Pinot User Manual
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UPGRADING THE FIRMWARE IN YOUR PINOT
Playback Designs is constantly innovating new algorithms and methods for audio processing and from time to
time may release new firmware for the Pinot that may further enhance the sonic performance or add new
features. New releases will be distributed as audio wave files. They can be played into the Pinot just like any
other audio file. The Pinot processor will automatically detect this file and update the firmware. No audio will
be audible as the processor will automatically set the volume to 0.
The Pinot contains 2 processors and hence there may be 2 separate files available, one for each processor.
It is possible to display the version of the currently installed software of the main processor. The version of the
secondary processor cannot be dislayed (see chapter Front Panel Functions for more details).
Upgrade Procedure:
1. Power on Pinot.
2. Connect your computer with the included USB cable.
3. Load the wave file with the update firmware into your player software on your computer.
4. Play the file.
5. The front panel will indicate FLASh. It is important that at this point you no longer touch the
system, nor your PC, nor the remote, don't change the input, don't turn the power off. Go
have a glass of Playback Designs wine, because it will take about 2 minutes for this to finish.
6. Once playback has finished the front panel will return to either normal display or it will say
FAIL. A failure can happen when you didn't follow the instructions in the previous steps or
your PC had a dropout during playback. If this failure happens, don't panic, but follow the next
steps precisely:
a. DO NOT POWER OFF the Pinot (doing so will render your Pinot inoperable).
b. Disconnect your computer from the Pinot.
c. Push the Reset button on the read panel.
d. Re-connect the USB cable.
f. Go to step 3.
7. If playback of the update file has finished and the front panel does not display any error
message, but indicates normal operation then stop playback and disconnect the USB cable.
8. power off the Pinot.
9. power on the Pinot and proceed to normal operation.
Now that you made it all the way to here it is time to take a deep breath and enjoy the high-rez
immersion:
