What problems will latest software solve in my Philips TV?

Published on 2016-12-29

The latest software version (1.5.0.0) will fix or improve the following:

To check your current software version:

After checking:

If your software version is below latest you should install the software by following instructions with software.

Software can be found on the support page.

Software History

1.4.0.0 Following problems are solved:

1.3.0.0 Following problems are solved:

Changes to CableCard channel map not recognized (new channels added by cable company are not viewable and some previously viewable channels are no longer present)
CableCard initialization screen displays repeatedly

1.2.0.0 Following problems are solved:

Channel map changes of the OOB channel table are reflected in the TV's channel map
Robustness improvement to support signals which have wrongly set Audio Only bit
Solution for sudden audio drop
Audio improvement to avoid click in sound in case of high input signal
Make RRT5 functionality user controllable
Data only channels are filtered out after installation
Give priority to SCTE 21 above SCTE 20 compliant captions to prevent duplicate characters in the CC text
Improvement of CC processing on scrambled HD channels

1.1.0.0 Following problem is solved:

1.0.14.0 Following problems are solved:

Improved robustness in CableCard behavior
Improvements for playback of some specific signals not following standards
Improved picture quality
The permanent channel number is not displayed anymore when OSD is set to normal. This enables you to have the volume bar without permanent channel numbers

1.0.13.0 Following problems are solved:

Improvement for selection for Secondary Audio Program on digital channels
Extra step in automatic installation to detect scrambled channels and unmark them in preferred channel list, as a consequence the scrambled channels will be skipped when pressing [Ch+] or [Ch-] and are not visible in the channel map
Default horizontal & vertical center value corrected on inputs where horizontal & vertical shift is allowed

1.0.7.0 Following problem is solved:

1.0.5.0 Following problems are solved:

Improved robustness for digital audio connections with some specific cable boxes
Improved robustness for source selection with some specific HDMI or DVI devices
Bad colors after switching between HDMI and YPbPr inputs
Wrong decoding of very low bit rate ATSC (Digital) signals

1.0.4.1 Following problem is solved:

1.0.3.0 Following problems are solved:

Vertical picture shift not restored at startup
Thumbnails not visible in content browser after fast scrolling down through the list
Some specific CableCards reset on scrambled signals supporting multiple audio languages
Eliminate risk on picture detrition

1.0.2.0 Following problems are solved:

Sometimes the digital CC can get stuck
In PIP/DW sometimes HDMI picture freezes while switching channels in the other window
Sometimes bad detection of video signals on AV1 and AV 3