Is 950 designed to receive updates????

Posted by: cardman

Is 950 designed to receive updates???? - 06/18/02 08:37 PM

This is my first post here but I have been religiously checking this board daily since Feb. That also happens to be when I reserved my 950, and yes I am getting frustrated. Mainly because my Pioneer Elite VSX-24TX is on its last leg and I am anxious to upgrade to separates. Anyway enough rambling, my question is this, "is the 950 designed to receive software updates?"
Posted by: Mark Knight

Re: Is 950 designed to receive updates???? - 06/18/02 09:13 PM

The 950 is not software (firmware) upgradeable.

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Posted by: gonk

Re: Is 950 designed to receive updates???? - 06/18/02 10:27 PM

Are we 100% sure of that? I know that the software is stored on an e-prom chip, which means it could be swapped out. I also know that Outlaw did not seem eager to make use of that capability if they could avoid it. Have we heard for sure that an e-prom chip software upgrade is out of the question?

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Posted by: Legairre

Re: Is 950 designed to receive updates???? - 06/18/02 11:59 PM

Here's a direct quote from the Outlaws from the features and specification link in the October 2001 newsletter.

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950 Mid-October 2001 Special Edition News
The unit is designed with the capability for software upgrades through replacement of an E-PROM chip. We have included that as a something that might, or might not be used in the future. No guarantee that there will be any upgrades, as we can't foresee the future. In addition, there are certain things on the horizon that would require a basic architecture change and a replacement of the main DSP processor. When you get to that point, the upgrade is more than can be accommodated through software only changes.

Can we be 100% sure? Nope. Does it sounds likely? Nope. Especially with all the rumors of a higher end model of the 950 coming in the future.




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Posted by: merc

Re: Is 950 designed to receive updates???? - 06/19/02 12:34 AM

Maybe when Outlaw realizes that both Anthem and B&K are charging good bucks for upgrades that include chip changeout and re-flashing, they might change their mind about future ephrom/chip upgrades?

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Posted by: Matthew Hill

Re: Is 950 designed to receive updates???? - 06/19/02 01:45 PM

I would imagine that they'd only use it if there were some major software flaw discovered down the road, after a large user base had been installed. It doesn't sound like something they'd use to add DTS 96/24 or the like.

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