my wd tv live medie player was up dating to the latest files whe the power was lost when i got power back my wd tv box now says to install USB with firmware . tryed it but never work wrong firmware i guess. i tryed formatting the usb to fat 32 and only used the files bin, ver, and fff. but still not reading it. not sure if i got the right files. p/n: wdbhg70000nbk-12 where do i get the files to start from the begining. also tryed factory reset.what can i do now?
ok tried that and it never work. any other ideas. Thank you
Download the Firmware and unzip it to the root of a FAT32 formatted USB stick. There should be no folders, only these 5 files.
wdtvlivegen3.bi2
wdtvlivegen3.bin
wdtvlivegen3.fff
wdtvlivegen3.info
wdtvlivegen3.ver
Now open the “wdtvlivegen3.ver” file in Notepad (or any text editor) and you will see this …
VERSION=‘2.01.86’ <--------------------------- Edit this
LOCATION=‘wdtvlivegen3.bin’
PKG_LOCATION=‘wdtvlivegen3.pkg’
ROOTFS2=‘wdtvlivegen3.bi2’
Change VERSION='2.01.86’ to VERSION=’ 3.01.86’ this will trick the player into thinking it’s New Firmware and should prompt to Update the firmware. (again)
ok done that still nothing . do i surpose to keep all the 5 files on my usb or just the ver. fff. and bin. i read where it said only 3 files should be on the usb.
*you do have “Auto Detect New Firmware” enabled in your Settings" ? *
You could try Rollback Firmware
failing that … i’m outta ideas
Maybe try contacting WD Support ?
the only thing i am getting on my wd tv live is : insert a USB drive with firmware to recover your WDTV : in multiply languages. the usb blinks when i put it in the wdtv. but not sure if it is reading them.
Do i have to start from the beginning and add all the files not the updates but the install the entire program again. if so where can i get the full program files.
i can get in to the settings to see what on there . and the only thing i can do with the remote is turn the box of and on…
Try an earlier version of firmware:
http://download.wdc.com/wdtv/Rollback_wdtvlivegen3_1_4_12.zip
If it’s not recognizing the firmware having tried multiple thumb drives (with FAT32 format), then you’ll have to call support; your device is not going to recover.
WOW it is actually upgrading says loading firmware.
thank you .
Yeah, Actually Joey said it first. :laughing:
This is good information to save in the ol’ “information bank”. Thanks guys for your knowledge.