV1, AV2 and PC mode.
LC81ULP-1.12
Following issues were solved.
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No video after Play Station 2 console system reset.
Picture expanded vertically with the HDMI source, 1080p 60Hz, 16:9 widescreen format.
Picture a little bit blur (Scaling artifacts) in PC mode, 1080p 60Hz input.
Picture format changing too frequently during movie playback
LC81ULP-1.11
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Intermittent picture flicker on white background at high contrast level (only applicable for
52" models)
LC81ULP-1.10
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Intermittent picture lost when poor video signal is connected through AV1 or AV2 inputs.
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TV menu shifted horizontally to the right when viewing PAL “50Hz” signal from either the
AV source or Off-air transmission. (Only applicable for 42” & 47” models).
Picture and TV menu shifted horizontally to the right when viewing PAL “50Hz” signal
from either the AV source or Off-air transmission. (Only applicable for 52” models).
Faint image is still visible for a few seconds after TV is turn off.
LC81ULP-1.09
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Improvement on motion picture judder when “Digital Natural Motion” menu is turned ON.
LC81ULP-1.08
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Improvement on start up problem.
LC81ULP-1.07
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Solved system hang when MPEG header information is not present
LC81ULP-1.06
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Solved audio profile setting problem
LC81ULP-1.05
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Performance improvement on motion judder related to film mode content
Solved digital channel lost problem
Solved AVL not working issue
Solved automatic clock not working issue
LC81ULP-1.04
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Solved occasional software upgrade failure via USB
Solved color space error for PC/HDTV modes with 720p 60Hz input
Solved child lock after bug when used with Automatic clock
Solved remote control lockup due to HDMI CEC address discovery
Performance improvement on motion judder related to film mode content
LC81ULP-1.02
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Solved plop sound during channel changing with set top box
Solved set does not output Dolby digital stream on SPDIF OUT
Solved headphone volume goes to maximum when changing delta volume
Implementation of Automatic Format Detection (AFD)
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Correction of non-linear stretching for “Automatic” on 4:3 sources
LC81ULP-1.00
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Solved channel map erased issue
Compatible with ECO 8280 IC
LC81ULP-0.13
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Release for Trial Run
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