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Nikon COOLPIX 8700 Firmware Upgrading Instruction
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Nikon COOLPIX 8700 Firmware Upgrading Instruction

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Get ready
To upgrade the firmware for the COOLPIX 8700, you will need:
• A COOLPIX 8700 digital camera
• A UC-E1 USB cable or a CompactFlash card reader
• One of the following power sources:
— An EH-53 AC adapter
— A fully-charged EN-EL1 rechargeable Li-ion battery
— A fresh 2CR5 lithium battery
• A Nikon-approved CompactFlash memory card that has been formatted in the
COOLPIX 8700
• The Nikon Guide to
Digital Photography
with the COOLPIX
8700
Check the current firmware version for the
COOLPIX 8700
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file:///K|/8700WIN.html (1 of 9) [6/17/2010 2:26:57 PM]
Upgrading the COOLPIX 8700
— Windows
Thank you for choosing a Nikon product. This guide describes
how to upgrade the camera firmware for the COOLPIX 8700.
If you are not confident that you can perform the update
successfully, the update can be performed by a Nikon service
representative.
Open the camera monitor.
Insert a memory card.
Firmware
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  • Page 1 Nikon service representative. Get ready To upgrade the firmware for the COOLPIX 8700, you will need: • A COOLPIX 8700 digital camera • A UC-E1 USB cable or a CompactFlash card reader •...
  • Page 2 Untitled Document Slide the mode selector to and turn the camera on. Press the MENU button. The playback menu will be displayed in the camera monitor. Press the multi selector up or down to highlight SET-UP and press the multi selector to the right. The setup menu will be displayed in the camera monitor.
  • Page 3 Untitled Document Download and extract the new firmware Create a new folder on the hard disk and name it as desired. Position the mouse cursor over an empty space on the desktop and click the right mouse button. Select New > Folder to create a new folder on the desktop.

  • Page 4: Direct Usb Connection

    The firmware can be copied to the camera memory card either by connecting the computer directly to the COOLPIX 8700 using the USB cable, or by removing the memory card from the camera and inserting it in a CompactFlash card reader.
  • Page 5 Untitled Document • If PictureProject is installed PictureProject Transfer will start automatically. Click Cancel. * Under Windows XP, a Removable Disk dialog similar to that shown at right may be displayed. Select Take no action and click OK. Copy the firmware to the memory card. 5-1.
  • Page 6 Insert the formatted memory card into the card reader.* • If Nikon View is installed Nikon Transfer will start automatically and display the message, "Camera or card contains no images. Nikon View will now terminate." Click OK to exit Nikon Transfer. • If PictureProject is installed PictureProject Transfer will start automatically.
  • Page 7 Untitled Document Copy the firmware to the memory card. 3-1. Copy the firmware to the removable disk corresponding to the memory card. When the memory card is inserted, a new "Removable Disk" icon will be displayed in My Computer. Copy the "firmware" folder from the "E8700Update" folder to this removable disk.
  • Page 8 Subjecting the camera to powerful electromagnetic noise If you are not confident that you can perform the update successfully, the update can be performed by a Nikon service representative. Insert the memory card containing the firmware into the COOLPIX 8700.
  • Page 9 11-2.If "E8700 Ver 1.3" is displayed in the monitor, the update was successful. If the update was not successful, contact a Nikon service representative. Restore the USB option to its original setting. If you changed the USB setting from PTP to Mass Storage to update the camera firmware, return to the USB menu and select PTP.