OLYMPUS C-700 UZ TECHNICAL INFORMATION TID C700UZ E003

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

NO. TID-C700UZ-E003

DATE 2001/5/25

SUBJECT: Version up of Firmware

Product name: C-700 ULTRA ZOOM

The latest firmware:

OLD VERSION NEW VERSION

NTSC V357-77 V357-78

PAL V357p-73 V357p-74

Please refer to repair article for a procedure of rewriting firmware.

Main countermeasure contents (reason) :

・ NTSC edition Version : v357-78 ①After a setup of AF, at the time of the MF fixation, AF isn't suitable with the first shutter.

It is as bad as to become a long distance with TELE. With WIDE which isn't conspicuous except for the macroterritory.

・ PAL edition Version : v357p-74 ①After a setup of AF, at the time of the MF fixation, AF isn't suitable with the first shutter.

It is as bad as to become a long distance with TELE. With WIDE which isn't conspicuous except for the macroterritory

②On television, at the time of the animate cartoon regeneration, sound deviation It is a little each delayed from the beginning, and sound faces an image for about 0.6 seconds at the acceptable Noh play time SQ 62 seconds 【 the continuous longest photography 】, and late.

Change classification: Running change.

Version up procedure:

1. The binary data of the latest firmware is changed with “firmware.bin” and into smart media. But format smart media into C-2040Zoom and make directory “firmware” copy from binary data. (Make F/W card)

2. Insert the F/W card for C-2040Zoom and turn on the camera at play mode.

3. TFT-LCD was showed F/W version and inquire of rewriting of F/W. Then select “YES” (Character is changed green) and after pressing “OK”, rewriting of F/W is started automatically.

4. During the rewriting of F/W, SELF-RED is turned on and showed “EXCHANING” on TFT-LCD. It will take about 2 minutes but please do not operate any key and turn off power. It might have damaged camera body and F/W.

5. After the rewriting of F/W, TFT-LCD was showed as same as procedure 3. Then confirm new version of F/W (example: V355-78=NTSC(GUI:JAPANESE)) and turn off power after selecting “NO”. (The discrimination of countermeasure is not showed due to confirm easily.)

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