Topfield TF6000F Satellite TV System User Manual


 
38 Firmware Update and Data Transfer
1. Download a new firmware applicable to the digital re-
ceiver from the Topfield website.
2. Download
TFD-Down
from the Topfield website.
3. Plug a RS232 cable into the RS232 port on the digital
receiver and the corresponding port on your computer.
4. Turn on the digital receiver.
5. Run
TFD-Down
.
How to use
TFD-Down
is as follows.
1. Press
Find button to select the new
firmware file.
2. Press
Download button to start the file
transfer.
3. Press
Stop button to cancel the file trans-
fer.
6.1.3 From another Digital Receiver via RS232 Port
It is possible to transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver
from another digital receiver connecting them by a RS232 ca-
ble to update the firmware only if they are the same model.
How to update the firmware with this method is as follows.
1. Plug a RS232 cable into the RS232 port on the digital
receiver and the other’s.
2. Turn on them.
3. Select the Installation > Transfer Firmware to Other IRD
menu .