COBY electronic MP-C858 user manual Firmware Upgrade

Firmware Upgrade

IMPORTANT: Make sure your player has a new battery installed before upgrading your firmware. Do not disconnect your player from the computer or otherwise interrupt the upgrade process-doing so could damage your player and render it inoperable.

Firmware updates may be found at www.cobyusa.com. Check this site periodically for new updates. Firmware updates may add new functionality to your player.

To upgrade your player's firmware:

1.Download the latest firmware for your player from www.cobyusa.com. Save this file to the computer.

2.Connect your player to the computer. 3.Double-click the downloaded file*. In the window

that appears, double-click the file "stupdaterapp.exe". This will launch the firmware update application.

4.A dialog box will appear. Click "OK".

5.The updater will commence searching for your connected player. When it has detected your player, you will see the screen below.

Firmware Upgrade

6.Click "Start" to begin the firmware update.

Do NOT disconnect your player while it is updating. 7.The update is complete when the green status bar

has been filled. Click "Close". 8.Disconnect your player from the computer.

Your player will turn on automatically and update its firmware.

For more information on how to safely connect to and disconnect from a computer, refer to the

Connect to a Computer section of this manual.

*You must have a file compression utility installed on your computer.

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