Rotel firmware uprade..EASY..even for me

[gshisme]

For those a little reluctant or intimidated so as not to uprade as I was..forget it..piece of cake. Techno-savy no..computer illiterate yes..that is me. The upgrade went just fine anyway and if I can do it anyone can. The instructions from Rotel were excellent and all you do is follow them exactly. So glad I finally did.

Just a note,

Greg




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[wng]

Good to hear, Greg.

I still need to get a USB-to-serial adapter because my PC doesn't have serial ports. (Has anyone done a firmware upgrade through a USB port?) What a bummer because I was finally convinced to do the upgrade. And it looks like my USB port is on Comm 3, not Comm 1 or 2. Anyone know if this will be a problem? I'm on Windows XP. Thanks.

[Andrew Pratt]

Has anyone done a firmware upgrade through a USB port?

Yes I did the last time i upgraded since I was using my new Dell notebook. What you'll need is a quality USB to Serial adapter that has the software allowing you to change the com port and transfer rates. The one I recomend is made by Keyspan. Its the one I have and it works great. We have a generic one at work and while it works for something the software it comes with isnt' nearly as flexible as the keyspan software.

[wng]

Thanks a lot, Andrew. I'll go look for the Keyspan.

[ezc]

The Rotel instructions for upgrading software says after you upgrade the unit go to the on screen menu & preform a factory default before using the newly loaded software. I upgraded the software which went very well. I aslo did preform the factory default. Darn I had to reset all settings & knew that i would have to to that once I did the default. But is it necessary to do the default reset? After the upgrade I think all my settings were still correct, the upgrade didnt change any of my settings, but I did exactly what the instructions said. It was my first time upgrading my software so I didnt want to take any chances of messing up.

[Andrew Pratt]

I"ve never bothered doing the reset myself.

[gshisme]

ezc
I didn't do the reset either. Also I don't remember reading anything in the directions about the reset thing. Anyway it is working fine so not worried about it.




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[ezc]

Thanks for the reply! I should have asked before I did the upgrade. Oh well Its done & I reset all the settings & everything works well! Thanks all!

[gshisme]

ezc, Ah yes..Polks and Rotel.




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