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Firmware Update

1. Press the Find button to select the

new firmware file.

2. Press the download button, and then

restart the digital receiver to start the
file transfer.

3. A countdown will be displayed on

screen

4. Restart the digital receiver once

more when the file transfer is com-

plete.

10.4

From your computer via RS-232 port

It is possible to transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver
from your computer by connecting them with a RS-232 cable.

You need TFD-Down, a firmware transfer utility for this, which

is available from the web site,

http://www.i-topfield.com

.

To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow-

ing steps:

1. Download a new firmware applicable to

your digital receiver from the Topfield
web site.

2. Turn off the digital receiver.

3. Plug one end of a RS-232 cable (9 pin D-

sub cable) into the RS-232 port on the dig-
ital receiver, and the other end into the
matching port on your computer.

4. Run TFD-Down.

The instructions on how to use TFD-Down are as follows: