Last month at CES 2013 we got to spend some time with Netgear's Push2TV display adapter, the Netgear PTV3000, checking out the Miracasting capabilities using a Samsung Galaxy S III. As impressed as we were with the possibilities of pushing the display from an Android device to a big screen TV, Netgear still had some work to do to address some issues and expand the list of compatible devices. Those efforts took a major step today with a new update released by Netgear. Support for several devices has been incorporated into the PTV3000, including the Samsung Galaxy S III, the Samsung Galaxy Note II, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, the LG Optimus G, the LG Nexus 4, and some Sony Xperia devices running Android 4.0.4 and above.
If you have one of the devices, hit the break for the full list of improvements and instructions for updating the firmware.
Supported Intel Wireless Display platforms:
- Windows 7, Intel Wireless Display V3.1.29.0, Wifi driver V15.1.1
- Windows 7, Intel Wireless Display V3.5.41.0, Wif driver V15.3.1
- Windows 8 (systems upgraded form Windows 7), Intel Wireless Display V3.5.41.0, Wifi driver V15.3.50
- Windows 8 (with Win8 preinstalled), Intel Wireless display, V3.5.41.0, Wifi driver V15.5.7
Supported Miracast platforms:
- Samsung Galaxy S3 (Android 4.1.1 or above)
- Samsung Galaxy Note II
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
- LG Optimus G (Android 4.0.4 or above)
- Google Nexus 4 (Android 4.2.1)
- Sony Xperia (various models with Android 4.0.4 or above)
Enhancements & Bug Fixes:
- Miracast support for compatible mobile phones and tablets.
- Combined Intel wireless display (Widi) and Miracast a single user interface. There is no need to use the push button on the side of the PTV3000 unit to switch between Widi and Miracast modes. The side push-button is strictly used to go into FW update mode.
- (Miracast) Both PIN and PBC methods for WPS are supported. The device automatically communicates with the source device (mobile phone, tablet or laptop) to determine which WPS method to use.
- (Miracast) The device is already PBC ready waiting for source to initiate connection.
- Fixed HDCP connection error issue with some Sony mobile phones.
- Fixed issue that screen projection does not take place until swiping action takes place on mobile phone.
- Fixed some disconnection with mobile phone.
- Device does not allow second Widi or Miracast souce device to interrupt existing Widi or Miracast session.
- Enable 5Ghz Miracast operation with preferred operating channel as channel 40.
- Reduced image size and faster boot time.
- Fixed system lockup issue after wrong PIN entry.
- Improved connectivity with Intel Widi running under Win8. Repaired issue in win8 that device connection has issue after removal of device under Devices and Printers interface in Win8.
- Fixed issue of connecting screen appearing after a session teardown on Win7 laptop.
- Fixed issue of one Widi session affecting screen projection of subsequent Widi or Miracast session.
- (Widi) Fixed issue of cursor position not updated until “resize TV picture” takes place.
- Fixed kernel panic issue that system goes into a non-responsive state.
- Implement regional domain control allowing shipment to Europe, Australia, and Canada.
- Localization support for international languages.
Installation Procedure
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Push and hold the WPS button on the side of the PTV3000 unit for more than 5 seconds.
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PTV3000 goes into firmware update mode. Firmware update procedure shows up on TV screen (also shown below on steps 3 to 6).
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Use your PC or mobile device and motivate to www.netgear.com/stream to check for and download the latest firmware.
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Using the wireless network manager utility on your device, search for “Push2TV” wireless network name (SSID) and connect.
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Open a web browser on your device and type https://192.168.3.1 into the URL bar of the browser.
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Follow the steps on the web page to upload the firmware image and complete the installation.
source: Engadget
Tried Motorola Moto X (1 Gen) XT1052, XT1058 and Samsung Galaxy Tab with miracast dongle Netgear PTV3000.
Used it for about a month with the latest firmware for Video, Audio, Photo streaming. So it was working just fine 65% of time. But there were 35% of time when it was hanging up, interrupting video transmission, didn’t accept incoming connections.
What a waste of money…. Doesn’t work on IPhone 4s 32gb … Won’t let me download the intel software for my 3 year old computer running windows 764bit. (aparantly my wi fi software is too old). I wish I hadn’t bought this on the internet, that way I would of been able to return it…… I anyone knows a app for Iphone, that might save me throwing it in the bin.
is netgear going to work with samsung galaxy s3 mini??’
I have Nokia Lumia 920 with widows phone 8 with amber update
is this supported and can connect to the Netgear PTV3000
I had trouble updating the firmware. If you use Windows 7, 64 bit version, the browse button does not put the file location correctly. It substitutes “fakepath” for folder location. I was successful by using a Windows XP (32 bit) laptop to do the firmware update. The Samsung Galaxy S3 connects after the firmware update
I’m not able to choose the .sbin file to update PTV3000.
Using internet explorer you must select the compatibility button for older websites or the update process will stall after the file has been uploaded, even Netgear support does not know this.
I have the Samsung Galaxy SIII, Galaxy Note 2 & Galaxy Note 10.1 and I am having trouble uploading the update. Whenever I try to browse for the file, the browser doesn’t let me browse
Use a laptop to do the update.