Re: OTA updates

[Andy Burns]

Chris Hogg wrote:

> We have recently acquired a Samsung UE42F5000 TV from my late mother's
> estate. On browsing through the various menus I came across the
> software update schedule, that was switched off

My UExxF5xxx series TV updates over WiFi/Ethernet rather than OTA, I
don't know if that means all Samsung F5 series do?

[tim...]

"Chris Hogg" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> We have recently acquired a Samsung UE42F5000 TV from my late mother's
> estate. On browsing through the various menus I came across the

> software update schedule, that was switched off, suggesting it had
> never been updated. I switched it on and did an update search, and got
> the message to the effect that no updates were currently available.
>
> I'm aware that software updates for TV's STB's etc are not available
> all the time, and that TV manufacturers only transmit specific updates
> for limited periods of time, but there used to be a web site listing
> all the forthcoming OTA updates and their broadcast times, but I can't
> find it anymore. Can someone point me in the right direction?

the page I have linked is:

http://dtg.org.uk/dtg/download_schedule.html

I note that it is rather sparsely populated ATM

Haven't been there for ages so can't say when it last had an exhaustive list

tim

[UnsteadyKen]

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Chris Hogg says...

> Can someone point me in the right direction?
>

http://dtg.org.uk/dtg/download_schedule.html

Does the TV have a USB port as most do these days?

If so, a search for Samsung UE42F5000 firmware update or similar will
lead you to:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/UE42F5000AKXXU
where you can download the appropriate firmware and load it onto the TV
via USB.
Which would probably explain why OTA update was switched off and why
there are so few updates scheduled.


--
Ken O'Meara

[Peter Duncanson]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 10:03:36 +0000, Chris Hogg <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 09:19:22 -0000, "tim..." <tims_n...@yahoo.com>
>wrote:

>Thanks, that's probably what I was remembering, although I see nothing
>for Freeview, only Freesat, and it says on the bottom 'Freesat data
>updated Friday 15th May 2015' so hardly up-to-date! It looks almost as
>if OTA updates have stopped altogether.
>
Information is available from DTG via an RSS feed.

The most recent items are:

Freeview Mux1/PSB1 download for Sagemcom HDTP8530/05 RTI95 500 T2UK
RTI95 320
Version after update: V2.6.8 ::
Playing Mon 29-02-2016 10:00:00 to Fri 04-03-2016 09:00:00

Freeview Mux1/PSB1 download for Sagemcom HDTP8530/05 RTI95 500 T2UK
RTI95 32
Version after update: V2.6.8 ::
Playing Mon 25-01-2016 10:00:00 to Fri 29-01-2016 09:00:00

Freeview Mux1/PSB1 download for Hitachi & Bush DVB545/T7655
Version after update: 1.21.8 ::
Playing Wed 18-11-2015 10:00:00 to Fri 20-11-2015 09:00:00

There were 47 downloads on Freesat and Freeview during 2015.

The DTG webpage for OTA downloads doesn't appear to be "well
maintained".

>I'll try the alternative route, downloading onto my computer from the
>Samsung web site and transferring to the TV via a USB stick.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

[Andy Burns]

pamela wrote:

> My telly is connected to a router and it updates automatically. As
> a result we now have a Samsung Smart menu better suited to a small
> phone than a telly.

At the rate they're disabling the [unused] smart features, soon the only
smart feature left will be catchup iPlaye/All4/ITVplayer etc, which is
probably all people want ...

[Vir Campestris]

On 20/03/2016 08:20, Chris Hogg wrote:
> but are quite happy with our old analogue telly
> fronted by a Humax STB

In that case when you inherit your Mum's old TV use it like the old one
- as a dumb screen, fronted by the Hummy.

Andy