Downloadable Firmware Upgrade for BR-HD50U

Carl Hicks · February 14th, 2007, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Maxene Kuek

I tried upgrading my BR-HD50 and had the deck hang on me. After waiting for ages, I had to reluctantly power off. However when I powered back up again, the machine will not "boot up" and the Operate LED simply blinks green and there is no display on the monitor (only PINK). My old firmware was 1.02, and I tried to update to 1.06.

What do I do now? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

THANKS!

Hi Maxene,

The instructions clearly indicate that if you have trouble, to call JVC Tech support. Since you are not in the U.S., you will need to call the tech support office that services your country. You may end up needing to send in your unit to a JVC service center to have the upgrade done.

Carl Hicks · February 14th, 2007, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Ronald Wilk

Hi:
Has this firmware upgrade resolved the firewire/timecode issue with FCP 5.1.2 and the HD-250 that has been discussed elsewhere on this forum and that was previously felt to be related to an FCP capture problem?

Ron

Ronald, can you be more specific as to what issue you are asking about?

Ronald Wilk · February 14th, 2007, 12:36 PM

Hi Carl:

I had read a post that indicated that clips transferred from the BR-HD50 via firewire to FCP had the occasional tendency to be broken up into smaller elements and it was my understanding, perhaps erronously so, that it had to with FCP's reading of the timecode or timecode dropouts?

Ron

Carl Hicks · February 14th, 2007, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronald Wilk

Hi Carl:

I had read a post that indicated that clips transferred from the BR-HD50 via firewire to FCP had the occasional tendency to be broken up into smaller elements and it was my understanding, perhaps erronously so, that it had to with FCP's reading of the timecode or timecode dropouts?

Ron

Hi Ron,

What you describe is a known FCP problem, that Apple is working on. There are work-arounds for now that are outlined on this forum. The BR-HD50U firmware does not address this issue. The reason for the 1.06 firmware upgrade is mostly to get 24p connectivity to FCP.

Ronald Wilk · February 14th, 2007, 01:38 PM

This post has been removed as the question has been answered.

Ron

Axel Mertes · June 13th, 2007, 11:54 AM

Hi guys,

I wonder if someone has an old version of the firmware of the BR-HD50 (older than 1.08) as we encounter an issue where 1.08 is showing some flaws and we want to turn back to an old firmware.

Apparently we can not re-update using a firmware with identical version number, so using an old one instead may help us here.

If anyone has an older version archived, please drop me a note!

Cheers,
Axel

February 14th, 2007, 12:36 PM	#48
Ronald Wilk Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boca Raton, Florida Posts: 116	Br-hd50 Hi Carl: I had read a post that indicated that clips transferred from the BR-HD50 via firewire to FCP had the occasional tendency to be broken up into smaller elements and it was my understanding, perhaps erronously so, that it had to with FCP's reading of the timecode or timecode dropouts? Ron

February 14th, 2007, 01:38 PM	#50
Ronald Wilk Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boca Raton, Florida Posts: 116	BrHD-50 This post has been removed as the question has been answered. Ron Last edited by Ronald Wilk; February 14th, 2007 at 05:53 PM.

June 13th, 2007, 11:54 AM	#51
Axel Mertes Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Frankfurt / Germany Posts: 46	Has someone an old firmware file for the BR-HD50? Hi guys, I wonder if someone has an old version of the firmware of the BR-HD50 (older than 1.08) as we encounter an issue where 1.08 is showing some flaws and we want to turn back to an old firmware. Apparently we can not re-update using a firmware with identical version number, so using an old one instead may help us here. If anyone has an older version archived, please drop me a note! Cheers, Axel