Harmon-Kardon Radio Software Upgrade...
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 974
Likes: 13
From: Chesapeake Virginia
Yes it will fix your clock. I went 5 months and didn't lose a minute until I removed the radio for a H bar change.
Advanced
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 98
Likes: 0
From: Enid, OK
Ditto. A few questions for anyone who can answer.
- The instructions say to download as a music file. Should we import these into iTunes or change the extension to mp3 file or the like?
- Instructions say to burn at a 8x or slower speed. All my computers burn at 10x or faster. Nothing in my house is that slow.
There has to be a trick or step we're not understanding.
- The instructions say to download as a music file. Should we import these into iTunes or change the extension to mp3 file or the like?
- Instructions say to burn at a 8x or slower speed. All my computers burn at 10x or faster. Nothing in my house is that slow.
There has to be a trick or step we're not understanding.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,510
Likes: 23
From: Connecticut
"- The instructions say to download as a music file. Should we import these into iTunes or change the extension to mp3 file or the like?"
No, you don't need to do that.
Just download the updater files to your hard drive. The two files download as a ".zip" archive, so they have to be de-compressed before burning.
On the Mac running OS X, you should be able to "un-zip" the file by double-clicking on it in the Finder.
I'm not sure how to un-zip on the Windows side of things.
The two files in the zip archive (after UN-archiving) are:
HD_TMS320_8_19_0.upg
st10_tms320_bootloader_8_25_0.bin
I had some trouble finding the right software (on the Mac) to create a good CD (as described in my original post). I -think- this may be due to the ".upg" file type -- perhaps the Mac OS (and an older version of Toast) could not "digest" that file type when trying to verify the CD after burning it.
You will know that you have "a bad burn" on the CD if you put it into the HK radio and it just reports "verifying image" and does nothing further.
(I tried to post an ".iso" file of the upgrade CD that worked for me here on HDForums, but the file attachment system would not accept the file due to size limitations.)
"- Instructions say to burn at a 8x or slower speed. All my computers burn at 10x or faster. Nothing in my house is that slow."
10x burn speed worked fine for me.
No, you don't need to do that.
Just download the updater files to your hard drive. The two files download as a ".zip" archive, so they have to be de-compressed before burning.
On the Mac running OS X, you should be able to "un-zip" the file by double-clicking on it in the Finder.
I'm not sure how to un-zip on the Windows side of things.
The two files in the zip archive (after UN-archiving) are:
HD_TMS320_8_19_0.upg
st10_tms320_bootloader_8_25_0.bin
I had some trouble finding the right software (on the Mac) to create a good CD (as described in my original post). I -think- this may be due to the ".upg" file type -- perhaps the Mac OS (and an older version of Toast) could not "digest" that file type when trying to verify the CD after burning it.
You will know that you have "a bad burn" on the CD if you put it into the HK radio and it just reports "verifying image" and does nothing further.
(I tried to post an ".iso" file of the upgrade CD that worked for me here on HDForums, but the file attachment system would not accept the file due to size limitations.)
"- Instructions say to burn at a 8x or slower speed. All my computers burn at 10x or faster. Nothing in my house is that slow."
10x burn speed worked fine for me.
HD_TMS320_8_19_0.upg
st10_tms320_bootloader_8_25_0.bin
These two files are what I have on the disc. Is this correct or do I have to decompress them? If not, I'm not doing something else right. I even tried another disc.
st10_tms320_bootloader_8_25_0.bin
These two files are what I have on the disc. Is this correct or do I have to decompress them? If not, I'm not doing something else right. I even tried another disc.
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,537
Likes: 4
From: The Great River Road, Wisconsin
"- The instructions say to download as a music file. Should we import these into iTunes or change the extension to mp3 file or the like?"
No, you don't need to do that.
Just download the updater files to your hard drive. The two files download as a ".zip" archive, so they have to be de-compressed before burning.
On the Mac running OS X, you should be able to "un-zip" the file by double-clicking on it in the Finder.
I'm not sure how to un-zip on the Windows side of things.
The two files in the zip archive (after UN-archiving) are:
HD_TMS320_8_19_0.upg
st10_tms320_bootloader_8_25_0.bin
I had some trouble finding the right software (on the Mac) to create a good CD (as described in my original post). I -think- this may be due to the ".upg" file type -- perhaps the Mac OS (and an older version of Toast) could not "digest" that file type when trying to verify the CD after burning it.
You will know that you have "a bad burn" on the CD if you put it into the HK radio and it just reports "verifying image" and does nothing further.
(I tried to post an ".iso" file of the upgrade CD that worked for me here on HDForums, but the file attachment system would not accept the file due to size limitations.)
"- Instructions say to burn at a 8x or slower speed. All my computers burn at 10x or faster. Nothing in my house is that slow."
10x burn speed worked fine for me.
No, you don't need to do that.
Just download the updater files to your hard drive. The two files download as a ".zip" archive, so they have to be de-compressed before burning.
On the Mac running OS X, you should be able to "un-zip" the file by double-clicking on it in the Finder.
I'm not sure how to un-zip on the Windows side of things.
The two files in the zip archive (after UN-archiving) are:
HD_TMS320_8_19_0.upg
st10_tms320_bootloader_8_25_0.bin
I had some trouble finding the right software (on the Mac) to create a good CD (as described in my original post). I -think- this may be due to the ".upg" file type -- perhaps the Mac OS (and an older version of Toast) could not "digest" that file type when trying to verify the CD after burning it.
You will know that you have "a bad burn" on the CD if you put it into the HK radio and it just reports "verifying image" and does nothing further.
(I tried to post an ".iso" file of the upgrade CD that worked for me here on HDForums, but the file attachment system would not accept the file due to size limitations.)
"- Instructions say to burn at a 8x or slower speed. All my computers burn at 10x or faster. Nothing in my house is that slow."
10x burn speed worked fine for me.
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Road Captain
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 620
Likes: 61
From: Castle Rock, CO
I found out one more thing. The Mac OS burns a hybrid disk (HFS+/ISO 9660)
The radio doesn't like the hybrid format. If you try to use it, the radio never gets past verifying image.
I found a third party disc burner that can burn a pure format ISO 9660, and it worked fine. I used Disco which lets you burn a few disks before you have to pay for it. I am certain that there are other CD burners that will work fine, just make certain the resulting disk is pure ISO 9660.
The radio doesn't like the hybrid format. If you try to use it, the radio never gets past verifying image.
I found a third party disc burner that can burn a pure format ISO 9660, and it worked fine. I used Disco which lets you burn a few disks before you have to pay for it. I am certain that there are other CD burners that will work fine, just make certain the resulting disk is pure ISO 9660.
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 341
Likes: 61
From: Tn
I found out one more thing. The Mac OS burns a hybrid disk (HFS+/ISO 9660)
The radio doesn't like the hybrid format. If you try to use it, the radio never gets past verifying image.
I found a third party disc burner that can burn a pure format ISO 9660, and it worked fine. I used Disco which lets you burn a few disks before you have to pay for it. I am certain that there are other CD burners that will work fine, just make certain the resulting disk is pure ISO 9660.
The radio doesn't like the hybrid format. If you try to use it, the radio never gets past verifying image.
I found a third party disc burner that can burn a pure format ISO 9660, and it worked fine. I used Disco which lets you burn a few disks before you have to pay for it. I am certain that there are other CD burners that will work fine, just make certain the resulting disk is pure ISO 9660.
JJ
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Road Master
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 791
Likes: 1
From: New Hampshire
What does it DO?
Can someone shed some light on what exactly this "upgrade" does??
Specifics please....like the radio has better reception, or the cd player changes tracks faster....just what does all this work do to the stereo???
Specifics please....like the radio has better reception, or the cd player changes tracks faster....just what does all this work do to the stereo???
