upgrate firmware ???

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cane

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How get I the put the upgrate software in the HVX with my mac ??
Must I do this when get put the new16gb P2 card ?

I dont have the HVX but would know everything before invest in this kind of camera
 
It's easy, I just did it on my iMac. I put a SD card in my camera, formatted it, then stuck it in a USB card reader hooked up to my mac. Then I copied the firmware folder to the SD card that I downloaded from panasonic, and then stuck it back in the camera, and did the upgrade. I think the file system is nothing more than fat32, so there's no problem with the mac. I think if you get the camera it will probably have the upgrade already on it, if it came from Panasonic recently. And yes you do need the upgrade for 16GB P2.
 
I believe that post May 2006 shipped cams have the latest firmware for the 16 Gb cards.

But updating it requires a cam formatted SD 64 MB card, a download from the web, and a couple of menu commands that are detailed in the manual

Pretty easy on a Mac or PC.
 
On the May thing, the way you'd know is if your serial number starts with "E7". Any cam that has an "E7xxxxxx" serial number should have the 16GB firmware already installed.

Or you can go into the MCR menu, look at property->system and check the firmware version number; if it's 4.05 or later you have the ability to use 16GB cards, if it's 2.xxx or whatever you need to run the firmware update.
 
I have a Mac but I don't have a USB card reader (and Macs don't have built-in SD card slots). Is there another way to get the firmware onto my camera? (BTW, my HVX200 is a pre-May 2007 model.)
 
Nope, you need to copy the firmware image to the SD card. Doesn't matter how you do it, it can be done on a PC a Mac, using a digital camera that accepts SD cards and is connected using a USB cable, using a printer that has an SD slot, you name it.

I would get a multimedia card reader, they are only $20 or so and are useful for transferring scene files and user files, but if all else fails, I might be able to meet you somewhere with my laptop and put the firmware image on a SD card for you.
 
You can buy a SD reader (USB) for any computer at most stores, including places like Walgreens for under ten dollars.

CompUSA or BB will also have them
 
THoff said:
...but if all else fails, I might be able to meet you somewhere with my laptop and put the firmware image on a SD card for you.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the kind offer, but I'll take your advice and buy myself a reader. I didn't realize they were that inexpensive.
 
you also only need a really small SD card since it's a small file. I got a card reader and card both for 8 bucks online. I need to get around to doing the firmware update with the hvx and the p2store. Anyone update the firmware on the P2store too?


thanks all.. and I wish it was 2006 again so I could go through the joy of opening the HVX box. I opened it... then put it all back in.. and opened it again just because I'm a dork.
 
Larger is fine -- the camera will accept SD cards up to 2GB, or SDHC card with a size of 4GB. Don't go overboard, you'll never use most of the card capacity.

The firmware image is about 18MB, so 16MB is too small and 32MB is more than needed.
 
...which now brings me to my problem & the reason I asked about card size. Following Panasonic's instructions for the update, the update process fails. I've tried it a couple of times with the same result. Format the SD card in the camera, move it to a PC (a Mac in this case), copy the "Private" folder to the card, move the card back to the camera, start the update...fails. Any thoughts as to what might be going wrong? Thank you for your help!

Reid C
 
The firmware upgrade weighs in at 17 MB/s.

Panasonic stipulates the SD card must be at least 64 MBs

How big is your SD card?
 
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