Page 1 of Updating firmware on Philips DVD-718

I have an (old) Philips DVD 718, bought new in Hong Kong region free in Oct 1999. I am now experiencing some problems playing disks and want to update the firmware to the latest standard.

I have the firmware, and have burnt it to a CD, but nothing happens when I load the disk, it just gets ejected.

How can I check the current software standard, and whether the update was successful? Is there a trick to updating firmware?

Please help.....

P.S. The forum on the Philips Syndicate site appears not to be very active, hence the posting here.....

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