Hey guys, have you been trying to update the firmware on your Panasonic Blu-ray player only to end up with coaster after coaster. Something as simple as updating the firmware on a device somehow turned into an archaic demonstration in frustration. Why CD’s? Why not just let the user place the firmware on an SD card and be done with it? Either way, if you have something other than Windows XP you more than likely have encountered some issues with how the blu-ray player reads your firmware update disc. Your player might give you a L FVU message and then followed by an error message and spits your disc back out. In my attempts I used Imgburn, which I use for everything; all attempts were unsuccessful. Here is an easy solution, for one do not use the Windows Vista or Windows 7 built in disc wizard because it does not finalize the disc in a way that the blu-ray player can read. Instead use a free app called Infrarecorder. On its default settings just drag the firmware file and burn it. Use a CD-RW so you dont keep wasting discs. Once you load it in your blu-ray player you will see that the update process finally will commence. This should work for other Panasonic players as well.
PS. Panasonic please make updating the software more simplified. Perhaps SD card or USB Slot. Thanks.
Thanks – I was having exactly the problem you describe and your recommendation worked for me. Thanks again!
It worked! Thank you so much! Why is it that smart people like yourself are the ones solving these problems, rather than Panasonic getting it right in the first place? Anyhow, all’s well that ends well as they say. Thank you again – sending some good karma your way