Sorry to hear. I've never had a problem upgrading firmware on my A6K, it may be some incompatibility with your computer setup. If it's a laptop suggest you take it with your camera to Sony.
Good luck!
Finally got it to work after three tries and 40 minutes. Had to basically keep try to restart the firmware upgrade process even thought the camera itself was completely unresponsive with no display.
Also, not sure where you live but here in Maine there is no way to take your computer and camera to Sony. If I didn't get it working it would have to go in a box to Sony for repair.
But I started that first update and DID make sure I had full Battery voltage..did it on my old but faithful Windows laptop and it got to the stage when it was checking the process IMMEDIATELY before the actual start of the update.. and it just would not go any further. After trying various things I aborted it. Then got something like you - a red light on the base panel next to the door opening and much of a black screen. I NEVER have found out just what the Red light indicates !! .. and for just a little while neither switching ON/OFF nor anything else made a difference. THEN after just a short time it DID switch on again.. Tried AGAIN and the same thing happened so at that point I gave it up on that computer. I do have a MacBook so I got the Mac d/load file and did the same on the Mac. Did the lot in no more than 15 minutes flat and with NO hesitation or problem at all !! Amazing difference compared to the Windows trial (it's an old but still excellent SONY XP by the way)
But the FW update compatability list shows that Windows is supported from Windows Vista SP2 and up, so it makes sense it won't work on an XP computer (Sony should have put a check in the program for the windows version, bu it is not Sony's fault you use the wrong computer.
.. and on the Mac I've since done both the Firmware update to v1.21 and just a couple of days ago the update to v2.00.
Now whether it's mainly a problem connected with my old, struggling but still working XP laptop I don't know..
Yes it is (not the computer but the version of Winodws)
but I think it's safe to say that it's NOT a problem connected with the Firmware update.. maybe like me... your computer is just not as nippy and not up to it ??
But I'm glad you did get the camera back in action.
That is the most important in the end.
A good friend on Forum tells me (and with a LOT of experience) that the Sony is indeed a hard nut to make a brick of when doing these things.. a LOT better than many other makes who are less tolerant it seems.
Can anybody tell me WHAT IS the meaning of that red light on the bottom ??
It is the write to card light. Best thing to do when updating your FW is to take out the SD card, so your computer won't try to start programs to remove pictures from your card, this process can also effect the update process.
