Ricoh Camcorder GR Digital II User Guide

Firmware Update Instruction Manual  
This manual explains the procedures for downloading the GR DIGITAL II firmware from the Ricoh  
website and updating the camera’s firmware.  
Perform the following operations to update the firmware.  
1. Check the firmware version  
Caution  
Before updating, be sure to check the firmware version through the following method. If the installed firmware is the latest  
version, there is no need to update.  
1. Making sure that the camera’s power is  
6 (Playback) Button Mode dial  
turned off, switch the mode dial to SCENE.  
2. While pressing the N (Macro) button, hold  
down the 6 (Playback) button for 2-3  
seconds.  
• The firmware version will be displayed on the  
picture display for about 20 seconds.  
3. Check the firmware version displayed on  
N (Macro) Button  
the picture display.  
• e.g. When the firmware version is V1.00, the  
version will be shown as [MAIN : V 1.00] as follows:  
MAIN : V 1.00  
BKUP : V X.XX  
MONI : V X.XX  
ADJD : V X.XX  
EXTD : V X.XX  
CPU1 : V X.XX  
SH  
ST  
: XXXXXX  
: XXXXXX  
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6. Select [Yes], and press the MENU/OK button.  
• The SD memory card is formatted.  
Caution  
If you format a card that still has images stored on it, the images will be lost. Save the images you do not want to erase in  
your computer before formatting the card.  
7. Turn the camera off, and connect the camera and computer with the  
provided USB cable.  
• The camera turns on automatically. If the camera does not turn on automatically, press the  
POWER button and turn the power on.  
• If Caplio Software is installed in your Windows PC, RICOH Gate La may automatically  
start up. In this case, exit RICOH Gate La.  
• Click [Cancel] if the [Removable Disk] dialog appears in Windows XP or Windows Vista.  
• If iPhoto starts up in Mac OS X, exit iPhoto.  
8. Copy the files [ylaunch3] and [ylaunch7] (created when the firmware was  
extracted) into [RICOHDCX] root directory in [My Computer].  
• The camera’s drive name may differ depending on the OS you are running.  
e.g. [Removable Disk], etc.  
For Windows  
For Macintosh  
ylaunch3  
ylaunch7  
ylaunch3  
ylaunch7  
RICOHDCX  
9. Open [RICOHDCX] in [My Computer], and confirm that the files have been  
copied.  
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10.For Windows  
When the copying of the firmware is completed, double-click the [Safely  
Remove Hardware] icon in the task bar.  
For Macintosh  
Drag and drop the [RICOHDCX] icon to the [Trash] icon. Once the icon  
has disappeared, proceed to Step 13.  
Caution  
If you skip the procedures in Step 10, the firmware copy may not be successful.  
11.Select [USB Mass Storage Device], and click [Stop].  
12.Click the [Close] button.  
13.Turn the camera off, and disconnect the USB cable.  
To copy the firmware using a card reader or a card writer to an SD memory  
card  
1. Copy the files [ylaunch3] and [ylaunch7] (created when the firmware was  
extracted) into the root directory of the SD memory card.  
2. Load the camera with the SD memory card which the firmware was copied  
to.  
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4. Update the firmware  
1. Making sure that the camera’s power is  
6 (Playback) Button Mode dial  
turned off, switch the mode dial to SCENE.  
2. While pressing the MODE button, hold  
down the 6 (Playback) button for 2-3  
seconds.  
MODE  
Button  
• A confirmation message for the firmware update is  
displayed on the picture display.  
3. Press the $ button to select [Yes], and  
MENU/OK Button  
press the MENU/OK button.  
• The firmware update starts, and the following message is displayed on the picture display.  
[Checking rewrite file]  
[Rewriting program]  
4. The camera automatically turns off and restarts.  
If the message [Incorrect rewriting file] is displayed and the camera is automatically turned off, check the camera model  
again and retry the update using the correct firmware.  
The firmware file copied to the SD memory card is deleted when you format the SD memory card. Delete the file if  
necessary.  
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