Mede8er  heeft nieuwe firmware uitgebracht voor de  MED500X2-mediaspeler. Deze opvolger van de MED500 is opgebouwd rondom een Realtek 1185-mediaprocessor en de speler zit boordevol moderne snufjes, zoals gigabit-lan, usb 3,0 en ondersteuning voor 3TB grote harde schijven. De firmware heeft versienummer 1.0.1 meegekregen en is 132MB groot. De release notes voor deze versie zijn hieronder te vinden:
New FunctionalityFixes
- Added Favourites Manager
 - Added support for custom Favourite Genre artwork ---> "Genre" folder USB or HDD
 - Added "Favourites" shortcut ---> Blue button on Remote
 - Added Transmission BT downloader
 - Added LPCM Audio option ---> Audio Setup Menu
 - Added GMT + in time setting
 - Subtitle on/off setting Setup Menu
 - Added Slideshow on/off Setup Menu
 - Added Show/ Hide Thumbnail Text -- Menu Button
 - Added Show/ Hide Movie xml info -- Menu Button
 - Added Web Remote on/off Setup Menu
 - Added 'Autoplay' functionality from HDD, SD CARD, USB
 - Added ‘Text Encoding’ option ---> Setup Menu
 - Support For new type Thumbgen xml
 - Added support for Hebrew plot xml
 - Updated Genre Y2M XML - Now shows up to 3 Genres
 - FF button can be used as "Play" to play folder in Media Library
 - 'Restore default' now protected if password protect is set to “on”
 - USB Keyboard command support
 - Added support for non embedded music covers place image named 'folder.jpg' in Music Album folder
 - Changed 'View' button functionality - Now press the 'View' button multiple times to advance the selection
 - Fixed locked file showing when using the dBase Search. Lock the main folder and all files/folders inside will be locked in a dBase search.
 - Changed default 'Autoscan' to off
 - Fixed - 3TB hdd message " Unsafe Eject Storage"
 - Added manual save/restore config setup menu
 - Added DNS Server IP in Network Info in Setup Menu
 - Mask folder.jpg /about.jpg in Media Library
 - Changed Favourites order - First in shown first.
 - Custom Genre images can be placed in a folder called "Genre" in a folder called "Resource" in the root of a USB drive or root of the HDD.
 - Changed the 'Add Genre' images to Thumbnail view
 - User Subtitle settings now stored and applied to all videos
 - Improved handling of USB keyboard commands.
 - Language localization
 - Added watched indicator on each file/folder in List and Preview View
 - When no ID tag is available on Flac file change message 'no ID3 Tag' to the track name
 Known Issues
- Dummy folder creation on HDD “image” “movie” “music”
 - General bugs
 - Focus on devices HDD, USB, NETWORK ----> press "info" Med crash
 - video Podcast screen and buffering speed
 - YouTUBE XL first time launch failure
 - YouTUBE XL on screen volume image transparency
 - WiFi setup screen -- added rescan icons to assist users
 - Screensaver pause during video play
 - Sreensaver during Video Podcasts/YouTUBE XL
 - Improved Internet Radio Genre search
 - Improved MP3 TAG onscreen display support
 - Replaced Buddy Link with Google shortcut
 - Removed Buddy Link from Edit menu
 - SETUP - 'Screen Size' & 'Network Info' Return function
 - Dutch translations
 - Fixed SAMBA Windows Live Essential login
 - NFS can now make multiple shortcuts
 - Fixed nfs
 - Fixed NFS AVI files
 - Fixed NFS to Hanewin Windows PC
 - Screensaver Internet Radio/ Internet Services/ Web Browser
 - YouTUBE XL / Video Podcast audio ON SPDIF
 - Removed message "Press {NEXT} to Play the Next File" When using Next Chapter button
 - Fixed crash problem when playing Music play over Samba Network and opening a video file.
 - Fixed Custom font not loading after reboot.
 - Edit --> File Manager --> Multiple File Select --> Make Playlist / Photo Album - text colour changed to black
 - Fixed - Flickr - Start slide show, Music starts, pressing 'Return' quits Flickr but takes you into "Favourites".
 - 'next /previous page ' changed to to previous/next page' on both station and genre
 - Setup -- 'video settings' Press return and you get a screen with no text
 - Fixed occasional crash when changing 'View'
 - File Manager - multiple select - move up one level crash
 
- PGA Subtitles not working on m2ts files
 - Crash when manually setting or unsetting the watched indicator when you are on page2 or higher in 'List View' or 'Preview View' - Investigating and will release a update soon
 
