Fundamentals; Update The Operating System; What Is The Updater; Updating - Marantz RC5000 Manual

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Fundamentals

Update the Operating System!

What is the Updater?

The Updater is the most important step of programming an RC5000. It reprograms the remote
control operating system to support the new features of RC5000 Setup Version 2.0.Without
running the update, you will not be able to get any of the new features to work on the remote
control itself. Periodically, Marantz will offer improvements to RC5000 and RC5000 Setup on
our website. Any improvements are retrofittable to your old remote via the Updater.

Updating

Before you start the updating process, you should connect one end of the RC5000 serial cable
to your RC5000 and connect the other end to your serial port of your PC. Check that the
memory size is set correctly in the Set Memory Size in the File Menu.Select "Update RC5000"
from the Tools Menu.
During the update process, you should read the messages that appear on your PC screen and
push the appropriate buttons.When a window asks if you want to Skip or Continue, understand
that it is really asking you if you have customized your RC5000. If you have, choose Continue. If
the RC5000 is un-modified, choose skip (it's faster).
It is best not to touch your RC5000's screen or use any of your RC5000's direct access buttons, while
updating is in progress.
Sometimes, after an update, the RC5000 will get stuck in a Revert loop. If this happens, down-
load any ccf to the reverting RC5000. It is also possible that after updating your RC5000, it will
ask you to calibrate the touch screen. Using a pen top or other hard, blunt object, touch the
corners of the touchscreen as prompted.

You can always return to the factory configuration.

The RC5000 Setup distribution comes with two sample CCF's in <install>/Samples where
<install> is the directory where RC5000 Setup has been installed (typically C:\Program
Files\RC5000Setup\Samples).The default configurations are named Default_New_RC5000i.ccf
for a two megabyte RC5000i and Defaut_Old_RC5000 for a one megabyte RC5000.
Make a "Tutorial" file to practice with.
Open the Default_Old_RC5000 ccf and save it as "tutorial" in your Myccf folder to follow along
with the fundamentals tutorial.
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