THOMSON SpeedTouch 500 Series, Setup And User Manual

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4 SpeedTouch™ System Software Upgrade
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4 SpeedTouch™ System Software Upgrade
Introduction
The SpeedTouch™500Series products continue to evolve as extra and new functional-
ities are made available.
This chapter describes how to upgrade the SpeedTouch™ system software.
System software
updates (all OSs)
You can check for system software upgrades via the SpeedTouch™ web pages.
See
“ System” on page 60 for more information.
Firmware upgrades may also be available from your Service Provider. Please contact
your Service Provider for more information.
System software
updates on a Windows
platform
If your computer runs a Microsoft Windows operating system you can access the
SpeedTouch™ web site using the SpeedTouch™ CD Browser:
1 Insert the SpeedTouch™ Setup CD-ROM in your PC's CD-ROM drive. The
SpeedTouch™ CD Browser will start automatically.
Note If the SpeedTouch™ CD Browser window does not appear automati-
cally, open a Run window via Start
> Run from the Start menu and
enter the following path:
D:\Menu.exe
, where D stands for the drive
letter of your CD-ROM drive.
2 Choose a language in the Choose Language window.
3 Click
Diagnostics & Maintenance
in the SpeedTouch™ CD Browser menu.
4 Click
Check for new System Software
.
5 Your web browser appears and loads the SpeedTouch™ upgrade web page.
Firmware upgrades may also be available from your Service Provider. Please contact
your Service Provider for more information.
Upgrade mechanisms
Depending on your Operating System and specific requirements, following options are
available to upgrade the SpeedTouch™ system software:
•
In case you run an MS Windows Operating System or Mac OS X 10.1/10.2:
For your convenience a SpeedTouch™ Upgrade wizard will guide you through the
system software upgrade procedure.
See
“4.1 The SpeedTouch™ Upgrade Wizard” on page 68 for more information.
•
In case you run another Operating System, e.g. linux or Mac OS 8.6/9.x, or for
extra information about advanced system software management:
See
“4.2 Manual System Software Management via BOOTP Server” on page 72 for
more information.