Firmware Update Instruction Manual
Caution
This manual describes the procedures for downloading the G800 firmware from the Ricoh
website and updating the firmware.
Perform the following operations to update the firmware.
Flow of procedures
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1. Check the current version of the firmware (p. 1)
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2. Download the firmware file, and get it ready for use (p. 3)
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3. Copy the firmware to an SD memory card (p. 3)
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4. Update the firmware (p. 7)
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5. Check the firmware version of the camera (p. 9)
Making preparations
Things that are needed
• Camera body
• Charged batteries (inserted into the camera body)
• SD memory card (with approx. 10MB of space available or that has been formatted
camera / not compatible with SDXC memory cards with capacities exceeding 256GB)
• Computer
• Accompanying USB cable or a card reader/writer
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Formatting the SD memory card
If a card storing images is formatted, all data on the card will be lost. Save needed images to a
computer in advance before formatting the card.
*1
using the
1. Insert the SD memory card into the camera, and turn on the power to the camera
2. Press the MENU/OK button
3. Display the Setup Menu
4.
Select [Format [Card]] from the menu, and press the k button
5. Select [Yes], and press the
d/t
button
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1. Check the version of the firmware
Caution
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Before updating, be sure to check the firmware version using the following method. If the installed
firmware is the latest version, there is no need to upgrade.
1. With the camera turned off, while pressing the l
button (1), press and hold the 6 (Playback)
button (2) down for 2 to 3 seconds
2. Check the firmware version displayed on the picture monitor
• The part to check is the information that is encircled in the box below. When the current
version of the firmware is v1.07, the version will be shown as [MAIN: v.1.07] as follows:
• There is no need to update the firmware if the version displayed and the firmware version
given on the Ricoh website are the same.
• The firmware version will be displayed on the picture display for about 20 seconds, after
which the picture diisplay screen will switch to the playback mode screen.
3. Turn off the power to the camera
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2. Download the firmware file, and get it ready for
When using Windows When using Macintosh
use
1.
Download the firmware to your computer from the Ricoh website
2. Either doubleclick the downloaded file or click [OK] when the dialog box
appears (refer to the below diagram)
• For Windows, designate the destination for the extracted file, and click [OK].
• For Macintosh, the extracted folder will appear on the desktop.
3. A G800 Update folder will be created, and the firmware file, vlaunch3,
will be extracted to the [Firmware relxxx (xxx is the version number)]
folder
3. Copy the firmware to the SD memory card
You have two options below:
1 Connecting the camera directly to a computer with a USB cable (refer to p. 4)
2 Using a memory card reader/writer, or a built-in SD card slot in a computer (refer
to p. 5)
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